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Facebook: an update
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in Blog, NewsJust a quickie today – it’s my weekend too – but the Facebook IPO happened yesterday on schedule. It started at $38 a share. On Thursday I predicted it would increase due to an initial flurry and fall back over the weekend. As it happened we didn’t have to wait for the weekend. It reached [...]
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Facebook IPO: Is the tide turning?
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in Article, Lead Article, NewsMassive social network Facebook will float on Wall Street tomorrow in one of the biggest such IPOs ever – but on the eve of the event some people are asking whether it’s sustainable. Chief among them is digital marketing agency Greenlight, whose research suggests 30% of people don’t trust the company with their data and [...]
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Jubilee: an extra day off?
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in Article, Lead Article, NewsI have a rather snazzy new pair of boat shoes, in red, white and blue and they have the Union Flag on the soles. They are going to be fashionable twice this year, once during the Olympics and once again during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations on the 4th June. Also fashionable on this day is [...]
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Working across cultures
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in BlogOver the weekend I had the honour of being asked to take part in a panel on the impact of digital media. This was in Kartepe, Turkey; you begin to understand why I was honoured – the only UK journalist there. I hope I offered some sort of value. What really struck me, though, was [...]
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What the new loan scheme won’t do
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in BlogThe fact that the Government is going to underwrite £20bn of business loans is of course to be welcomed. Today’s papers are full of this new National Loan Guarantee Scheme, which will allow business borrowers loans at one per cent less than people outside the scheme. This is a good idea. And Chancellor George Osborne [...]
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Connecting everywhere regardless of the cost
Posted on March 15, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in BlogOK, let’s get the giggling out of the way first. I’m writing this in an airport lounge, I missed check-in so I’ve had to upgrade to a more expensive flight – feel free to point and snigger. Not my fault Network Rail’s website thinks you can get from West Croydon to East Croydon in eight [...]
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Smokers: nipping out for a quick flirt?
Posted on March 14, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in Article, NewsYou see them outside every big office building – a handful of dodgy-looking types, ciggies in hand, taking a furtive fag break because it hasn’t been legal to smoke inside their workplace for several years. But how many of them have gone out because they actually need or even want a cigarette? The answer could [...]
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Small biz more optimistic but barriers remain
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in NewsThe Federation of Small Business has released its regular “Voice of Small Business Index” which suggests that confidence is returning to the economy. In spite of bullish Tweets from people with vested interests, however – Conservative Party press office spun it as unalloyed good news – there are reservations and growth still looks patchy. The [...]
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Self-employed mortgage launches
Posted on March 5, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in Article, NewsEntrepreneurs and self-employed people may welcome a new mortgage designed entirely around our needs. Kent Reliance has started issuing mortgages for self-employed people through specialist distributor Brithstar Financial. It has a number of features which are likely to appeal to many people. There is a two year discount and at no stage is there any penalty [...]
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Malware-laden spam hits 40% of UK businesses
Posted on March 1, 2012 by Guy Clapperton in NewsThis figure refers to actual breaches rather than detection of malware – meaning a virus, a trojan or some other technological problem – rather than simply detection of such an issue. 4.5% conceded they didn’t even know whether their security had been breached. Figures 74.5% of respondents in the survey said they received too much [...]
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