Advice for People who Are Interested in Investing in Commercial Property

Investing in commercial property can be very lucrative if you do it right. The residential property market is going through a bit of a shakeup at the moment, especially for those looking to buy to let, so it can all seem a little confusing. Here’s some valuable advice for those looking to invest in commercial property: Continue reading “Advice for People who Are Interested in Investing in Commercial Property”

5 Ways for Businesses to Improve Customer Satisfaction

Keeping your customers happy with your service is an important part of running a business successfully, and companies are always looking for ways to improve customer relations and satisfaction for the better. There are various different ideas and strategies that businesses can implement in order to increase the levels of customer satisfaction and strengthen your brand’s reputation. Here are five of the best ways to practice good treatment of customers: Continue reading “5 Ways for Businesses to Improve Customer Satisfaction”

Want to Sell Your Home Quickly? Follow These Simple Steps…

Selling your home quickly can be a bit of a nightmare, particularly if the market is a little bit slow in your area. Quite often this means that, unless you’re willing to take a financial hit for a quick sale, it can take a long time for your home to sell. However, there’s no need for this to be the case, and there are actually a number of things that you can do to help move the sale process along. Here, we look at three of our top tips for when you want to sell your house. Continue reading “Want to Sell Your Home Quickly? Follow These Simple Steps…”

Stand and Deliver

You will either have to forgive me or at least be a little understanding. At my age, mid-fifties, you would think I should know better, but I obviously don’t. My kids understand me because I raised them on comics, fantasy, science fiction and a few incredible stories of my own. That’s why when they said, “Dad, are you coming to Comic-Con with us this year?” I couldn’t say “You bet!” quick enough. Continue reading “Stand and Deliver”

Paying For UK Utilities: Should You Use Direct Debit or a Prepay Meter?

Energy bills are an almost constant topic of conversation in many households and many of us need to try and keep a lid on our spending to ensure that our utility bills can be settled when they come in. Continue reading “Paying For UK Utilities: Should You Use Direct Debit or a Prepay Meter?”

How your business can create and maintain a professional image and working environment

One of the defining features of a successful business is the image that they represent. If a business can present itself as being reliable, trustworthy and successful, this can do so much for its reputation and client base. Whilst it’s really important to have a great professional business image, it’s also important to ensure that your working environment represents your business values and a sense of professionalism to your employees. So how can I do this? Continue reading “How your business can create and maintain a professional image and working environment”

Lies, Lies and statistics…and data!

Over the past few years, there has been a trend with big business to gather enormous amounts of data. Where do they get all this information? How do they store it? What do they do with it? How safe is it? Data repositories hold billions of bits of information. Is there even a word for such a high number? Apparently there is. The words ‘exabytes’and ‘zettabytes’ get bandied around when people start discussing the amount of data being held. Can you imagine how much information is held by Google? Every time you do something on your computer, it’s remembered. Next time you surf the internet, little bits of info they have about you keeps popping up. Scary! Continue reading “Lies, Lies and statistics…and data!”