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 [...]

Online Isn’t Always The Answer Although having an online presence can be one of the most important aspects of any businesses marketing plans – however, not every business deems it necessary to have any sort of online presence at all. If you are one of the businesses that doesn’t feel it necessary to have a [...]

Summer Selling The summer is here and although the weather doesn’t know it yet we’re only getting started!  Bring on the barbeques and beaches – even though the sun hasn’t been making strong appearances recently we can still hope for the best. In this light it’s about time we started looking at how we can [...]

How To Sell Properly Selling is not only a business, it’s an art form – if you know how to sell properly you can be one of the most successful people in the world. People aren’t looking to buy random things, they are looking to spend money to fill gaps in their lives and help [...]

Sales – Be Better! A recession is a difficult climate for sales people – no one wants to buy anything when the economic outlook is so bleak and sales people have to work even harder than ever before to make a sale! As a sales person you need to be better than everyone else – [...]

Is your website up-to-date? Are you making the most out of your website?  A recent survey conducted by BT Business found that although around £78 million is set to be spent online this year alone, only 11 per cent of small businesses maintain their websites on a daily basis. Furthermore, small businesses will be failing [...]

If you are planning on setting up a small business, you may be unclear as to what exactly marketing is, and how essential it is towards the overall success of your business. Marketing refers to how your business accomplishes in three areas: 1) Identifying what your customer wants 2) Anticipating demand for your product or service 3) Satisfying [...]