It appears to be that time of year again. The non-existent summer has come to an end, and now we are all looking forward to the long, wet, dark, and bitterly cold months ahead. Call me a cynic, but I think that the British secretly look forward to September because it means that the game [...]
Sir Philip Green has completed his study of Central Government procurement efficiency. To be clear he was “asked by the Prime Minister in mid August to carry out an efficiency review of Government spending, focusing on commodity procurement, property and major contracts”. You can read his report by going to the Cabinet Office website here. [...]
Another day without flights for most of UK and business counts the cost. But, do you really have to travel to do business? Maybe now is the time to reconsider audio-, web- and video-conferencing as alternatives to travel chaos and expense. We work with UK businesses to help them with avoidable costs. Call 01554 770816 [...]
In the first important strategic decision since the merger of Orange and T-Mobile last month, the company has announced it is abandoning its own fixed-line telephone network in the UK and handing it over to BT . Bt will integrate this into its own network and observers believe this will significantly improve performance for Orange’s [...]
As mobile telephony becomes more and more mainstream, this recent news emerging from the European Commission is of particular importance to the UK business community. Do you really understand your business’s mobile phone bills – bundled minutes and text messages, cash-back, lead numbers …? In this ever more important and ever less-clear area of business [...]