Ecommerce Expo 2010- reflects the growth of Ecommerce in UK

Ecommerce Expo 2010 opened its doors last week to more than 4,915 visitors, the highest number ever and an increase of 22%! The buzz and excitement on the show floor was contagious, while the evening of Ecommerce Awards celebrated the best in the business and looked to the industry leaders for the future in ecommerce excellence. With the internet now making up the UK’s fifth largest economic sector, Ecommerce Expo 2010 was certainly a reflection of its continued growth. … Continue Reading

How to create your own marketing system

Andrew Talbot of bNetCentric talks about how to create your own marketing system. This video covers how to harness the power of modern marketing tools to help increase the volume of marketing whilst reducing your overall marketing costs. … Watch the Film

Is this the end of the traditional sales person?

Andrew Talbot from bNetCentric explores the changing role of the sales person in today’s internet dominated world. Do the new rules of marketing mean there is no longer a place for the traditional sales person? … Watch the Film

Kent 2020 Vision is a great success

A record number of over 3,500 attendees and more than 350 exhibitors were up bright and early for this years’ Kent 2020 Vision. Held at the Kent Show Ground Detling, it is now the largest business conference in the South East.

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What should I think about before starting in business for myself? – Lord Sugar’s Business Basics

Running a small business can be demanding. In this clip Lord Sugar provides some advice on things to consider before you start. … Watch the Film

Global Expense gets animated!

Global Expense is Europe’s leading end-to-end expense management solution. They are a specialist provider that will work with you to ensure process efficiency, legislative compliance and genuine cost reduction. … Watch the Film

Simon Middleton talks about the brand effect at TEDxKent

Simon Middleton talks about the brand effect.
Simon has become one of the UK’s best known brand consultant. His work has included brand strategy and campaigns for companies that include: Barclays, Norwich Union, Denplan, pharmaceutical giant Merial, brewing and wine company Adnams, and Britain’s best known sandwich chain Pret A Manger. … Watch the Film

TED comes to Kent

TED started in USA and is an annual event where some of the World’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. … Watch the Film

Swale Business Awards

The top two prizes at the ‘2009 Swale Business Awards’ have been won by companies based at Kent Science Park.

GoResponse took the title ‘Swale Business of the Year’ with Global Associates named runner-up.

Organised by Thames Gateway Chamber of Commerce, the Awards recognised and rewarded the borough’s most forward-thinking companies. … Watch the Film

Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale hits the big screen

Cinema’s across the South East are hoping for a bumper Christmas this year with the launch of “Disney’s A Christmas Carol.”
Charles Dickens’ classic yuletide tale gets a stunning 3D animated makeover courtesy of Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis. … Watch the Film

Shepherd Neame Ale Wins medal at International Beer Festival

A connoisseur ale from Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has been honoured with a European Star at one of the world’s biggest beer-tasting events.

1698 Bottle Conditioned Ale won a bronze medal in the English-Style Golden Bitter category in a blind tasting of hundreds of beers from all over the world.

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Google Adds A Social Element To Search Results

Google Social Search, an experimental feature announced today, enables you to discover publicly available web content from your social circle online. When using Social Search you will sometimes see a special set of “Results from people in your social circle” towards the bottom of the results page. These social results will include relevant websites, blogs, status updates, and other publicly-available content from your online friends and contacts. So if you’re planning a trip to Cairo, and a friend of yours happens to have listed great places to stay on his website, Google Social Search makes it much easier to find this kind of content.

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Oil Drum Expands into Europe

Oil Drum Expands into Europe 

A Kent-based company is continuing on the road to success after signing another licensing deal that will enable its Fuel-Saving technology to be manufactured, sold and installed in the Baltic States.

Oil Drum, based at the University of Kent in Canterbury, has awarded an exclusive licence to European renewable energy company UAB Hydro2. The deal will allow UAB Hydro2 to manufacture, sell and install the Save-Fuel On Demand Hydrogen Technology for the truck, bus and coach industries in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. … Watch the Film

Three Men In The Wrong Boat – Party Leaders Need Total Image Change

Brown, Cameron and Clegg might as well be Compo, Foggy and Clegg with their lack of good communication skills says political communications specialist.

The top three political leaders are turning voters off with their poor communications skills and outdated images. 

By paying more attention to their tone of voice, speech delivery and working on their ‘You Brand’, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg could help win over the British public. But they are currently all at sea when it comes to their personal presentation. … Continue Reading