News Archive
Ebusiness news archive from October 2007
| Small business week champions the little guy The 4.5 million plus small enterprises that form the backbone of the UK economy are celebrated this week in Small Business Week 2007. | |
| Marketing for the smaller, nimbler business Dr Paul Fifield, a world renowned marketing strategist, is to deliver a talk on marketing for smaller businesses in Inverness on November 15 at the invitation of The Chartered Institute of Marketing in Scotland (CIM). | |
| Going ballistic, virtually ‘Going ballistic – skills required for dramatic business growth’ is the seasonal theme of the latest virtual conference being staged by Highlands and Islands Enterprise through LearningWorks on November 8. | |
| One handset fits all With the focus this week firmly on the small to micro-sized business, a survey conducted by YouGov for Voice over IP (VoIP) company, Inclarity found that 65 per cent of employees in the UK make work-related calls from their office mobile phone more than twice a day. | |
Good technology | Making the web work for you: e-business workshops Does your tourism website attract enough visitors? Are they the right kind of people? Does it translate into bookings and profits? Are you really confident your site is doing all it can for your business? |
| Breakfast, lunch and knowledge in Forres Business people in Moray are being given an exciting opportunity to learn the secrets of success at an event run by HIE Moray today (October 24). | |
| Study aims to learn from e-networks in enterprising communities The value of online networking between community groups will be at the heart of a new study, looking at opportunities to improve the long term sustainability of the voluntary and social enterprise sector throughout the Highlands and Islands. | |
| Byte-ing the Bullet Sharp-eyed site visitors will have noticed a new section here on Business Transformation, Byte the Bullet. This is a programme where small to medium-sized companies based in the Highlands and Islands can earn special expert advice and guidance in making the most of business technology. | |
| 404 - not known at this address 404s – the error messages that appear when a page on a web site can’t be found – need not be a dead-end for users. Instead, the 404 page should be optimised to signpost users back into your site proper. Or, better still, be avoided as much as possible in the first place. | |
| Sites behaving badly Some of the UK’s top blue chips companies are performing badly online, with over 70 per cent of their web pages failing code standards. And if the biggest businesses in the country with large budgets can get their internet presence wrong, are small to micro-sized companies faring any better? | |
| Why wheels come off shopping trolleys A web site customer who abandons their shopping trolley in mid-purchase is unlikely to return, so getting the ordering and payment process spot on is crucial. | |
| The business of social networking The phenomenon of social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo is having an unexpected spin-off benefit for businesses as potential sources of information when hiring staff. | |
Horizon Scotland | HIE helps firms look for markets around the world Helping companies to get into the international marketplace is the focus of a series of workshops being organised by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). |
| Youth Challenge 2008 launched The hunt has begun to find the best young innovators in the Highlands and Islands. | |
| Web ads hit a new all time high UK advertising spend on the web is on course to reach an all time high by the end of this year, it is being predicted. | |
| Push to fill in broadband blackspots underway Businesses and individuals experiencing difficulties obtaining a broadband connection are being urged to come forward before the end of the year. | |
| Free is a magic number Using the web and technology to best business advantage is what business transformation is all about. Even better if you can do it for free. | |
| Free online backup…and a million pound guarantee Talking of free, PerfectBackup, a leading European online backup provider, are now offering free 1GB online backup accounts to businesses in the UK. | |
| Broadband behind teleworkers staying at home On the heels of our teleworking theme of last week comes a new report that almost a third of employees are now homeworking for at least part of the month. | |