Dominating affiliate marketing and becoming an excellent affiliate isn’t simple — it’s a real jungle out there in the affiliate marketing wars. Every new affiliate is also trying to make the sale — of the same product! Since we were old enough to go to school, we’ve been pressured to fit in and be like everybody else. But now it’s time to project out into…
Roman Emperor Hadrian was a complex character. He once agonised at length whether grass felt pain when it was cut, but on the other hand he was quite happy to order the slaughter of men, women and children in their thousands without a second thought. Totally ruthless, yet paradoxically incredibly cultured, Hadrian ruled the Roman Empire from AD117 to AD138, and is most famous in…
Whenever new technology makes a universal impact the business world soon finds a way of harnessing it to suit its own and also its customers’ ends. That axiom is particularly true in banking which as an industry tends to be a keen ‘early adopter’ when it comes to significant technological advances. Today, most UK banks deliver or aspire to deliver a wide variety of ways…
Britain’s economy failed to expand in the second quarter of this year for the first time since the slump of the early 1990s and raising expectations interest rates will fall to avoid a recession. The Office for National Statistics revised down its GDP reading to show it was unchanged on the quarter in the three months to June from an initial estimate of 0.2% growth…
New government legislation that will require hotels, pubs and restaurants to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) before they can be sold is already causing confusion, property experts have warned. The law, set to come into force on October 1, will mean any property that is up for sale or letting, or due to be put up for sale or letting, will need to have…
Morley Fund Management sold Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, to Invista for ?8.8 million. The office complex, next to Brighton railway station, measures 3,421sqm over six floors and has 63 car parking spaces. It is currently let to three tenants – the Post Office, Secretary of State for the Environment, and software company NC Soft Europe. Morley was represented by commercial real estate adviser CB…
Mortgage approvals hit their lowest in at least 15 years in July and the manufacturing sector shrank for a fourth straight month in August, surveys showed today.»Prospects for the UK economy remain grim,» said Michael Saunders, a Citigroup economist. «The economy is probably in recession now and no early recovery worth the name is likely in 2009.» The weak readings drove the pound down to…
ASDA are backing a campaign by the British Property Federation (BPF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) against the loss of empty property relief. Dubbed the ‘bombsite Britain’ tax by the media, in response to the increasing spate of demolitions as private and public sector landlords raze buildings across the country rather than pay the tax. While landlords have been hit, thousands of occupiers tied…
Recent studies carried out by the Clapham House Group and Regent Inns correctly predicted a slowdown in consumer spending, causing a slump in the share prices of restaurants and bar chains across the UK. There were a variety of reasons behind this predicted slump in consumer interest, including the continuing impact of the smoking ban, England’s failure to qualify for the Euro 2008 Championships and,…
Everyone feels more confident and outgoing when they are wearing something that suits them and feels comfortable. When you need to get dressed up for a special occasion it’s easy to spend hours trawling round the shops trying to find exactly what you want, but with some simple preparation and forethought the whole process can be made a lot easier. Firstly, consider what type of…