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Missed a news story? Here’s your chance to catch up! This is our archive of all news stories featured in the Personal and Business sections of knowthenet. The stories are listed in date order for ease of reference.

 
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UK leads the way in saving money and time by doing everyday tasks online
31/01/2012
Tags: Ecommerce, Mobile Internet, Online banking, Online shopping

Families could be saving more than £3,000 by doing tasks such as banking and shopping online according to new research. 

A detailed study looked at the value of the web to the world’s 20 wealthiest nations and found that the UK was leading the way in making the most of life online. 

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British shoppers buy into online shopping
16/12/2011
Tags: Business website, Ecommerce

UK shoppers buy more online than other European countries according to the latest study from Ofcom.

The report found 79% of UK internet users had ordered goods or services online in 2010 compared to 27% of Italian consumers. This is the sixth annual study published by the communications watchdog looking at the online habits of 17 countries.

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Avoid becoming an accidental outlaw by taking care with trademarks
17/11/2011
Tags: Brand protection, Ecommerce, Internet law

If you are selling goods online using an online auction site or on your own website then you should take care when using logos.

Business use their logos as ‘trademarks’ to identify their products or services to consumers and they are specially protected once they are registered. To find out whether a name is protected you can search online at www.ipo.gov.uk

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Research finds ‘digital divide’ between small and medium sized businesses
28/06/2011
Tags: Ecommerce

Our recent research has found a ‘digital divide’ between how small and medium sized businesses’ market themselves online.

The research, which looks into how small and medium businesses’ online revenues vary, has found that many small businesses are still failing to reap the benefits of the Internet. According to the research, micro businesses (fewer than 10 employees) generate on average £1,000 per year, compared with medium businesses (50-249 employees) that make, on average, £2.5m.

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UK online marketing spend set to boom
15/06/2011
Tags: Ecommerce, Internet marketing, Social networking

A new report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has predicted that online marketing spend by UK businesses will increase by 11% by 2015.

The rise of digital channels and rapidly growing consumer demand for social media are both expected to encourage firms to pour more money into online marketing, boosting the market to £17.7billion over the next four years.

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Global IPv6 test underway
08/06/2011
Tags: Accessibility, Business website, Ecommerce

Today marks World IPv6 Day, a global event coordinated by the Internet Society to test the internet’s readiness for a new addressing system called IPv6.

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