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Can our infrastructure cope with a population of homeworkers?

Connectivity is a big issue. Some parts of the UK are still waiting for fibre to be installed...

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Vision is a powerful motivator

Blackberry goes the way of the dodo

I believe one of the key qualities of any business owner is motivation...

Blackberry has discontinued its once-popular mobile phone in favour of a different path...

Do 15 minutes to complete an hour’s worth of work

Productivity experts claim that, when completing difficult tasks and in order to work for much longer, you should say to yourself, ‘I’m just going to do 15 minutes’

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Make 2022 the year you invest in yourself

New equipment is expensive, that goes without saying but when is a purchase an investment or just an impulse buy?

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Are companies working on brand-new technologies anymore?

They say that the shelf life of a mobile phone or laptop is roughly two years. After this time, the operating systems become noticeably slower.

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Use your common sense!

Morrisons recently announced they’re to scrap the ‘use by’ date on milk...

Hollywood Handshake is the epitome of the patriarchy

There was controversy around the semi-final of the 2021 series, which aired on 16 November. Three of the four semi-finalists received a handshake from Paul Hollywood; my favourite, Winnie the Pooh lookalike...

Some positive news for pubs, cafes and restaurants

The view is bleak for many businesses at the moment, perhaps more so for those in the hospitality sector, who may (as I write) be ordered to close their doors to the public once again, until further notice.

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Forget Omicron, will Long Covid be the real killer of commerce?

As the Omicron variant rampages across the news headlines as fast as it seems to be rampaging through the general public, everyone is braced for a rise in infections, a greater number of hospital admittances..

More Mascots in Advertising

Today, I want to highlight some characters you might remember, which were created by one company only to be remembered for another, as well as some that were once dropped, but which were revived almost instantly.