One of the most appreciated aspects of December (aside from it being a time for family and festivities) is that it's a quiet work time that allows home business owners to get the house in order. The phones don't ring so much and emails don't arrive so often. It's a perfect time for some considered business...

The 2008 Word of the Year is - Hypermiling - according to the Oxford University Press (USA). Do you keep the tyres on your car properly inflated to maximise your petrol consumption? Have you removed the roof-rack from your vehicle to streamline the car and reduce drag? Do you turn your engine off...

Book of the Month for December is Microsoft Publisher 2007 Step By Step , which is available to Small Business Centre visitors for the knock-down price of just £7.99. Experience learning made easy - and quickly teach yourself how to design inspiring publications and marketing materials with Publisher...

Today is apparently the busiest day for online shopping , when we've all been round the shops and failed to find that crucial present for husband/wife/Auntie Mavis. The forecast to be spent online is for somewhere in the region of £320 million - and that's just today! The internet trade body IMRG says...

Did you see the BBC feature a few weeks back on Microsoft's massive new storage facility in the US, and how this all relates to ‘Cloud computing'? This is not an easy concept to grasp initially, because it represents a fundamental change to the way we've all got used to buying and using software. A question...