BlackBerry went back to its business-facing roots over the past year, and its latest innovation for companies comes in the form of a cross-platform enterprise mobility management cloud for SMEs across iOS, Android, Windows Phones and BlackBerry 10.
Brits are set to spend £14.95bn via mobile devices in 2015, driving a huge 77.8 per cent increase on 2014, while the mobile commerce spend in Europe on the whole is set to rise by 88 per cent this year.
British betting business Ladbrokes witnessed revenue growth of nearly 4 per cent during 2014, but saw its profits dented by an £8m hit after Boxing Day football fixtures went the wrong way.
New research from the UK government has revealed that 39 per cent of of would-be entrepreneurs across the country consider starting a business each day, but fear is a big problem.
Yesterday at the Brit awards a competition was unleashed between Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran about who would be taking home the most awards, not to mention Madonna’s minor falling mishap. Undoubtedly, however, with UK artists such as Royal Blood, One Direction and Paloma Faith riding high on the charts, it’s easy to see why the music industry has become the “poster boy” for British exports.
The behaviour of UK salespeople has been analysed by Adobe to find technology is enabling more flexibility with sales deals, which has been demonstrated with a 30 per cent growth in the amount of business secured out of the office with staff becoming more mobile.
It’s been said that small businesses were the ones to lead the UK out of the recession. Dubbed the “lifeblood of the economy”, it’s not hard to see why the sector has been subject to so much government focus. But would we be looking at a slightly different picture if Britain only had a total of 100 businesses
Declaring it a UK first, Barclays has revealed plans to let individuals make payments to each other and small businesses via Twitter handles and its Pingit banking app.
Edinburgh-based Camel Audio, a developer of music effects software, is thought to have been acquired by American tech giant Apple.
Companies that ignore digital customer engagement including web chat, social media, text, smartphones, apps and video within the next two years risk losing customers to tech-savvy rivals.
