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Future of UK Wireless

Thursday 20th November 2014

Ofcom has today announced a decision to make valuable airwaves available for mobile broadband services, while securing the future of digital terrestrial TV. The decision allows mobile network operators to deliver mobile broadband using some of the frequencies currently used for digital terrestrial TV services, such as Freeview, and wireless microphones. These frequencies make up…

Unemployment falls to 6%

Wednesday 12th November 2014

Comparing the estimates for July to September 2014 with those for April to June 2014, employment continued to rise and unemployment continued to fall. These changes maintain the general direction of movement since late 2011/early 2012. There were 30.79 million people in work. This was 112,000 more than for April to June 2014 and 694,000…

It’s Not What You Say – It’s How You Use It!

Friday 31st October 2014

It’s Not What You Say – It’s How You Use It! According to OFCOM’s The Communications Market Report 2014 (August) there were 44.6 Billion Minutes of Business calls* made and received in the UK during 2013. There are roughly an estimated 4,901,500 Companies in the UK, both Public and Private Sector, which relates to an…

My 30+ Year Apprenticeship to Get the Job I Wanted

Sunday 26th October 2014

I started work at 17 leaving school with a few ‘O’ levels – hardly classed as a high achiever, but then studying geography at A level didn’t seem logical when I wanted to go into business rather than teaching or geology. I’m now 52 but I haven’t stopped learning and 30+ years later I…

Roadshow tour urges Canterbury’s small businesses to “get growing”

Friday 10th October 2014

Roadshow tour urges Canterbury’s small businesses to “get growing” Small businesses in Canterbury are being encouraged to grow thanks to a new Government-backed business tour. Get Growing! The Great British Business Roadshow – which is supported by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills – will visit Canterbury on Thursday 20th November, providing…

KENT DEAF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY

Wednesday 1st October 2014

KENT DEAF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY Invites you to The Awards of Recognition & Achievement – ‘Let’s Party’ 8th November 2014 At Hempstead House Hotel & Spa 5pm til late An evening dedicated to recognising and celebrating the achievements of the young deaf people of Kent, the professionals and organisations that support them as well…

Manufacturing Case Study – Cancer technology

Sunday 7th September 2014

Design and manufacturing of a floor standing video colposcope for cervical cancer staging Requirements The DySIS video colposcope is a revolutionary advance in cervical cancer staging in that it is capable of measuring aceto-whitening automatically, providing an on-screen map of the results rather than requiring the clinician to perform a visual check. With…

Target Your Potentional

Monday 11th August 2014

Tunbridge Wells Make it happen! Connecting your community Route-to-employment provider, Target Your Potential, is coming to Tunbridge Wells with a new innovative and interactively engaging event this autumn to help link recruiting employers to talented new employees. Get your business involved and achieve incredible outcomes: • Interacting with people who have a…

11 Ways to Combine Email & Social Media Marketing to Get More Customers

Friday 1st August 2014

11 Ways to Combine Email & Social Media Marketing to Get More Customers By Tamsin Fox-Davies There are mysterious forces at work in the world of small business marketing. Techniques that once stood alone are coming together to form powerful alliances. Although some “gurus” still proclaim that one has mastery over the other, the…

What is 4G and what does it mean to my business?

Thursday 24th July 2014

Well to start with let’s be clear on what 4G actually is. The simplest way to explain 4G is it’s the 4th generation of mobile phone signal technology. Now it does get considerably more technical than that but let’s stick to what matters to small businesses. 3G was a real game…

One Last Dance

Wednesday 2nd July 2014

A lost love reconnects an old man with his past reigniting his passion for life in one last dance. One Last Dance is a short film starring Jonathan Pryce, Shane Attwooll and Sara Kestelman, with music by Orbital. Directed by Luke Losey, it will be shot on location in the English seaside town,…

Flexible Working

Friday 27th June 2014

INTRODUCTION Changes that will extend the right to request flexible working have been scheduled after the Children and Families Act was passed in Parliament in March. These changes are due to come into force from 30 June 2014.This will mean that the right to request flexible working will be extended to cover all employees after…

Fields of Life

Thursday 26th June 2014

In Africa, 115 people die every hour of diseases (such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis A) linked to poor sanitation, poor hygiene and contaminated water. Every 20 seconds a child dies from waterborne diseases and diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death among children under five in the world. 1.5 million…

Firefighters Race Team

Saturday 21st June 2014

In 2013 Firefighter David Franks of Kent Fire & Rescue Service, based at Herne Bay Fire Station, began to dream of building a track car with some friends to enjoy some racing fun at local Kent track events. Dave was not new to the idea of buying a car and restoring…

An interview with an entrepreneur

Saturday 7th June 2014

When you meet Paul Andrews he does not strike you as an introvert, but he assures me that he is. Paul is a confident businessman brimming over with enthusiasm for his current and future projects. He is a high flyer in the business world but Paul doesn’t like being put on a pedestal. “Anyone can…