Getting old is great; all of a sudden you're offered senior citizen discounts, free bus passes and no one bats an eyelid if you want to pop to the shop in your slippers. Despite all this you don't necessarily feel old do you? Now is the time to really enjoy ... Read more (727 words)

Exporting outside the European Union (EU) can open a massive new source of potential income for your business and you will come across many challenges before you're able to see your profits rise. A freight forwarder is a company who not only specialises in the transportation of goods, but is ... Read more (580 words)

As the nights start to draw in and the weather gets colder, many of us start to look towards cosy nights in front of warm fires and the summer fades to a distant memory. Before we start stocking up on festive wrapping paper and dusting of the mince pies there's ... Read more (723 words)

With the paranormal more popular than ever, why not use it as an excuse to shoe horn a little bit of history and education into your children's half term break, with Halloween conveniently situated around most schools half term schedules they won't even realise they're learning! When it was first ... Read more (766 words)

Trading internationally can be a great way to improve your businesses potential, by spreading the risk across a different market you can expose your products to a whole new audience and generate a new source of income. This is not something you can rush into, before you start you need ... Read more (578 words)

Business intelligence and performance management focuses on providing the tools and processes to help you make better business decisions. In order to make better business decisions you first need to understand how your business is currently performing, you then need to understand why it's working the way it is and ... Read more (604 words)

Most of us have adapted to living a more eco friendly lifestyle, a few years ago we wouldn't have thought anything about the amount of plastic bags we use at the supermarket or throwing our cans out with the rest of the rubbish. Now most supermarkets offer incentives for reusing ... Read more (676 words)

No business can afford to be blasé when it comes to their position in the market place, you're always going to need to be aware of what your competitors are doing, what your industry regulators are doing and most importantly, what your own business is doing internally to produce the ... Read more (655 words)

Global warming is a hot topic at the moment and governments round the world are all trying to lower CO2 emissions. The UK government is legally obliged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 12.5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Schemes like the Low Carbon Buildings Programme that offer grants ... Read more (510 words)

When it comes to calculating the risk of data loss there are two main factors which need to be taken into consideration, the first are the financial penalties that might be imposed by regulators, such as the information commissioner's office, (there have been several examples of fines been issued due ... Read more (630 words)