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Networking is important to grow your business, so why do some people always want it for FREE? Author Mark Linton

Recently, a fellow professional networking event’s organiser was telling me about a radio interview where he was asked: if he could change one thing about the industry, what would it be? His response, he told me, was ‘for event organisers and businesses to see £10 for events as new FREE.’ READ MORE

Cyber Security Threats and Your Business

All businesses should take basic steps to protect themselves online, a recent Cyber Security Intelligence Index by IBM, found that 60% of our attacks are carried out by an action, or failure of someone inside the company. Businesses may vary in the value and volume of their assets but one thing they all have in common is staff, each of whom have the potential to be a cyber threat. READ MORE

Social media policies: Can your business afford to be without one?

Use of social media has rocketed in recent years, with an inevitable impact on the workplace. Employers’ attitudes to it vary: some impose a strict ban, while others actively encourage it as part of a new way of working.

Whatever their approach, employers need to understand the potential impact on their business and take measures to protect themselves. As XpertHR explains, including putting in place a robust social media policy. READ MORE

Environment Author Rebecca Dawson

With recent environmental campaigns and protests forcing climate change into the mainstream media and making politicians and large companies finally acknowledge some responsibility, I think it is only respectable that we are honest about what we want. We do not want to save the planet; we want to save what and who is on it. In truth, if we wanted to save the planet then we would continue on doing exactly as we already have been for decades: drilling for oil, burning fossil fuels, eating meat and consume consuming. READ MORE