When you decide to start a small business in today’s unstable economic climate, it can be frantic, difficult and highly expensive. Initially, you may think it’s just a case of buying or making products and selling them for a profit, right? Wrong! If you fail to keep your books properly in order, your new company [...]

The UK can expect “more strike action, for longer periods” according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
Royal Mail and post union chiefs have been meeting at TUC headquarters all week and have still failed to come to an agreement.
The CWU’s postal strikes are underway in their second phase and affect the whole country, with approximately [...]

Consumer confidence in the USA was on the receiving end of a big blow during October due to the insecurity over job prospects.

An investigation is set to be launched by the Office of Fair Trading into online pricing practices.
Part of the investigation will focus on price comparison websites, which make claims to offer the best deals. It will also look into a procedure called “drip pricing,” where added charges are included as the purchase progresses.
Customised pricing, where [...]

Official statistics have shocked experts, by revealing that UK retail sales remained unimproved on August’s figures, with zero growth for September. This failure in the increase of retail sales has occurred for the second month in a row.
The expectations have been raised recently, with experts predicting that the UK was on course for economic recovery, [...]

Google has revealed their biggest 3-month profit to date, implying that internet marketing is recovering from the recession.
During the three-month period from July to September, Google unveiled a net profit of $1.64bn (£1bn), a 27% increase on last years July-September figures.
Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, feels that “the worst of the recession is clearly behind [...]

Approximately a third of UK employees dispose of sensitive data in the bin without shredding it, according to a recent study.
Research conducted as a part of National Identity Fraud Prevention week found that three-quarters of workers believed that their employers weren’t doing enough to protect their customers’ sensitive information.
The UK currently spends more than £1.2bn on identity fraud each year [...]