Techwatch February 2020
The first of a new series focusing on the tech trends driving your future business. This month: The Internet of Things, a computing concept where every day physical objects are connected to the internet with [...]
Fail to plan, plan to fail
‘Plans are useless; planning is essential’ - Dwight Eisenhower There can’t have been many logistical triumphs to rival D-Day, so the man who brought it all together is probably worth listening on the subject of [...]
Taking the credit
The UK government spends a lot of time and money encouraging small companies to innovate. One way they do that is via R&D tax credits, which launched in 2000. “This has been a surprisingly consistent [...]
Maternity pay – what UK firms need to know
One of the more surprising aspects of employing staff in the UK is the regime governing maternity benefits. As part of the government’s desire to equalize the gender pay gap as well as making it [...]
A positive year ahead
As the dust settles on what was an emphatic Conservative victory in December’s general election, 2020 has already seen a slew of fresh data that suggests the UK economy is set for a good year. [...]
The wisdom of crowds
Since the very first crowdfunded project (a 1996 US tour by the prog rockers Marillion, believe it or not), crowdfunding has grown in popularity and morphed into a number of different forms. But it essentially [...]
