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Incompetent Accountant On Their Bike?
There are sure to be some very red faces at Tesco HQ today, after it was revealed that Britain’s biggest supermarket accidentally paid one of its suppliers almost £1m for six bicyles. It was reported that Universal Cycles, which is owned by Mike Ashley’s company Sports Direct, has apparently paid back most of the... »
O2 Marketing Department To Shrink
O2 is likely to lose 10% of its marketing staff when it implements its plan to merge a number of divisions, as they seek to streamline the structure of their marketing division. O2 is also planning to purchase Be Broadband. The strong Be Broadband brand is likely to be retained to take advantage of its... »
Magento Ecommerce Solution Wins Award
Magento has done it again, winning a ‘Best of Open Source’ award for ‘Best of Open Source Enterprise Applications (E-Commerce)’ in Infoworld’s annual BOSSIE Awards for the second year in a row! The awards recognize the best free and open source software the world has to offer to businesses, IT professionals, and productive individuals... »
TweetLater Changing Its Name To SocialOomph
From Monday, August 31st, 2009, TweetLater.com will be no more and will be known as SocialOomph.com. The transition to the new name takes place over the weekend of August 29th and 30th. To date TweetLater has been focusing on providing productivity solutions for Twitter users. They decided to change their name to allow for future... »
Weekly Email Marketing Tips On iTunes
WebmasterRadio.FM a business to business internet radio broadcaster is now uploading weekly hints and tips for email marketing to iTunes. The email marketing strategies series called Inboxed is now uploaded to iTunes every week. The WebmasterRadio.FM show outlines how marketers can deliver email marketing campaigns more effectively, it is aimed primarily at online business involved in... »
OFT Commisions Online Advertising Study
Research is to be done by an independent UK body into the online advertising market and its impact on consumers. The Office of Fair Trading will be looking into how ecommerce and pricing practices affect customers, as well as the use of personal data in campaigns focusing particularly on information taken from observance of users’... »
ITV Sells Friends Reunited At Loss Of £150M
The leading UK independent television company ITV today announced the sale of the once high-flying website Friends Reunited for £25m in cash. The site, which ITV acquired for £175m in 2006 and has lost market share to the likes of Facebook, is being acquired by DC Thomson-owned Brightsolid, ... »
Google to Acquire On2 Technologies for $106.5 million
On2 Technologies, Inc. and Google Inc.jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire On2, a leading developer of video compression technology. Under the terms of the agreement, each ... »
Truth In Advertising?
You have to admire the truth in this advertisement. Unless of course they are targeting a specific niche market for people with an unconventional taste in “beauty”? Whatever the reasons behind this advert, it certainly provokes a smile! »
Skype Under Threat Of Closure
Skype, the market leading VoIP service may be closed down due to a licensing dispute with the founders of the internet telephony service. With over 40 million active daily users around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends and far-flung relatives. The loss of the Skype service,... »
Business News
- First London. Now the rest of Britain? - Independent
- The business on...Alan Brown, Chief executive, Rentokil Initial - Independent
- Bradford & Bingley in profit - Independent
- On the run since 1993, Asil Nadir will finally face trial for £34m theft - Independent
- BA takes £250m hit from ash and strikes - Independent
- TalkTalk to launch its own-brand mobile services after deal with Vodafone - Independent