George Cohen Abandons Hope of Managing Basketball Conflict
Negotiations between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have broken down once again, with mediator George Cohen relinquishing his short-lived role in the entrenched conflict.
Ongoing problems have come about as the result of a disagreement over the proportions in which revenues are shared between basketball players and the NBA. Neither side has been [...]
Forum of Private Business Calls For Measures to Curb Energy Prices
Energy prices continue to be the main outlay for small businesses, and with recent hikes in prices, most are struggling to cope with the changes. Recent research from the Forum of Private Business has shown that the ever-rising prices are hitting small businesses hard.
Measures are being taken by small businesses across the UK to [...]
New Legislation Improves Field Marketing Jobs
Recent legislation affecting agency workers’ rights could have a major impact on many field marketing agencies. The new changes, which came into effect on October 1st, mean that after 12 continuous weeks of employment in the same role, agency workers will have the same basic employment rights as staff hired directly by a business.
Previous changes [...]
Hybrid Netgear Routers Hit the Shelves
A new generation of combination routers has arrived on the market, providing all the flexibility of wireless technology and all the reliability of wired connections in a single router body. Netgear’s new WNXR2000 will provide users with a groundbreaking level of adaptability.
Since the advent of wireless networking, many home users have been reluctant to look [...]
Fancy Dress Costumes UK.com Eases the Task of Searching for Halloween Costumes
That time of year has come around again. Autumnal weather and shorter days point toward the one of the biggest fancy dress times of the year – Halloween. As the 31st of October rushes up to meet our busy lives, the pressure is on to find the time to sit down and research what to [...]
Field Marketing Agencies Boost Employment
At a time when British politicians seem to be harbingers of economic doom and gloom, some businesses are still performing well. Sales and marketing agencies have been able to offer employment to large volumes of people from a broad range of demographics in spite of the nationwide tightening of belts.
Field marketing is one of several [...]
BT vs Sky: A New Brand Image for Vision
The premium television market is dominated by a handful of providers and services, and BT will be doing everything it can to make its Vision service stand out as offering some of the best TV packages amongst stiff competition. One of the things BT has done to make its Vision service more marketable is create [...]
Car and Motorbike Breakdown Cover Crucial as Winter Approaches
Now that we are well into autumn, all motorists would do well to consider getting some form of breakdown recovery cover. As many of us will already know, car and motorbike breakdown cover plans can be a real life saver if the unthinkable happens and you find yourself stranded by the roadside. Never is this [...]
Lifetime Achievement Returns to FMBX Awards
For the past three years, there has been one conspicuous absence from the field marketing and Brand Experience (FMBX) award ceremony: the Lifetime Achievement Award. However it has been confirmed that this year will see the return of the Lifetime Achievement Award to the FMBX list.
Many people in the industry were sad to see the [...]
Lancashire Gas Could Drop Energy Prices
Gigantic reserves of shale gas have been discovered in Lancashire, and these could have major implications for the cost of energy in the UK. High energy prices are currently driven by our reliance on imported fuels to create electricity.
Cuadrilla, the company responsible for investigating the Lancashire site, announced last week that tests reveal there could [...]