What You Don’t Know…
I’m just looking through a market research document that my marketing team have put together. They’ve crafted it over the last week or so for a new business we’re starting next year. It’s a thick document. At over 30 pages it’s massively detailed. The first draft I received last week was more than double that […]
The Real Cost of a Diamond?
I recently visited my in laws to be in the Midlands. It was lovely to see Ella’s parents but this visit had another special reason. With my wedding looming, we decided to visit the famous district of Birmingham called ‘Jewellery Quarter’ to find our ultimate wedding bands. If your not familiar with Jewellery Quarter, it’s […]
Bank holiday business mistake – Part 2
Hope you had a profitable week? As mentioned in my last post I wanted to finish highlighting a couple of HUGE business errors I noticed whilst visiting the Hampton Court Food Festival last bank holiday weekend. In my last email I highlighted the branding errors that many of the exhibitors had made and how they could of maximised […]
Would you make this bank holiday business mistake?
This week’s business nugget comes from my bank holiday weekend at Hampton Court. The palace is a short journey from my house, so when a few friends suggested we visited the Foodies Festival which was being held at the Hampton Court green, Ella and I jumped at the chance to book tickets. I have to say […]
A cool way to spy on what your competitors are saying about you…
I was in a mentoring session with a customer yesterday and we got on to the subject of how a competitor had been negatively mentioning my customer’s product in comparison to their own on blogs, articles and web adverts. I’m sure you’ll agree, pretty sneaky and underhand. My customer was understandably upset by this and […]
This Is The Easiest Way For Your Team To Track Their Work…
For a few months now we’ve been utilising a tool here at Barton Technology – and it’s working brilliantly well with our team. Particularly when it comes to ‘getting stuff done’. A lot of the business owners I speak with haven’t heard of it, nor use it, so I thought I’d take a minute out […]
The CryptoLocker Epidemic [VIDEO]
It’s far too easy to take your data for granted, but how would you cope if you were to walk into work one morning to find that all of your data was gone? Fire, theft, hard drive failure and cyber-attacks are only a small selection of hazards which can completely erase an ill-prepared company overnight. […]
Criminals winning ‘cyber arms race’ – National Crime Agency
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36731694 Businesses and law enforcement agencies are losing the “cyber arms race” with online criminals, the UK’s National Crime Agency has warned. The technical capabilities of criminal gangs are outpacing the UK’s ability to deal with their threat, the NCA added. It said there were 2.46 million “cyber incidents” last year, including 700,000 frauds […]
Beware: Computer support fraud – a new twist
First reported by By Jess Bown (Jun 23, 2016) via money.aol.co.uk. This week, a new scam targeting internet users with fake tech support services. How does it work? Fraudsters have found a new way to persuade internet users to part with their hard-earned cash: by posing as legitimate internet service providers – offering bogus tech […]
10 Tricks That Can Make Anyone An Excel Expert
One of our support team was on a call this week with a business owner that was having a bit of a nightmare with Excel. Turns out we found a solution using a few tricks that sorted things out in a jiffy, and it made me think… why not share some of these ‘tricks’ with […]