As the deadline for compliance with the new EU cookie law looms (26th May 2012) many and quite possibly, most, businesses are still considering how (or even if….) they are going to comply. The below information aims to give you a starting point and consider which option is best suited to you and your business. Where do I start? The ICO [...]
May
03
Cookie Law Compliance – What Are Your Options?
Apr
24
Confused about cookies? The EU Cookie law in a nutshell…. (and further reading!)
The deadline for website owners to comply with the EU new cookie law, is closing in on us. With a 12-month grace period almost at an end, the new law will be enforced from 26th May 2012. But are businesses any clearer about what they are required to do? Do you have a website? Is it compliant [...]
Apr
18
10 Marketing Tips For Business Growth in 2012
It might not feel like it sometimes (today in particular!!) but Spring is here. And what better time to review your marketing to make sure that you are planting the right seeds to attract the right business! To help you, we’ve created a list of tips that you can cross check against your current marketing [...]
Mar
30
Why Your Firm Needs a Mobile Website Now
The way we use the Internet is changing dramatically. As ownership of smartphones and tablets rapidly increases, so does the usage of mobile web: According to estimates by The ITU (2011) there are nearly 1.2 billion mobile Web users in the world. In fact, Mobile-broadband subscriptions have grown substantially at 45 percent per annum over [...]
Mar
08
Does your website deliver a positive user experience on a mobile device?
Have you optimised your website for use on a mobile device yet? If not, please read on…. We are aware that mobile phones and tablets are playing an increasingly important role in everyday life, our lives in fact. And the more we use them, the more we expect from them. Considering this – have you [...]
Feb
01
Do You Need A Marketing Plan?
In short, the answer is Yes! Every business should have a marketing plan. The importance of a marketing plan is often misunderstood, particularly among those in the company who have little to do with or don’t fully understand the role of marketing. So what is a marketing plan? A marketing plan provides a clear focus [...]
Nov
29
Tablets Account for Greater Share of Online e-Commerce
Mashable.com features an interesting infographic (produced by Vertic) this week on tablet usage in the US. It highlights current trends and forecasts, which may well shape the future of the mobile and e-commerce markets. What does the tablet market look like today? 20% of all mobile e-commerce sales comes from tablets 60% of tablet owners [...]
Nov
14
Yell Press Release: Lenders Memorandum
In its announcement on 8 November 2011, Yell mentioned that, in order to ensure that the Group has an appropriate level of covenant headroom to deliver its new strategy successfully, it had begun speaking to its lenders. In connection with that process, Yell will today present its proposals to its lenders. These are described in [...]
Nov
10
Yell Appointed to Partner with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) on ‘Open to Export’ Initiative
Yell’s latest partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is bringing them a step closer to realising the objective of their new strategy; to transform the Group from leading supplier of print and online advertising for SMEs to leader in the emerging local eMarketplace for consumers and SMEs. This new initiative, which has been named [...]
Nov
03
Yell’s New Free App – Now With Consumer Reviews
Yell has announced that its free new App is now available on the App store. Following the success of its first App which had over 1 million downloads, Yell has improved it’s app to enables users for the first time to view current consumer reviews and create new reviews of local businesses directly within the [...]