Wales
Business Consort are offering theMarketingblog's readers a FREE 21-page social media guide to help you start generating leads and revenue from your social media efforts.
TheMarketingblog is pleased to announce a partnership with Business Consort - The Digital & Social Media Academy he Digital & Social Media Academy www.thesocialmediaacademy.org is one of the world leading training organisations and is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Director and Digital Specialist Dawn McGruer FRSA – established the business back in 2005 and has since been invited to become a Fellow of the RSA – The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce founded in 1754. This invite comes as recognition of her expertise in the field of social media marketing and her work to raise awareness of the advantages of social media to business owners.
Tel: 0800 334 5784 email: dawn@thesocialmediaacademy.org or dawn@businessconsort.com [more…]
Revealed: The Top 10 Strangest Sleeping Spots
To celebrate the end of this year’s National Bed Month, the innovative mattress brand, Octaspring, has commissioned a survey polling 3,000 UK residents, looking into the strangest and most wacky places people have slept.
Whilst many people know the importance of getting a good night’s sleep, over a third of those surveyed (35%) admit to sleeping in a strange and uncomfortable place – perhaps reinforcing the fact that the majority of the UK (51%), struggle to get a good night’s sleep, thus, leaving the British notorious as a ‘nation of insomniacs’!*
Virgin Media has today announced plans to create 230 new jobs at its contact centre in Swansea.
The communications company said the expansion is needed to help meet consumer demand for next generation television and superfast broadband.
Just published research on town centre car parking across the country suggests that some mid-range and smaller centres overcharged for parking space during 2011 in relation to their retail and leisure offers, suffering higher than average decline in footfall.
The report can be found at http://www.atcm.org/shop/shop-ATCM-Publications.php
Despite being within the grip of an economic crisis the British population seem to be, on the majority, in buoyant spirits according to an Office of National Statistics new study to measure well-being. Three quarters of the population rated their current lives as seven out of ten in terms of personal satisfaction levels.
It's interactive graphic time - Christmas Markets by RedSpottedHanky.com "Hate to admit it but the German market in Edinburgh is better than London! Had the most amazing Bretzels there today."
We found this interactive graphic on UK Christmas markets and we thought - the timing is right, the info is solid and it looks great. Enjoy it at more. Only problem they left out Northern Ireland. (Probably because there are no trains going over or under the Irish Sea.)
Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, Nimble is the next evolution in CRM – a social relationship manager that unifies all of your contacts, emails, calendar activities and the most popular social channels (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) in one easy-to-use, Web-based solution.
Lobster Digital Marketing are a leading social media marketing company based in Cardiff, UK. Improve your website exposure to your target market, reach out and connect with your ideal customers and improve your brand recognition with services and products from Lobster Phone: 029 204 87822
Compensation payments to people injured in violent crimes have been slashed or withdrawn completely after the government railroaded through changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (Risks 582).
The changes took effect on 27 November, scrapping five payment levels. [more…]
Comet gift vouchers are suspended
High street retailer Comet’s chances of survival look slim as chaos mounts over access to stock.
An angry mob descended on one Comet store following the news that the electronics retailer is to go into administration.
Police were called to the Rotherham branch of Comet as a crowd of 30 people turned up to the store to demand assurances that their purchased goods would be delivered, though no arrests were made, according to the Mirror.
Readers Comments