by alex | Apr 6, 2017 | newsletter
A US website that allows landlords to set a preferred rent for properties and prospective tenants to then bid against each other for the tenancy is planning a major expansion in the US. What is Rentberry? The Rentberry website, which was only launched a year ago, is...
by alex | Apr 6, 2017 | newsletter
Amazon has launched its ‘Amazon Business’ service in the UK. The service, which has been added to the existing website, is essentially a trade counter for UK businesses, where they can buy anything from office supplies and computers to power tools and industrial...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
A new card and contactless payment service called ‘Square’, created by the boss of Twitter and aimed at small businesses, has launched in the UK this week. Why? Square has been launched in the UK because 5.4 million small businesses don’t / can’t yet accept card...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
Scammers have been quick to exploit a rise in the value of web-based, crypto-currency Bitcoin by launching bogus online schemes with the lure of false money-making offers. What Happened to Bitcoin? At the beginning of March, the value of a unit of Bitcoin exceeded the...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
After the opening of new National Cyber Security Centre in London in February (to act as part of GCHQ in Cheltenham), businesses are being encouraged to report serious data breaches to the NCSC in confidence. Confidential Peter Yapp, the deputy director for the...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
A new report by PwC claims that over 30% of UK jobs could be lost to automation by the year 2030. Robot Replacements Advances in AI, robotics, and technology could mean that many jobs that need humans today may be carried out by robots in the next 15 years. Which...
