Facebook profile worth money
Just how much is a Facebook user worth? Well it has to be debatable whether they are worth anything at all, but when MySpace was sold, the business was worth about $580 million, which as they had at the time 22 million users this means that each user was worth $26, not bad but if [...]
October 24, 2007Getting your message across
Whether you are a freelancer or business you would be expecting to get some business out of your website, this is probably much more important for the freelancer as they can use a website as a sort of portfolio where people and businesses looking for your particular services can see exactly what is on offer. [...]
October 4, 2007Postal strike could hit businesses
Anyone posting a letter from today is should be aware that it is unlikely to be delivered until Thursday or Friday of next week! With up to 130,000 postal workers set to walk out today, serious disruption are going to be expected.
The strike which is over pay, pensions and working conditions, will start at lunchtime [...]
Bad internet practices costs businesses £31 billion
It’s a sorry state of affairs when businesses cannot be bothered to respond to emails, and not only that it has been estimated that this practice could be costing businesses in the UK around £31.6 billion every year.
In a survey conducted by Vodafone UK, it was found that one in ten workers respond to emails [...]
Post to be hit with more strikes
Once again it would appear that the postal delivery system is going to be disrupted by a series of strikes. But this time it is the managers who are flexing their defiant muscles; in fact they are probably the same managers who rolled up their sleeves when the ordinary workers went on strike. What message [...]
September 3, 2007UK business could do better on Human Rights
The world leader in advocating human rights Amnesty International is calling on UK Business leaders to do more on the subject of human rights for workers in China.
This is a timely issue as the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will not only bring great publicity for China, but also there will [...]
BAA job cuts may on the cards
The management at BAA has confirmed that job cuts are in the pipeline, but they have denied reports that the figure could be as high as 2000.
BAA says that they are looking to streamline the business. The problem that the company has is quite a bit of debt because when the Spanish company Ferrivial took [...]
Is a foreign language needed?
With the GCSE exam results out there has been a significant drop in students taking up a foreign language, and the reason given is that having a foreign language skill does not make any difference when applying for a job. The blame for the fall is being laid fairly and squarely on the doorstep of [...]
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