Running a successful business is something of a juggling act, particularly for small and medium sized business owners. Alongside the day-to-day tasks there are sales pitches and presentations to prepare, staff to manage and accounts to keep track of. The latter is especially important to get right: finding out that you have underpaid an employee or miscalculated your tax can be both embarrassing and a headache to sort out. But what if you can’t afford a full time financial director to oversee financial operations? Rather than overloading themselves or their staff, many business owners are seeking help from an outsourced…
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These viewpoints about rubbish clearance are not not based on actual scientific studies but rather direct observations over many decades. Just watching how how children interact with their parents and how people respond to various stimuli can be very instructive. Before we can discuss the social factors affecting litter picking and littering, we first need to define the magnitude of the problem. Highways England reports that they now spend £8 million annually just to remove rubbish from the roads. For every bag of rubbish they collect, it costs taxpayers £40. K’ching! They collect on average 550 bags of rubbish per…
Referring to the coffee of choice for London-based young creatives working in digital industries, author Douglas McWilliams coined the phrase “flat white economy” in 2015. Sadly, the legacy of the phrase is threatened by perils facing the coffee industry: A Fairtrade report has stated that if there isn’t strong action, the current global area used for coffee production will halve by 2050. In short, we could be heading flat-out of flat whites. To avoid this dystopian future, we need to know about the current problems and potential solutions. Leaf rust has been savaging coffee harvests With 2.25 billion cups consumed…
From mortgages to short-term loans, borrowing money always comes at a cost. Choosing a responsible lender can help you minimise the total costs of your loan while reducing uncertainty and other financial risks. Over the last few years, UK regulators have become increasingly focused on helping borrowers stay safe when taking out loans. Lenders that don’t play by the rules have faced fines and legal action as part of an effort to help make borrowing money safer, easier and more predictable. However, there are still risks out there. Below, we’ve listed some of the signs you should look for in…
Whether it’s for a birthday, anniversary, or another special event, surprise parties can be difficult to plan, but they’re worth it in the end when you see the expression and gratitude on the face of the person being celebrated. Here are five top tips for organizing the perfect surprise party: Agree on a theme All good parties require a theme, and your surprise party should be no different. If it’s someone’s birthday, why not plan the party around their initial? For example, if their name begins with “S”, people can attend dressed as Superman or Snow White. If the party…
ICOBox, the world’s first public Saas solution for conducting ICOs, recently held an 8-day presale that generated a total of $8.3 million. The public sale of its ICOS tokens launched on August 15, 2017 and will run for a total of 32 days. The ICO is organized to share ICOBox’s premade solutions with exciting new projects who need help getting on their feet. This public sale will end at 12 pm PDT September 15, 2017. Every dollar collected in the ICOBox’s ICO will be set aside for the purpose of launching ICOs that the blockchain community considers most worthwhile. ICOBox…
Building a business empire from home can seem daunting, but every company has to start somewhere, and it makes economic sense for that somewhere to be your home office. Some of the most successful global businesses of all time actually started out as home businesses. Here’s some lessons we can take away from their journeys from living room to living the dream. Your home office doesn’t need to be in your house Aside from being some of the highest valued businesses in the world, what do Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and Disney have in common? All three of them were…
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Hadoop Market by Type (Software, Hardware and Services) for BFSI, Government Sector, IT & ITES, Healthcare, Telecommunication, Retail and Other End-Uses: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Segment, Trends and Forecast, 2016 – 2022”. According to the report, the global Hadoop market was valued at approximately USD 7.69 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach approximately USD 87.14 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of around 50% between 2017 and 2022. Hadoop is an open source framework which is designed for storing and processing big data in a distributed…
The world of work is facing a dramatic shift; a BBC report has suggested that humans will be outperformed by AI in the following tasks by 2053: translating languages, driving a lorry, working in retail, writing a best-selling book and working as surgeons. The president of the tech giant SAP, Bill McDermott, is optimistic about AI taking some of our jobs because it may “create a better quality of life for some people.”. Man and machine will be able to work together, meaning our roles will change but humans won’t become obsolete. We are already working together Despite the doomsayers’…
When it comes to moving house, our lush green gardens can become something of a grey area. Gardener etiquette and code of conduct are notoriously unclear, leaving many buyers vulnerable to becoming victims of cut and run gardening. A well maintained garden can add up to 20% to the value of you home, so chances are you’ve already been financially rewarded for your hard work. Now you need to step back and think pragmatically about what will fit and what will survive the journey and the new garden. Moving house can feel like a gamble at the best of times,…
