August, 2007

And here's another small business with a blog: Europe a la Carte . Started by travel broker Karen Bryan in 2002, the company offers guides to less well-known travel destinations in Europe. Karen recognised that the Internet was catching on, allowing her to "gain market exposure" in a field dominated...

Web 2.0 is covered in the July/August edition of Growing Business magazine (£3). In the article "Web 2.0 & what it means for you" ("Trends and ideas behind the latest online businesses - and why you need them too"), Jon Card examines the phenomenon of social media and names exciting new UK businesses...

Social networking site Facebook, now with some 30 million users, is facing a series of challenges. Founder Mark Zuckerberg, just 23 years old, has been accused of stealing the idea for the site, its security has been questioned, a "technical glitch" resulted in an outage and Vodafone has withdrawn advertising...

"School's out for summer," a bedraggled-looking Alice Cooper memorably sang. Education will be making a glorious return in September. Back by popular demand are 4 Windows Vista events - Vista After Hours - held in England and Scotland. To register, click on the links below: 20 September - Manchester...

NOTE MADE 28 JAN 2011 Free Microsoft Office and Microsoft Publisher trials Visit the new Office 2010 page on the small business website for more information and free trials of Office Home & Business 2010 and Office Professional 2010. Microsoft Publisher has always been - and continues to...