Mark Prisk said the network, subject to speculation about its future for several weeks, is to be shut down due to the amount of money spent on telling entrepreneurs where to get advice. “The regional Business Links have spent too much time signposting and not enough time actually advising,” the MP told Real Business. “We’re going [...]

Check this new Facebook group- Netbods Netbods believes in the power of the Internet to inspire and stimulate, to make people think and act differently. It could used to be to shout messages, entertain, laugh, interact, brand and even make conversation.

It is fairly common for people who are considering business or franchise ownership to look at a directory of business or franchises; magazine lists of “top” franchises and businesses.  Many in business are severely skeptical about these lists. I am one of them. Is that really a smart way to find a business or franchise that is [...]

The courage to begin separates dreamers from achievers. Your difficulty and the difficulty of everyone who ever desires to achieve anything worthwhile comes in the movement. Don’t always be intending to live a new life but never find a time to begin living it. Most people fail because they never get started. They don’t go [...]

WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily [...]

With the growth in UK population and our increasing lifespans, the UK has an ever increasing number of older people. 247 Professional Health’s Director Roz Armitage reflects on the sweeping changes that the care services industry has undergone over the last 20 years and the creation of the domiciliary care market. Up to the early 1980s, the [...]