By: Lynn Watson | 2010-11-22 | Small Business As of January 4th 2011, VAT will rise from 17.5% to 20%, bringing the UK in line with other major European nations such as France and Italy. Although businesses up and down the country will be bracing themselves for the effects to hit, what are you actually going to do to combat it? Has your business tweaked its plans and budget to help deal with the rise? read more
By: witch | 2010-10-10 | Negotiation Development The original iPlayer service was launched in October 2005, undergoing a five month long trial of five thousand broadband users until 28 February 2006 read more
By: stelensmith | 2011-01-06 | News and society The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the principal public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its global headquarters are located in London, and its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. read more
By: polo | 2010-10-08 | Human Resources History Radio 3 is the successor station to the Third Programme which was originally launched on 29 September 1946 read more
By: Marie Coles | 2011-01-07 | Gadgets and gizmos The rise of VAT up to 20% has hit most of us hard – the biggest hit of course being fuel and electric products. For many car owners this has come as a great blow, mainly to their pocket, as their extra cash is going towards fuel rather than holidays and other luxury items for them and their car. However, VAT rises does not necessarily have to have such a great impact, if you are smart about your investment. Meaning you still can buy that car audio system without being out of pocket. read more
By: livei | 2010-10-21 | Entrepreneurs Stone crushers are widely used in mining, metallurgical, construction, chemistry, petrochemicals, transportation, energy, building materials industry read more
By: Emma Rosher | 2012-04-20 | Mobile The BBC New Mobile application for the Nokia Lumia 800 is an impressive piece of software that delivers a comprehensive selection of the latest news stories from around the world. Text is easy to read and the interface used by the application is very easy to navigate. read more
By: Marie Coles | 2011-01-07 | News and society With 2010 being a great year for Christmas party organisers as many parties in London and Birmingham were sold out for December 2010, earning Corporate Christmas party planners a substantial amount of profits not far off from the high profits before the recession, it could seem that the corporate Christmas party is back on top. However, with VAT on the rise and later on this year, national insurance, it could be that the annual Christmas party once again suffers. read more
By: Charlotte Rivington | 2011-08-01 | Stock Market The financial crisis has honed a new breed of nimble young executives for whom uncertainty is normality and dislocated markets present boundless opportunities. read more
By: teal smith | 2011-01-01 | Arts & Entertainment It is ironic just as the internet is opening up communications across the world, that so many companies are using the technology in restrictive ways. If being from the UK and traveling or living abroad then the chances of missing UK Television is prominent. Through internet, it could have been possible to watch BBC iplayer abroad on our computers. read more
By: April | 2010-12-01 | Online education Training Wizard helps people meet their career goals even in a downturn thanks to consistently affordable course prices. read more
By: Sam Gooch | 2010-12-01 | Taxes After hard economic times, the government made a bold decision to cut VAT to 15% - the lowest level in 20 years, in an attempt to stimulate economic growth read more
By: Geoff Charles | 2010-12-28 | Personal Finance Aviva's quarterly Real Retirement Report published this week shows there has been a significant increase in over-55s' fears about the rising cost of living. 74% said that the rise in living costs would be their biggest fear over the next six months. read more
By: Wilkinson Smith | 2011-01-22 | Business There are two certainties in life. Rubbish TV and taxes. And with the recent VAT rise, tax is going to be costing you even more. Everything you buy from clothing to power tools will now be more expensive. read more
By: Frank Bilotta | 2010-03-26 | TV China is to significantly reduce the number of people it executes to "an extremely small number", a high-ranking court official said to BBC news . read more