A new study from Dyn has highlighted yet more of the frustrations shoppers have with ecommerce, but when will businesses make the changes – and will the consumers ever truly be happy
With Valentines Day 2015 marking a decade since YouTube was set up by American trio Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, its impact on the internet is phenomenal – but what about the business world.
Real Business had a busy day on the road in the first week of February, travelling from London to Jaguar Land Rover’s HQ in Warwick to explore innovation.
Businesses are planning to create jobs in every region of the UK this year as the recovery continues, but many are concerned that the nation’s growing skills gap, which has the potential to leave many jobs unfilled, has become the number one workforce threat to the long-term health of the economy.
By Zehra Chudry
The payments sector is worth more than £10bn a year for the UK economy. Why isn’t the sector better recognised
As Walmart found through its ill-fated South Korean growth push, it really does pay to know just how an overseas market expects your business to behave.
Arguably, Dragons’ Den is all about pitching. Each pitch can take as long as necessary to seal a deal, or as quickly as possible for the Dragons to say “I’m out”. But wouldn’t it help if you knew which dragon you had the most chances of impressing Merchant Money tried to answer that question by analysing the investment patterns of Dragons both past and present.
We’ve all heard of “China’s love affair with Britain” and their increasing appetite for luxury goods. “A very important factor that makes Britain standout,” suggests professor Qing Wang of Warwick Business School, “is that it incorporates tradition and innovation seamlessly”. This was made evident when a party of delegates were taken around London ahead of UKTI’s GREAT Festival of Creativity.
By David Craik
London has been hailed as a mecca for business and magnet for investors, but the likes of Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh could be higher achievers if they can make their voices heard.
By Michael Ni
New EU VAT rules for online businesses is an unwelcome hangover to many e-commerce vendors, especially those no longer able to take advantage of the UK EU VAT exemption if they company earned below a certain threshold.
