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What’s the future for the telephone call in the 21st Century?
by Steve West | 15 Jul 2010
Who remembers Bob Hoskins proclaiming ‘It’s good to talk’? When BT launched their TV advertisement in the early 90’s most businesses relied on the telephone, good old snail mail and face-to-face meetings to communicate with their customers. Now, 20 years later, we have email, SMS and other electronic media to communicate with all and sundry but the telephone still plays a major part in today’s business world.
Tips of Claire Cooper to survive the economic recession as a small business in the UK
by Jasper Martens | 12 Jul 2010
AR Engineering Industries Ltd, based near Dartford in Kent, is an ISO9001:2008 UKAS accredited organisation offering a wide range of engineering, manufacturing and machining services to a wide cross section of industries and business sectors, in addition to end user consumers. Jasper talked with Claire Cooper, Operations director. She recently won the Business Personality of the Year at the Dartford & Gravesham Business Awards 2010. Claire explains how a complete revamp of AR Engineering Industries led to a dramatic growth of business.
"Nothing beats action" - an interview with Nick Imrie
by Josh Hall | 05 Jul 2010
Nick Imrie is the managing director of 03Talk, a brand new conference calling service. In the first of a series of interviews with entrepreneurs across the country, we caught up with Nick to find out about 03Talk, the effect of the recession, and the life of a small business owner.
Follow us at The Guardian Activate Summit 2010 in London
by Jasper Martens | 01 Jul 2010
Live tweets from our CEO Jason Stockwood about changing the world through the internet.
The Emergency Budget 2010: what it means for your business
by Josh Hall | 23 Jun 2010
Chancellor George Osborne today served the British people a very bitter pill indeed. Widespread cuts to public services, major reductions to benefit payments, significant tax increases, and a downward revision of UK growth forecasts have combined to create something rather unpleasant.
World Cup – stay on the ball to protect your business
by Josh Hall | 16 Jun 2010
The World Cup brings both good and bad news for British business owners. Despite England's disappointing performance, the world’s biggest sporting event can be a significant boon to retailers, publicans, and other business owners.
Businesses urged not to get caught offside during World Cup
by Rosie Beasley | 09 Jun 2010
Businesses who are using the world cup to boost business over the summer should take care not to breach any copyright rules.
by Josh Hall | 02 Jun 2010
Among the raft of immediate changes brought about by the incoming coalition government, one of those that grabbed the most headlines was the scrapping of Home Information Packs.
3 different examples of councils using Twitter
by Jasper Martens | 02 Jun 2010
We recently published an interview with Sunderland City Council about the role Twitter and other social media plays within their communication strategy. Since then we've contacted some other councils with the same questions.
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