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Technology moves pretty fast these days, and the world of computing is usually at the cutting edge of the innovations. For businesses trying to keep up with the fast pace of this change it can seem like a never ending task. For small businesses, especially the self-employed, technology can be a major problem. IT may be . . . → Read More: How Cloud Computing Can Help Your Business  When it comes to checking out information on a company there are a variety of ways to proceed, but if you are looking for information from a competitive viewpoint then you are going to want to make sure that you perform a thorough company check as opposed to a consumer check that is just born out . . . → Read More: How to perform a quick and thorough company check Whether you own a small business at a single location or a large company with numerous branches that does business around the world, making sure the company is operating at optimum efficiency is obviously very important. There are a number of ways to go about enhancing the efficiency of each area of . . . → Read More: Improving the Efficiency of Your Business Small and medium-sized enterprises are being encouraged to invest in technology with a £75 million incentive from the government. The government have recently published ‘Innovation and Research Strategy,’ which is a document encouraging small businesses to innovate and grow through the use of technology. The Technology Strategy Board is headed by Iain Gray who has said, “This . . . → Read More: SMEs just dont get social media Small and medium-sized enterprises are being encouraged to invest in technology with a £75 million incentive from the government. The government have recently published ‘Innovation and Research Strategy,’ which is a document encouraging small businesses to innovate and grow through the use of technology. The Technology Strategy Board is headed by Iain Gray who has said, “This . . . → Read More: Small and medium-sized enterprises need technology investment It has been claimed that the economic growth of the UK will be restricted unless the government makes the correct policy decisions regarding high speed broadband. According to the FSB, Federation for Small Businesses, the lack of access to super fast speeds for downloads is preventing many firms from using e-commerce to push up exports and . . . → Read More: High speed broadband is essential for British business Cisco announced this week that it has a new range of updates to compliment its TelePresence videoconferencing range that will help make the technology more appealing to small business. As Cisco approaches the five year anniversary of the TelePresence range it aims to attract a broader customer base and is now taking a close look at . . . → Read More: Cisco updates TelePresence When it comes to being paid on a timely basis, in the North East, small firms are getting the raw end of the deal while they wait almost two weeks longer than what is the national average for their services and goods according to a set of new figures released. Statistics from direct credit and direct debit . . . → Read More: North East firms wait much longer to be paid T-Mobile research indicates that about 56% of the small business owners in the UK would, when making decisions about their businesses future, rely on gut instinct. The survey of over 2,000 owners of small businesses examines the decision making process and the factors that affect it and tries to look at the personal feelings of owners . . . → Read More: Gut instinct is in control at most small businesses The news that they should sell off more than the planned 600 of their branches was not received well by the Lloyds Banking Group. The Independent Commission on Banking, which is chaired by Sir john Vickers, have come back and told them that after their recent takeover of HBOS, the sell off they agreed with the . . . → Read More: Lloyds Banking withdraw more branches |
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