In August, the government gave a progress report on the success of its Bank Referral Scheme, the assessment stated that over a nine-month period £3.8 million had been lent through the scheme to small businesses that had initially been turned down for funding by the banks. It conceded that this meant that only 2.8 per
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Is technology in the workplace making us less productive?
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While the majority of office workers believe that better technology would improve productivity, research from Sharp reveals that a surprising lack of tech skills – especially among under 35s – could be the real reason behind the UK’s productivity woes. The survey of over 6,000 office workers from across Europe finds the average UK office
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3 Growth Strategies for Mobile Gaming
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Ransomware mustn’t be allowed to strangle SMEs
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Small businesses are under threat from a persistent menace in the form of ransomware. The ransomware threat is so prevalent it was recently added to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Its ability to creep through the business ecosystem and quickly strangle productivity is causing huge issues for the very enterprises many rely on to put dinner on
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Check Out This Futuristic, and Dangerous Looking, Police Hoverbike
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Six simple steps to delivering a powerful presentation
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We’ve all been there… you’re trying to listen to the speaker, but their presentation slides are so distracting that your mind wanders. You see people looking at their watches, wondering what’s for lunch, and perhaps slipping gently into a slide-induced coma. It doesn’t need to be like this. You can use visual aids to bring
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Why apps aren’t dying but evolving
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When it comes to apps, the media are harbingers of doom. Smartphones are heading for extinction. App downloads are plummeting. Brands are deserting apps at an alarming rate – by 2020, 20 per cent of all brands will have abandoned their apps altogether. Or so they say. These predictions have a limited resemblance to reality.
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Which digital content strategy is best for your small business?
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
There are three types, or stages, of a digital content strategy: content owner, thought leader and storyteller. Depending on your small business, you will adopt one or more of these strategies. Valuable content is achieved by blending users’ needs, while supporting and furthering your business goals. But, how do we become effective content creators? And
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Nine working days lost each year due to office tech fails
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UK workers are losing on average nine working days due to technology failing around the office, a new survey by Ebuyer.com reveals. The survey of UK office workers, conducted by the UK’s largest independent online tech retailer, reveals that one in ten workers wastes up to 30 minutes a day due to technology not working
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