eBay opens entries to 4th annual eBay for Business Awards to celebrate entrepreneur success
Entrants have the opportunity to win £15,000 in Grand Prize Winners of 11 categories will each receive £5,000 cash to boost their business Awards launch as eBay UK reveals June saw the biggest year-on-year spike in new businesses joining the platform during lockdown, up 335% compared with June 2019 eBay has today opened […]
Why print marketing is still important
In a world consumed by technology, digital marketing has become an increasingly popular option for many businesses. With technology taking over the way we consume information, the more traditional ways of marketing and getting your business out there to customers seems to have disappeared. And while this type of marketing often gets overlooked, it has […]
Work Friends Makes Us More Productive According to Research
The idea of friendship applies as much to our personal lives as it does to our professional ones. According to research collated by Coworking Specialists Instant Offices, having friends in the workplace makes you more engaged and happier. In fact, it is so important, 66% of British workers say having a friend increases job satisfaction. Over […]
The CV Buzzwords Ruining your Job Hunt
With many businesses forced to temporarily close for a few months earlier in the year, their finances have severely been impacted. So much so that they have had to take the drastic decision of making some of their employees redundant to ease cash-flow. •‘Best’ is the buzzword that hiring managers most hate seeing on CVs […]
What to Know About Credit Card Cash Advances
Many Americans were already living paycheck to paycheck before the COVID-19 pandemic. But as of spring 2020, it’s safe to say even more U.S. consumers have found themselves in a precarious financial position. According to PYMNTS.com, nearly six out of 10 Americans say they’re living paycheck to paycheck. This means any interruption in work — like […]
How To Use Machine Learning To Optimise Your Insurance Business
The insurance industry is always seeking to improve and adapt to the latest world developments in order to remain profitable and relevant. However, in recent months insurance companies from across the sector have been forced to adapt faster than ever before. That’s because the Coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the insurance industry, […]
An Experts Guide to Improving Page Load Speeds
Many businesses may think that page load speeds are not very important, and why would they? Most of us these days have super-fast broadband Internet, fibre optic is being rolled out and 4G provides users with speedy mobile Internet. So, what does it matter if a webpage takes 0.5 milliseconds longer to load than […]
How To Use Machine Learning To Optimise Your Insurance Business
The insurance industry is always seeking to improve and adapt to the latest world developments in order to remain profitable and relevant. However, in recent months insurance companies from across the sector have been forced to adapt faster than ever before. That’s because the Coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the insurance industry, […]
4 Easy Ways to Improve Your E-commerce Site’s User Experience
Ecommerce is radically altering the retail landscape. Customers increasingly choose e-commerce for the convenience and wide selection it offers. This explains why e-commerce sales are expected to hit 4.5 trillion dollars in 2021. Furthermore, customers expect such products and related services to be competitively priced. However, it doesn’t mean that you have to cut your […]
Getting Underrepresented into Law
Following a competitive tender process, PRIME has commissioned MyKindaFuture, the overlooked talent specialist, to deliver a series of digital workshops for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds across the UK this autumn. This follows a successful pilot that PRIME undertook last year, involving member firms Brodies, DWF, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Pinsent Masons, along with support from […]
Gartner HR Survey Finds 52% of Organizations Business Operations Continuing at Reduced Level
A Gartner, Inc. survey of 172 HR leaders found that 52% reported their organization’s business operations are continuing at a reduced level due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the same survey, 40% of 146 respondents reported optimizing costs as the business priority that has changed the most since early this year. To address these issues […]
IoT Innovation and Industry 2.0: Inmarsat research reveals IoT revolution in Mining Industry
The most recent study made by Inmarsat: the world’s leader in global, mobile satellite communications, found a global mining sector experiencing an Internet of Things (IoT) revolution with respondents reporting significant rises in adoption of connected technologies. Specialist market research company Vanson Bourne was employed by Inmarsat to interview 200 respondents with either decision-making or influencing […]
Simple Steps to Improve Employee Wellbeing
A happy workforce is a productive workforce. It’s essential that we look after our employees, make them feel valued and fulfilled in their roles. Of course, no two people are the same, implementing strategies that work for one person might not suit the whole workforce. So how do you ensure that all of your employees […]
Virtual Reality on Shaping the Entertainment Industry
What if the reality is not so different than an illusion! What if with the help of technology, a whole new immersive environment can be created around us that even after being only projected lights can give us a real experience! With this in mind, Virtual Reality has been created. There is no denying the […]
5 Soft Skills Essential for an Entrepreneur
No matter how talented you are, or how groundbreaking your idea is, to succeed in the business world, you must have some core people skills. By people skills, we mean all the related skills like communication, social, emotional intelligence quotients, social intelligence, character attributes and many others. These are also known as Soft skills, the […]
Business Spending Drops 41 Percent In April As Coronavirus Consequences Hit, Research Reveals
Data shows significant spending decline in entertainment, travel, and transport categories, while services and shopping spending increased. However, data shows signs of recovery in May European businesses reduced their spending by 41 percent in April, compared to the previous month, according to the Soldo Spend Index. The resource, compiled by spend management platform Soldo, features data […]
Getting Underrepresented into Law
Following a competitive tender process, PRIME has commissioned MyKindaFuture, the overlooked talent specialist, to deliver a series of digital workshops for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds across the UK this autumn. This follows a successful pilot that PRIME undertook last year, involving member firms Brodies, DWF, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Pinsent Masons, along with support from […]
Simon Paine, CEO, PopUp Business School -“We pivoted our events business in lockdown”
Simon Paine, co-founder and CEO PopUp Business School, successfully rotated his events business during lockdown and he’s happy to share his story – below “We pivoted our events business in lockdown, now we are bigger than ever.” Overnight, PopUp Business School saw its business model wrecked and hundreds of thousands of pounds of business down the […]
Tips on How to Write a Motivation Letter
The motivational letter is the most daunting document to come up with because it is personal and unique to everyone. You have to write about yourself in a way that convinces the admission office to admit you. In this case, you have to view yourself as a brand and find the best words to use […]
Gartner HR Survey Finds 52% of Organizations Business Operations Continuing at Reduced Level
A Gartner, Inc. survey of 172 HR leaders found that 52% reported their organization’s business operations are continuing at a reduced level due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the same survey, 40% of 146 respondents reported optimizing costs as the business priority that has changed the most since early this year. To address these issues […]
15% of UK Small Businesses Plan to Cut Pay in Reaction to Pandemic Driven Recession
A report out today on HR trends in 2020 has revealed the huge impact of COVID-19 on the state ofsmall business in Britain and the likely impact on the economy. The Employee Equity Trends 2020 report was compiled by Vestd, the share scheme and equity management platform. It highlights the struggle many SMEs are currently […]
Relief For Retailers As Re-opening Powers Resurgence Confidence
The re-opening of shops provided a much-needed relief for retailers in the last two weeks, as the number of companies with a negative assessment of trading conditions plummeted from more than half (54%) to 37%, according to the latest Opinium-Cebr Business Distress Tracker. However, the overall business picture remains uncertain, and a third (35%) of […]
Choosing Business Card Machines in 2020: What to Look for in Your Merchant Services Provider
When you are starting a business in 2020, then you just have to offer multiple ways for your customers to pay. This is important because your business’s reputation, accessibility, and sales depend on it. E- wallets, credit/debit cards.NFC and cash are the prime payment methods of course, but no other mode of payment holds as […]
How To Look After And Protect Your Agricultural Machinery
Agricultural work can undoubtedly be hazardous to both human health and finances. Your work in this area may rely on a range of machinery, such as tractors, round balers and combine harvesters. In looking after this machinery and keeping it safe, you can do the same for you and your workers. Legal measures like the […]
