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Posted by David Tebbutt on 6th July 2008.
Last week three reports dropped (digitally) into my lap. They were all on the subject of what ICT needs to do to keep a lid on our impact on the environment. Each was well written and well constructed but they all came from the ‘carbon is the enemy’ perspective although, to be fair, none of [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 5th December 2007.
It’s December so I’m going to allow myself the use of the ‘C’ word. No, I’m not going all festive just yet, bah humbug to that until I start my Christmas shopping next week. However, there are things we need to consider about Christmas in terms of financials.
First, how much do you spend on entertaining [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 14th October 2007.
Recent research conducted for the Information Commissioner’s Office reveals that 78 percent of small businesses are “unaware that they are required to keep customer information accurate and up to date”.
Frankly, their ignorance is not surprising, when you consider how much documentation they have had to to plough through to understand what the Data Protection Act [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 11th June 2007.
Perhaps it’s a sign of my misspent youth (I used to write ledger and payroll software) but accounting software bores me witless. I am more than happy to leave SAP and Sage coverage to others.
Last week, AccManPro’s Dennis Howlett and Twinfield’s David Terrar persuaded me to turf up at the announcement of what I thought [...]
Posted by Alex Bellinger on 23rd April 2007.
Small businesses that sell over the internet could be crippled by increased costs or leave themselves open to significant legal risk, if an amendment to European Union (EU) legislation known as Rome I goes unchallenged.
In short, under the proposed regulation aimed at harmonising contractual agreements, companies selling to consumers in other EU member states would have [...]
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