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How easy are you to deal with?
(especially if something, as it almost always does, goes wrong) During an internal chat about a completely unconnected story this week, it struck us that many companies in the UK, especially larger ones, all seemed to suffer from the same problem – blame avoidance culture. What do we mean by…
How Often Should You Back-Up Your Data?
Following on from our recent blog where we, gently, alerted you to the potential dangers that come from opening un-solicited, spam, phishing emails. Imagine now that you have clicked on one of those links and the worst has happened…all of your data is now missing. Sounds like a nightmare, but…
Phishing is not Fun
(Although, for many Fishing is!) You may have noticed the recent increase in emails landing in your inbox, either confirming that your delivery is held ‘pending a small payment’ or reporting some ‘unusual activity’ on your account, that needs you to follow a random link, to check and resolve and…
Avoid False Promises and Fake Search Terms
After a cry of frustration was heard in the office, it suddenly became clear what we should be blogging about this time. False Search terms. So what do we mean by that? Put simply, you type a search term into your choice of search engine, in our case Bio Ethanol…
Do not Hide your Telephone Number
Internet access via mobile, tablets, and PC’s is so quick and easy that we, in line with a great many other companies, will do a quick telephone number look up of a new number, while the phone is still ringing. Almost immediately we can see if it is likely to…
Terms and Conditions Apply?
How long are your Terms and Conditions of Sale – a couple of easy to read pages or do they span numerous pages? The reason for asking relates to problems our customers have had with their other website design and hosting suppliers in the past. To give some sort of…
Things Could Turn Ugly – So how will you respond?
All the signs are there for an economic downturn over the next few months which, coming so soon after the recent upheavals, will mean that things could turn ugly, commercially speaking. In previous Blog Posts we have spoken about holding your nerve and having faith in your marketing (available HERE)and…
How are Scammers Affecting Your Marketing?
With the recent increases in Energy and Petrol prices, coupled with the worry that everyone has about spiralling costs, it is not necessarily a surprise that a number of, not exactly honest, companies have hit the adverts offering seemingly too good to be true, super efficient heaters and fabulous fuel…
A quick guide to Google’s Helpful Content Update
The latest search algorithm update from Google has started to be implemented a little earlier than originally stated by them on the 18th August. The stated aim of this latest change was to help remove AI or computer dictated, or directed if you will, mass content. In order to help…
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Since our previous blog post on this topic, there has been encouraging progress from the Government in tackling the late payment crisis that significantly impacts smaller UK SMEs in particular. The most recent Small Business Strategy survey conducted by the Business and Trade Committee did call on the Government to implement tougher penalties for those…
The Office of National Statistics’ report on business confidence for July reveals that while companies are struggling to manage the increasing costs and regulations imposed on them there are some small signs of improving confidence. More businesses than initially projected by the ONS believe their turnover will remain stable in the upcoming months, while fewer…
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