Consumers are often anxious about new technology and only feel comfortable adopting it when they see their friends have, according to research from the UCL School of Management. Professor Steve Yoo and his colleagues Yufei Huang, Bilal Gokpinar and Chris Tang discovered that actively advertising
Yorkshire-based 247 Blinds has appointed digital media agency Journey Further to boost its UK and European paid search activity. The agency has been tasked with achieving profitable growth in the UK, the Netherlands and France with a focus on PPC and Google Shopping, using an
Sword Active Risk, a supplier of specialist risk management software and services, has announced that Sir David John Spiegelhalter, British statistician and Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, will be a guest speaker at the ARM Global Conference
Being called porky by a colleague was the incentive that busy working mum Caroline Cunningham needed to take up exercise. “I was mortified at the time,” she says now. “But, looking back, it’s the best thing that could have happened. In fact, I’d love to
More attention should be paid to the communities who are developing innovative solutions to help people buy their own home says Community Led Housing charity, as questions are raised over the effectiveness of Help to Buy. The Government’s Help to Buy scheme, has been called
Whilst it might be easy to envy the ultra-rich, they contribute more to the UK economy than might be perceived. Greycoat Lumleys, a London-based international recruitment agency specialising in staffing for private households and estates, has reported a huge upsurge in the number of jobs
Four students from the University of Oxford have been chosen as the inaugural beneficiaries of the Everest Lewis Golden Foundation, enabling them to undertake a challenging and inspiring expedition to South Greenland next month. With a shortfall in funding of £2,800 and the deadline fast
Despite a major drop in the number of top companies with all-male boards, many are still refusing to move with the times – and some of the worst explanations firms have made for not having women among their top employees have been revealed today (Thursday
Councils are set to benefit from a £50million funding boost to create additional school places and state-of-the-art facilities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), giving families more choice and helping to meet increasing demand. Alongside this, the Government has provided £680million to
Detectives and police staff have received awards for their work in securing justice for victims of murders, rapes and other serious offences. More than 30 men and women from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate were honoured at a ceremony at North Kent Police