Technorati: blogs now break news
Technorati, a site that tracks blogs, says one new blog is created every second. Most, admittedly, are not worth reading. Some, however, have become indispensable. In the technology sector, blogs now break news. Techcrunch, for instance, was the first outlet to report Google’s $1.65 billion YouTube acquisition last year. They have also threatened to break [...]
Franchising
The 2008 NatWest survey, published at the start of the year, showed that the number of franchise networks had increased year on year for the last 15 years and in 2007 saw its economic contribution grow at nearly five times that of the national GDP growth (15% economic growth in franchising against a 3.1% GDP [...]
Franchising in the UK
Franchise businesses across the country are reporting not just survival stories, within this time of economic uncertainty, but real success stories; further underpinning the belief in the industry that franchising is one of the most successful and resilient business models in the UK.
Healthcare continues to brush off downturn
Healthcare agencies have received a boost from a report that suggests the healthcare industry is well placed to weather the current financial crisis. In a report called Opportunity Knocks for Big Pharma in Credit Crunch, released last week, market analysis company Datamonitor forecasts large healthcare and pharma firms will ride out the credit crunch and could emerge stronger. [...]
€ wrong way for a holiday…
Many Britons will shun holidays in continental Europe next year because of the falling value of sterling against the euro, a report says. The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) and the Foreign Office found people were choosing places such as Turkey, Egypt and Mexico instead. Their jointly compiled report is based on responses from [...]
Forecasters say consumers will cut spending because of unemployment
A stark picture of the prospects for the UK economy has been painted by an independent group of economists. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicts the economy will shrink by 2.9% in 2009 – more than at any time since the 1940s. It expects consumer spending to decline and investment in business [...]
