Tag: Business
1 in 3 UK businesses fear closure in the next five years
A new survey of more than 750 decision-makers within UK businesses has revealed how COVID-19, Brexit and US politics have impacted their confidence. Over a third of UK businesses predict closure within the next five years, according to new research from One World Express. The global logistics firm commissioned a survey of over 750 decision-makers…
COVID-19 prompts firms to invest in IT projects
The UK’s technology sector is set to experience strong growth in 2021, with COVID-19 prompting businesses to invest in new IT projects, research from Studio Graphene has revealed. The London-based digital agency commissioned an independent survey of more than 750 decision-makers within UK businesses. It found that the vast majority (70%) of companies expect their IT spend to…
How Do Rotating Proxies Benefit Your Business?
If your business requires you to scrape data from the web, using just your browser to do it will be quite hard due to being blocked or banned from specific websites. Some websites have security measures – others don’t allow access from specific locations. Whatever the case, you can handle these problems by using proxies.…
4 Ways You Can Make Your Business More Resilient
With the dynamics of the corporate world growing more intricate by the day, business resilience has become a critical survival tactic for small and large businesses. A 2016 study by KPMG showed that more than 90 percent of companies were undergoing business transformations, with a complementary survey establishing a positive correlation between individual employee resilience…
UK employees working longest hours during Coronavirus homeworking
According to new data from NordVPN Teams, UK employees are working some of the longest hours in the world during the global coronavirus pandemic, logging on to their business VPN on average 11 hours a day since March 11. Daniel Marcusson, Digital Privacy Expert of NordVPN Teams, said: “The analysis of our clients indicated that tens…
What Slack’s ‘State of Work Survey’ means for the modern business
Slack, one of the business world’s leading group working tools, has recently completed its survey of the working world today. It offers one of the most in-depth looks into the varied industries of the modern economy out there. One result in particular stood out as requiring attention. Asking 17,000 workers between 16 and 64 about…
How to make great branded video content. Interview: Phil Nottingham, Wistia
Once, if small business wanted to promote themselves they would have to place an ad in their local newspaper or perhaps – if budget allowed – produce a shaky little promo video that appeared at their local cinema. Who can remember those classic Pearl and Dean gems from the 1970s and 1980s that you would…
10 top tips to ensure you business can weather tough times
Two years ago, I was about to close my business – I’d tried everything to save it, but it simply wasn’t working. I’d been forced to let six staff go and it was down to just me and one other... Right at the last minute, we signed a key client and the company was saved.…
5 Benefits To Using Cloud-Based Systems For Business
Cloud-based technology has fundamentally changed the way we do business today. More businesses and organizations are adapting to the latest cloud systems due to their efficiency, security, and reliability. Cloud-based systems enable businesses to store and access data at any time over the internet through a cloud computing service provider. But why should your business…
10 free apps and tools to help you run your small business successfully
Image credit: tayloright.com Running a small business in this day and age is no easy feat. Not only are you competing against other businesses and huge corporations that operate on a global scale, you are often doing so on a fraction of the budget they have to spend. Another problem…
