Pimp your ride, invalidate your insurance…

UNDECLARED car modifications are the primary cause of disallowed car insurance claims in the UK, with a sixth of claims partially or fully declined. Research...
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Larvae flows erupt in Scotland’s protein push

SCOTLAND’S Beta Bugs Ltd has secured a £1.72m investment to scale-up the production, sale and supply of black soldier fly eggs and larvae. Insect farming...

Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option

A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company. It can also make a company more desirable to work...

Vibrant high streets key to economic revival

WORKSPACE hub SiGNAL surveyed 1,172 Britons to take the economic pulse of local high street* — and found room for improvement. When asked how likely...

Mental health: an ignored human right…?

TODAY, October 10, is World Mental Health Day — and this year’s theme focuses on the virtues of best practice. Care for mental wellbeing is...

Times are tough, but recession next year ‘unlikely’

THESE are challenging times for the global economy. While activity expanded at a healthy pace in the first half of the year, growth appears...

Slovenia is Europe’s most ‘crypto-obsessed’ country

A STUDY by cryptocurrency experts has analysed search volumes for popular cryptocurrency terms in European countries — and found that Slovenia heads the list. Searches...

Are marketers in the financial sector too ‘gung ho’?

RESEARCH has highlighted continuing tensions between the legal-and-compliance and marketing teams across the financial services sector. Perceived problems include archaic approval processes for marketing materials...

Are you an office TWaT? Perhaps you should be…

By JOE HARRIS IT’S OFFICIAL: Thursdays are the new Fridays. Thursday is the most popular day for commuters to meet after work for a social evening,...

Bummer of a talent, but we all have it…

By HAL WILLIAMS IT’S NICE to find I’m finally an expert in something — and so, BV reader, are you. At which task are we so...
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Converting page visitors into paying customers

By GRANT FARHALL ON AVERAGE, people spend 53 seconds on a product page — and Britain’s SMEs are grasping for ways to hold their attention. Research...

One little IT mistake could cost you dear…

By DAN SMALE SMALL mistakes can be costly — and they can be avoided. Let’s look at shadow IT: the chances are your employees are using...