NORTHERN IRELAND LEADS THE WAY AGAIN
Following their decision to delay the revaluation business premises, Northern Ireland has again shown the way to Wales on how to use devolution to reduce business rates and support the economy.
Whilst empty properties are liable to… Read the rest
NO HAIN, NO GAIN?
Having just come back to Pwllheli to spend a few days with my family, I picked up the Daily Post tonight to see the picture of the Secretary of State on the business pages with the promise that he… Read the rest
THE CONCEPT OF LEADERSHIP IN WALES
In 2005, I wrote an article about the development of leadership within Welsh civic society and argued, that in developing the future of Wales, we needed leaders of real quality and calibre who could begin to make a real differenceSTART-UPS AND GROWTH – A VIEW FROM THE ASSEMBLY
Having just come back this morning from a very successful trip to New York (more about that next week), it was good to read that the Learning and Enterprise Committee remains as independent as its predecessors such as
Visibility Is Good. Credibility Is Better.
This winter there has been a lot of talk about ‘visibility’. For the purposes of this though, I’m not talking about whether you can see out of your windscreen when it has frosted over. The kind of visibility that has… Read the rest
Innovation – In Threes
By Roger Browne, Managing Director, Futurology Limited
There’s an old joke that describes two men walking across the savannah in Africa when they spy a hungry looking lion. The lion starts to approach them and they fear for their lives.… Read the rest
Public Relations For Law Firms – Be Proactive Not Reactive
05/02/10
By Giselle Daverat, Byfield Consultancy
What exactly is [b]Public Relations?[/b] The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as: the business of creating a good public image for an organisation or famous person. I believe this to be true –… Read the rest
Top Tips For Marketing Success
03/02/2010
By Kursha Woodgate
[b]Definitions of marketing[/b] are plentiful. For small business owners, most would agree that [b]marketing[/b] is about generating sales opportunities so that your businesses can grow. Concepts such as brand building and customer relationship management may seem… Read the rest
Online Video – Content That Gets You Noticed
Online video will generate buzz without breaking the bank
Capitalising On The E-commerce Opportunity
By Craig Sullivan, VP International Products, NetSuite
Over the last decade,e-commerce has changed the face of the retail sector, helping companies to expand into new markets, engage more efficiently with customers, reduce costs and drive revenue growth. However, following a… Read the rest
How To Turn Website Visitors Into Online Customers
By Andy Budd, managing director, web user-experience consultancy Clearleft
Truly understand your audience
The key to creating a successful website lies in providing an engaging experience for the end-user. Websites offering a poorly-defined and badly executed customer experience often frustrate… Read the rest
Getting The Most From Your PPC Campaigns
By Judith Lewis, Search Director, i-level
As the credit crunch forces more and more marketing budgets to be trimmed, keeping yourpaid search accounts in tip top shape has become increasingly important.
Pay-per-click (PPC) is not something you can set and… Read the rest
What Is Real Time Search?
By Andy Betts, Managing Consultant, DBD Media
With the announcements at the end of last year that Bing and Google have linked partnerships with social networking and micro-blogging sites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, it is inevitable that real… Read the rest
