This week is National Apprenticeship Week; an annual event organised by the National Apprenticeship Service. According to those organisers the event is ‘designed to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy’. The cynical amongst you may say that the National Apprenticeship Service are hardly likely to provide…
The practices of remote working, hot desking and flexible business space have been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a survey by Virgin Media Business last year predicted that, by 2022, 60 per cent of office-based employees will regularly work from home. Hot desking allows multiple staff to use one workstation at different…
Bloatware is fast becoming a ‘four letter word’ in the computing world. Whether on laptops, tablets, desktops or smartphones, manufacturers from across the world are waging a war on bloatware. But what exactly is it and what ramifications does it have for the business world? The most recent case of bloatware grabbing the headlines came…
An ever-increasing number of businesses are choosing to phase out the password and up security by implementing entry by voice, facial recognition and fingerprint. This revolutionary technology could have huge-reaching implications – but will it be enough to replace the humble password? Microsoft is one of the largest firms to introduce support for the Fast…
The faster you can enter information into your smartphone, the more productive you’ll be when working on the go. This is why employees may need to focus on improving their mobile typing speed Walk into a standard office and you’ll still probably hear the tapping of traditional keyboard tiles as staff type away at the…
The cyber insurance industry is growing quickly, as more and more businesses take out specialist policies. Should you be joining them? Most of the data breaches you see in the media involve large-scale, multinational brands like Apple, eBay and Sony. People often forget, however, that small businesses are just as vulnerable to harmful attacks. In…