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Culture change could boost media revenues
Media companies with a strong web presence will be cheered by the latest report which suggests that consumers - at long last - are willing to pay for information, music and other services online.
Entrepreneurs' forums to boost new technology business
Two annual international events designed to bring together entrepreneurs, support services and investors to promote the creation and development of technology-based businesses, are being hosted in Oxford and Cambridge.
Royal Mail provides insight into direct marketing
The Royal Mail has launched a new website service to assist businesses that use Direct Marketing (DM) as an integral part of the their overall marketing strategy.
DTI investigates the impact of e-commerce on businesses
Patricia Hewitt, previously E-commerce Minister but now Secretary of State for the DTI, has put her political weight behind a series of research reports that aims to assess the impact of e-commerce across a host of business sectors.
Environment agency launches self-help site
Help is finally at hand for the ranks of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are having difficulty understanding and implementing the burgeoning environmental legislation in the UK.
New set of standards for websites to be implemented
Advertising companies will no longer need to be concerned about the reliability of audience figures provided by website operators as the industry is about to adopt a set of agreed auditing standards to clear up the 'audience figures' confusion.
New enterprise and productivity initiatives could benefit SMEs
New measures to boost enterprise and tackle the productivity gap between Britain and its major competitors were announced today by Chancellor Gordon Brown, the Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt, and the Education and Skills Secretary Estelle Morris.
E-mail can't beat the 'human touch'
E-mail may be the most cost-effective form of direct marketing for small businesses on a tight budget, but it's no substitute for the personal approach.
Women urged to set up fund to support female-led businesses
Employment prospects for women in the business arena may have radically improved over the past decade or so, but there are some who still believe that the "new economy" investment and finance sector is still very much male dominated.
Royal Mail gives pointers to a winning e-strategy
The Royal Mail has published a new resource pack on how businesses can tackle an e-business strategy in the most effective and economical way.
SMEs urged to wage war against cartels
The Office of Fair Trading's 'complain, comply or confess' awareness campaign to educate small businesses about the dangers of cartels may have run its course, but it stresses that the message continues to be the same: stamp them out!
In the most straightforward terms, a cartel is an agreement - usually verbal and often informal - between businesses not to compete with each other.
Free SME guide to the power of effective design
Big business knows that there are many commercial advantages to be gained by deploying the right kind of design.
SMEs urged to bid for public sector contracts
Tapping into the public sector contract pipeline has just been made that little bit easier following publication of a guide designed to advise small businesses on how to increase their chances of winning bids for government contracts.
New body instigates e-mail marketing code of practice
E-mail marketing may be an essential tool for SMEs on a tight budget, but it is gaining a bad name as its growing use is shadowed due to the ever-increasing deluge of spam landing in consumers' in-boxes.
Opportunity to publicise that new innovation
Emma and Caroline founded Hairnet, which provides computer and internet training for the over-50s, after they realised that people who had not grown up with personal computers or the internet might need extra help to understand and integrate the new technology into their lives.