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Jaguar F-type provides £1.5 billion contracts for UK companies

Jaguar’s all new sportscar, the F-type, designed, engineered and manufactured in the West Midlands has resulted in £1.5 billion of new contracts awarded…

The Future of Banking

New Banks launch & Tusmor's Fiona Brownsell gives full account VIDEO

Given everything that has happened since Northern Rock proved to have feet of clay, some changes in "retail" banking were expected. Who would have thought that…

The Future of Banking

The dawn of personalised and approachable Banking

As bank entrant incubators Tusmor get set to launch four new banks into the market, they declare 'the beginning of the end of huge and impersonal banking is upon us'

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Open data can promote better business & customer relations

Radu Sora believes open data can help businesses understand what their customers want, improving relationships and tailoring products.

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How Big Data can help the SME market

Anne Wilkinson from GrowthAccelerator discusses the benefits of using open data to maximise profitability in business.

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Businesses must work harder at attracting traffic to their website

North-west search engine optimization company Ranking Solutions have warned local businesses that having a successful website means promoting it effectively.

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SMEs abandon traditional marketing, embracing online & mobile

Research released by pbSmart Essentials reports that 22% of SMEs eschew traditional offline marketing completely in favour of online channels.

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Public Sector Directors now sacrifice pay and bonuses for greater good

In the public sector, modest rewards are being spread across all levels to maintain morale; on the flip-side, private sector directors continue to enjoy disproportionate…

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Women on Boards: TUC calls for positive discrimination

Responding to figures suggesting that progress in appointing women to company boards has stalled, the TUC has called on ministers to instill compulsory quotas.

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Naming and shaming FTSE350 Will it make a difference?

The business minister’s intentions to name and shame members of the FTSE 350 who refuse to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code has led to a surge in signatories.

Jaguar F-type provides £1.5 billion contracts for UK companies

Jaguar’s all new sportscar, the F-type, designed, engineered and manufactured in the West Midlands has resulted in £1.5 billion of new contracts awarded to 116 UK companies

New Banks launch & Tusmor's Fiona Brownsell gives full account VIDEO

Given everything that has happened since Northern Rock proved to have feet of clay, some changes in "retail" banking were expected. Who would have thought that the changes would be so quick and so wide ranging.

The dawn of personalised and approachable Banking

As bank entrant incubators Tusmor get set to launch four new banks into the market, they declare 'the beginning of the end of huge and impersonal banking is upon us'

Open data can promote better business & customer relations

Radu Sora believes open data can help businesses understand what their customers want, improving relationships and tailoring products.

How Big Data can help the SME market

Anne Wilkinson from GrowthAccelerator discusses the benefits of using open data to maximise profitability in business.

Businesses must work harder at attracting traffic to their website

North-west search engine optimization company Ranking Solutions have warned local businesses that having a successful website…

SMEs abandon traditional marketing, embracing online & mobile

Research released by pbSmart Essentials reports that 22% of SMEs eschew traditional offline marketing completely in favour…

Public Sector Directors now sacrifice pay and bonuses for greater good

In the public sector, modest rewards are being spread across all levels to maintain morale; on the flip-side, private sector…

Women on Boards: TUC calls for positive discrimination

Responding to figures suggesting that progress in appointing women to company boards has stalled, the TUC has called on…

Naming and shaming FTSE350 Will it make a difference?

The business minister’s intentions to name and shame members of the FTSE 350 who refuse to sign up to the Prompt Payment…

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Can the concept of gamification provide an effective solution to aid learning and development in business, asks Peter Phillips, Chief Executive of Unicorn Training.
Knowledge experts should stop focussing on how technical they are and instead focus on what they can do and do it well, says Ian Ross, Learning Technologies Manager for the Charity Learning Consortium.
Technologies can help organisations improve productivity through ICT consolidation and should be able to make substantial cost savings, says Mark Weir, Country Manager for Scotland at F5.
Why would any organisation want to get into banking at the moment? Asks Dr Steve McCabe from Birmingham City University’s Business School.
Either drop the beginning “e” in eLearning or widely expand its definition and scope, says Elliott Masie, Chair of The Learning Consortium at The MASIE Center.
The British BIDs Academy will train the next generation of high street professionals, says Dr Julie Grail, Chief Executive of British BIDs.
Distance learning is not a new phenomenon... but technology is giving us many new possibilities, says David Williams, CEO and Founder of Impact International.
Chris Wade, CEO of Action for Market Towns, sets out the strategic steps that councils, community groups and businesses need to take together to deliver the long-term revitalisation of their town centres.

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Same sex couples may be able to marry in England and Wales in the summer of 2014, despite strong resistance among Tory activists.
An inability to form relationships overseas due to weak foreign language skills and a lack of cultural awareness is holding back the UK’s export market, claims a new research paper.
New analysis released by the national tourism board reveals that the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic games helped welcome 15.5 million visitors to London in 2012.

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Latest Press Releases

HMP Leeds dealt with the challenges it faced very well, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons.
The Centre for Separated Families has called for the government to rethink plans to increase flat rate child maintenance payments for parents on benefits.
The new sport, 'Cage Cricket', will 'teach vital new skills to young people', claim leading youth charity London Youth.

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