The UK's online retailers have been warned not to overlook the grey pound, as over 55s are set to spend £14.5bn on the web this year, according to digital marketing agency Greenlight.
Will Gibbs, a member of the ventures team at Octopus Investments, provides behind the scenes tips on the best way to first approach, and then secure investment from, a venture capital firm.
Trained designer Dave Legion has been working independently in a field he loves for more than a decade, so Real Business caught up with the entrepreneur to find out why he moved into tax and accounting – a sector he admits to loath.
Research by Clearswift amongst 4,000 employees in Britain, Germany, US and Australia, found that for £5,000 – the price of a family Caribbean holiday or less than three months of the average UK monthly wage – 25 per cent would sell company patents, financial records and customer credit card details.
Echoing a similar motion made in California, the government is set to allegedly talk to technology companies about giving 18 year-olds the ability to edit or remove their “digital footprint” before it comes back to haunt them.
According to data from advertising marketplace xAd, 80 per cent of marketers globally use location-based targeting when advertising on mobiles in order to reach the right audience, which is set to result in big expenditure in the UK.
Enterprise mobile app company Mubaloo, which was named in our Everline Future 50 2015, has appointed its second female managing director as CEO Mark Mason will stand down to become chairman.
Microsoft’s new Windows 10 platform launches on the 29th July. Smart businesses need to think ahead and ensure they know just how they will respond to the upgrade. Malcolm Newdick, MD and founder at Riverbank IT Management, has mapped a Windows 10 101 on the key things you need to know.
An accident on 1 June at Alton Towers, which resulted in four people being injured, led to the temporary closure of the park. This has, according to owner Merlin Entertainments, affected its profits.
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