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Entrepreneur Peter Jones and four leading business organisations have decided Enterprise UK is no longer viable in its current form.
Campaigning charity Enterprise UK, which runs Global Enterprise Week in the UK, is to close its doors after more than six years following the withdrawal of public funding.
Read more here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8283605/Enterprise-UK-to-call-it-a-day.html?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d403b1d71efa412%2C0
Wednesday, February 2
O2 to build free Wi-Fi network across the UK
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The mobile operator O2 will today launch an ambitious drive to install Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK, bringing it into conflict with broadband rivals BSkyB and BT.
The announcement of its Wi-Fi division will mark what the company calls the first "truly free, public Wi-Fi platform" in the UK, available not just to its customers, but anyone else who wants to use it.
Read more here
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/o2-to-build-free-wifi-network-across-the-uk-2194438.html
The mobile operator O2 will today launch an ambitious drive to install Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK, bringing it into conflict with broadband rivals BSkyB and BT.
The announcement of its Wi-Fi division will mark what the company calls the first "truly free, public Wi-Fi platform" in the UK, available not just to its customers, but anyone else who wants to use it.
Read more here
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/o2-to-build-free-wifi-network-across-the-uk-2194438.html
Fear of exporting holds UK back
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Small companies urged to take a more proactive approach to exporting as research reveals just 2pc planning international trade in 2011.
Read more here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8280993/Fear-of-exporting-holds-UK-back.html?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d3ee0d668a20002%2C0
Small companies urged to take a more proactive approach to exporting as research reveals just 2pc planning international trade in 2011.
Read more here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8280993/Fear-of-exporting-holds-UK-back.html?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d3ee0d668a20002%2C0
Are firms failing to meet challenges of new technology?
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With customers increasingly demanding instant communication, businesses could lose out if they don't embrace new channels. Some firms are still inclined to treat the rise of social media in the office as a threat to productivity, rather than as an opportunity. But according to a new study by Canon, this could be a big mistake: its research suggested that customer relationships are being damaged by business's unwillingness to engage via all these new communication channels.
Read more herehttp://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1051055/are-firms-failing-meet-challenges-new-technology/
With customers increasingly demanding instant communication, businesses could lose out if they don't embrace new channels. Some firms are still inclined to treat the rise of social media in the office as a threat to productivity, rather than as an opportunity. But according to a new study by Canon, this could be a big mistake: its research suggested that customer relationships are being damaged by business's unwillingness to engage via all these new communication channels.
Read more herehttp://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1051055/are-firms-failing-meet-challenges-new-technology/
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