Apprenticeships: The digital skills gap is costing businesses
By Staff writer
Despite a skills gap, there is little doubt that the future of business is digital. Indeed, you’re probably reading this on your tablet or mobile phone.
Tag: Digital
Startup accelerator from British Airways parent firm set for take-off
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Aer Lingus and more, has launched a global startup accelerator scheme called Hangar 51 to solve problems affecting the travel industry.
How a robust expenses policy can boost your business
All too often, an expenses policy is treated as more of a box-ticking exercise than a genuine attempt to manage employee expenses, explains webexpenses CEO Adam Reynolds.
Banks need to answer SME bosses” call for digital offerings like HSBC just has
Small and mid-sized firms have embraced digital technology, and HSBC has led a review of its bank tariffs to cater to the change.
The UK will have a hard task of closing the gaping digital divide
By Staff writer
The UK has set a target to achieve 95 per cent coverage of NGA broadband across the country by 2017 with a £1.7bn investment. But the aim to have all properties connected to a basic broadband capability (2Mbps) by the end of last year was not entirely fulfilled.
Half a million businesses now advertise on Instagram are you one of them?
Instagram has more than doubled its advertiser headcount in the past six months, as it has reached the milestone for 500,000 a month.
Hassle.com MD says ?manky gaff marketing appeal will create household brand
Following acquisition last year, online cleaning service Hassle.com has now pushed into 11 new cities across the UK. The company’s MD Sam James has told Real Business that growth and awareness will be achieved with a voice that is both fun and memorable – two things you wouldn’t usually associate with chores.
The best messenger platforms ever invented
The pace of technological innovation and adoption seems to be accelerating faster and faster, and every year there are a lot of new apps and acronyms to familiarise ourselves with. This makes for exciting times for developers, consumers and end-users, but the quickening pace of obsolescence can be unnecessarily unforgiving.
Payment pains for growing businesses inevitable but missed payments can be avoided
Missed payments are not only frustrating, but can be fundamentally damaging to a company’s cash flow and future growth. We meet two companies which have implemented systems to avoid such trouble.
Is a $3,000 cruise on worlds most technologically advanced river ship right for you
Ultra-luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises claims its Crystal Mozart is the “world’s most technologically advanced river ship” so, with travel costing upwards of $3,000, the firm has introduced live camera views to provide would-be customers transparency.