The Forum of Private Business is responding to the announcement that the UK’s major banks are over £2 billion short of hitting their small business lending target by repeating its calls for better competition, more investment in regional branches and the restoration of lending powers to local bank managers. fpb.org – Latest news articles from [...]
Bring back traditional bank managers and increase competition, says business group in the wake of Project Merlin’s poor lending figures
28 ways to convince your boss about digital
Most of us will have experience of meeting people who are apathetic or downright resistant to digital. This is just a fact of life, but it can be problematic when that person is your boss. In some companies I believe that generational change will be required before they’ll properly adapt to a multichannel world that [...]
AdSense for mobile content in 15 new countries
We’re excited to announce the launch of AdSense for mobile content in 15 new countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Slovenia, Thailand, and Turkey. AdSense for mobile content allows publishers to generate earnings from their mobile webpages using targeted Google ads. Just like AdSense for [...]
Business Networking: 4Networking Maidstone
I’ve just got back from a brilliant business networking breakfast at Maidstone, Kent with 4Networking. Not having been to 4N Maidstone before, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the meeting and the number of other business owners who also attended. I met with a number of business owners, from Russell Crampton of Fuelled [...]
Troubleshooting Instant Previews in Webmaster Tools
Webmaster level: All In November, we launched Instant Previews to help users better understand if a particular result was relevant for a their search query. Since launch, our Instant Previews team has been keeping an eye on common complaints and problems related to how pages are rendered for Instant Previews. When we see issues with [...]
