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The EU Finally Wakes Up and Realises Safe Harbour Doesn’t Work!!

And everyone looks surprised! What did the Safe Harbour agreement actually do? In EU law (from which the UK Data Protection Act is drawn), a Data Controller who needs to transfer data outside of the European Economic Area, must do due diligence...

Innovators and Essentials – Magic Wheelchair

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Customer Service Workers Worst Paid in the Nation

Customer service professionals are the worst paid sector according to data from the UK’s largest job site, CV-Library. This news follows revelations that the sector’s average salary has decreased year-on-year. This results in Sector Professionals Heading North for Better Quality...

Highland Spring Gives Sales Team Sparkling Data Analysis

UK’s largest bottled water company chooses Qlik to get a better view of sales performance and automate supply chain processes Highland Spring is using QlikView® to give sales staff rapid insight into sales and marketing performance figures and gain better insight...

Fujitsu Helps British American Tobacco Support Employees Globally

Fujitsu to manage deployment of Office 365 to help boost productivity and improve working lives of British American Tobacco employees British American Tobacco, the international tobacco group, has chosen Fujitsu to support its Office 365 deployment and deliver ongoing support of...

Who Are Your Everyday Business Heroes?

International courier and SME champion ParcelHero, identifies the qualities to seek when businesses first recruit, and launches a competition to award those Everyday Business Heroes. For new businesses just taking off, one enthusiastic person can make all the difference. It’s vitally...

Marketing Businesses Confirm: Mother Knows Best

More firms to hire working mothers, but flexibility is key New research by global workplace provider Regus has revealed that more than a fifth of marketing firms (21%) are planning to hire more returning mothers than they did a year ago. ...

#iwill Volunteer

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A Blog by an “Apprentice” about Mentorship

Last Tuesday (27th October) was the national mentoring day and in honour of this and the start of the new season of BBCs the Apprentice, Mark Wright the 2014 winner has prepared these top tips on mentorship. “Richard Branson once stated...

Inspired by the magic of Willy Wonka’s factory

Starbucks moved one step forward in customer experience introducing a one-of-a-kind coffee shrine in our hometown that captures the past, present and future of Starbucks. ...