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If you take stock of what you do in a day, how many of those tasks are repetitive? Sometimes all but a glorified tick boxing exercise? These types of manual tasks that are repetitive, can be templated, are perfect candidates for automation. But how do you know what automation is...

If you’re a business owner, the chances are you will want to know how to increase the value of your business. It’s important for any entrepreneur or business owner to have an idea of what their company is worth, especially if they are looking to either raise investment or plan...

Are you claiming back up to 33% of your development costs? It’s a shame when brilliant ideas are left in limbo before they are able to come alive because of financial constraints. Did you know that most founders underestimate how much time their startup will need to achieve market validation...

Sunak has announced, after much criticism from business advocacy groups and even the ever vocal but legislatively impotent (within our two-party system) Labour party – with the aim of pressuring Sunak to keep supporting small businesses beyond April – that the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), having lent out £45...

Now formally known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership or CPTPP – the change in name following the US’s departure under a controversial presidential memorandum, signed despite heavy opposition by former President Donald Trump – the 11-nation trading bloc eliminates the majority of tariffs between Australia, Brunei,...

What fuels research and development? Innovation! The sheer act of looking for something new stems from trying to do something better or fix a current problem, what other reason would there be to develop anything new or do any further research? We’ve written an article below of five new technologies...

In the last article we looked at Windows laptops, and briefly Chromebooks. In this week’s article we will be looking at the Apple alternative, both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and the advantages that they have over their Windows counterparts. We’ll also have a brief look at the iPad...

Research and development, or R&D for short, is the field of the advancement of knowledge that a private or public sector organisation may undertake, in order to develop or create new products, processes or services, or to improve upon those already offered. In other words, R&D, as a concept, represents...

An Employee Ownership Trust or EOT is a model of ownership for businesses, small or large, in which the majority of the shares are owned by a trust collectively by, and for the benefit of, the company in question’s employees. Almost certainly the most well-known example of a business built...

This week we’ll be looking at some of your options when buying a laptop. For many, the portability that a laptop offers is non-negotiable. It’s true that a desktop machine will provide you with more bang for your buck, but there are some excellent laptops available right now at reasonable...

In this article we’ll be focusing our attention on the Mac’s arch-rival - the Windows PC - and the advantages that Windows machines have over their Apple counterparts.

No working from home series is complete without discussing getting a desktop computer. We all at one point wished we had one, find out which one would be best for you.