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AUGUST 25, 2014

This might seem like a very large amount, but when you consider that in 2012 it was $164.2 The world of training is undergoing a rapid change. Last year US businesses spent $55 billion on training. billion then you can see evidence of a massive decline.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Latest OFCOM figures have shown that online spending for the UK in 2012 increased on average by 16% per person compared to 2011. This meant an increased average spend of £1,175 compared to £1,017 the previous year, more than double the average spend per head of other countries in the survey.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

on July 2012, fuelled mainly by the rush to buy summer… Read the full article here: UK high streets benefit from July heatwave on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG. It seems that sunny summer days of July were not only good news for our suntans in the UK, but they also meant a very decent spell for the High Street too.

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APRIL 3, 2013

A massive 94% of mobile users surveyed in the 2012 CDW Survey believed that using smartphones at work made them more efficient and 85% of IT managers said they make the enterprise as a whole more efficient.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Start this new year with a post-mortem of all the things you did right (or wrong) in 2012. Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. It is important for you to understand exactly why your actions succeeded or failed…

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JUNE 5, 2013

2012 was another big year for Cloud adoption among businesses worldwide. But what are the main uses for the Cloud? As you can see in the infographic below, the Cloud is unsurprisingly mostly used to operate business applications, most likely due to all the benefits that can be achieved such as collaboration and integration.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Perhaps giving some merit to the saying “95% of statistics are made up”, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have today revised their economic figures for the first quarter of 2012. You may remember that this was thought to be the second consecutive period of contraction and so it was officially considered another recession.

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APRIL 2, 2013

It’s now the second largest social network in the world, having surpassed Twitter in active monthly users at the end of 2012. Initially many people were not convinced by Google Plus, but time has shown that it has become a very valuable social tool.

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APRIL 9, 2013

over the same period in 2012, this was down from the 2.7% Despite the expected retail boost of an early Easter the dreadful weather over the holiday meant that retail sales slowed in March, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The BBC reports that although like-for-like sales are actually up by 1.9%

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Now that the feel-good factor brought to our country by London 2012 has been and gone, we’re once again waking up to the harsh reality that the UK economy is still in dire shape and as we look forward, there’s yet to be any signs that things are soon to be on the up. With…

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JUNE 4, 2013

There have been reports recently that Facebook’s popularity is waning in the UK, with one report suggesting that “a 9 per cent drop in Facebook usage since April 2012” because users are: “fed up with social marketing promotions” and “nervous their personal info would be handed over to third parties” The report (..)

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MAY 30, 2013

In an analysis of 10 billion retail payments in 2012 (accounting for 60% of total sales), cash was the preferred method of payment for 54%. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed that cash is still the king when it comes to UK retail sales.

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MAY 15, 2013

This cool circus infographic showing US small business confidence is based on figures from 2012 but it is still well worth checking out.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Social Bizzle is doing something very unique and beneficial for UK small businesses in 2012 that we here really approve… That’s why we want to tell our readers all about this great idea from the folks at Social Bizzle.

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MARCH 22, 2013

The London Olympics was a magical once-in-a-lifetime event for most of us in the UK. Even the coldest cynic was quickly won over by the occasion and a big part of the success of the Games was due to the excellent organisation.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to the survey, despite all the high-profile disasters in 2012, nearly three-quarters of the respondents have not got any form of disaster recovery plan in place for when it hits them. The results are actually quite shocking.

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MAY 12, 2010

This will mean that the Treasury will not see a penny their additional tax from this band until 31 January 2012. Therefore, any employee earning more than £150,000 per annum, will be taxed at 40%, with the balance (10% on the amount over £150,000) being collected by direct self-assessment in the tax return.

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