Tag Archives: BBC
E-Commerce numbers – the UK internet economy
Although we can easily imagine how the internet has transformed the business landscape in the last decade, when you actually see the numbers published, it becomes staggering to realize that the online economy eclipses many nation’s construction and utilities industries. … Continue reading
Filed under Finance, internet, United Kingdom
Look To The Sky – Microsoft Office 365
It’s been the tech talk of the town for some time now, but cloud services or off-site IT data storage and processing are beginning to mean serious business for big players like Microsoft and Google. And now the former has … Continue reading
Social Media: Customer’s have the power
BBC business has run an interesting piece recently on how Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) is forcing company’s to really be on their toes with customer service. The first example in the article was of a man who’s guitar was … Continue reading
Profiles in Business: Scott Mead – Zen and the Art of Commerce
The idea that an individual can excel in several fields, or have several careers, is something of an anomaly. The ‘Renaissance Man’ tag is the stuff of yore, and perhaps we, in our modernity, don’t have the inner quietude or … Continue reading
Ikea: working hard to crack new markets
The BBC reports that omnipresent flat pack masters of the modern home, Ikea, have for the first time published their financial results for the year ending in August, and guess what? They’re making buckets of cash! Despite the recession, they’ve … Continue reading
Filed under business news, India
Pensions: The Cost of Aging
There have been huge protests in France lately about the newly revised state pension plan. The French government is changing the age of retirement from 60 to 62, and as it doesn’t take much to get a Frenchman in the … Continue reading
Filed under Commentary, Finance
Productivity Is Relative
Walking around Stockholm at the weekends, I occasionally see an office light on and someone hunched over a computer, when technically, they should be home having a personal life. The first thought is always, ‘wow, what an industrious person to … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Business Commentary, internet, Social Media
You Might Have to Sell the Football Team, After All
You Might Have to Sell the Football Team, After All Russia was hit with the current financial crises later than most of Europe, but the ripples are affecting the country’s wealthiest in ways many may not have predicted. The ‘oligarchs’ … Continue reading
Filed under Business Commentary
The Bullet and the Beetle
The inspired brain behind Porsche has abruptly left the building. For good. Chief Executive Wendelin Wiedeking has resigned, taking with him a none-too-measly 50m euros as payoff. That should help him lick his wounds after the failed Machiavellian attempt to … Continue reading
Filed under business news, Commentary
France: what else do they want?
The front page of BBC news recently showed the swell of protests in France concerning the government’s plans to add two years to the retirement age. The French aren’t having it. Even though they already enjoy a shorter working week … Continue reading →
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