About

Owen was a reporter for Bonhill Group plc writing across the Smallbusiness.co.uk and Growthbusiness.co.uk titles before moving on to be a Digital Technology reporter for the Express.co.uk.

News

Agility essential to SME survival after Brexit

Agility essential to SMB survival as half of leaders say they won’t exist in 2023 without it. Tech-driven productivity and innovation seen as a crucial driver of enduring success.

Business Technology

Transparency key to making consumers happy with data sharing

In the run-up to GDPR, new research from the DMA and Acxiom shows that people are increasing happy about the data sharing, but transparency is the key to taking this to the next level.

Employing & managing staff

Having a bad day? The most stressed workers in the UK revealed

Finance, local and national government, healthcare, education and hospitality rated the top five most stressful industries in the UK.

News

Working hours and salary the main career-change considerations

Working hours are almost as important as salary in people's searches for new jobs, according to research by the Oxford Open Learning Trust.

News

Half of UK workers are unhappy in their current jobs

More than half of UK workers are unhappy in their current jobs, as CV-Library reveals the top reasons for job dissatisfaction amongst the nation’s professionals.

Business management

How to implement change successfully to your business travel

Here, Paul Casement is director of sales and account management at Clarity, explores what businesses can do to make business travel successful.

Business Technology

UK’s top data centre hotspots for small businesses revealed

According to the 2017 collocation report, the UK is becoming the go-to location for data centres in Europe, with London leading as the most popular data centre hotspot in the country. We go through the top ten hotspot locations.

Legal advice

Are law firms ready for disruption?

Research found that three quarters of law firms see a data breach or cyberattack as the biggest threat- effecting revenue loss and inaccessible or lost data, as well as a reputational impact.

Business management

Fifteen ways to remain productive at work

Standing meetings, regular breaks and experimenting with different noise levels should maximise productivity in the workplace say LondonOffices.com. They have compiled a list of fifteen new tips to encourage workers to ditch their bad habits and up their work game.

News

Small businesses tied up with red tape: A myth or reality?

AXA's survey of small businesses finds few consider regulation and red tape is stifling their growth, but concerns emerge.

Business Technology

Create an ‘innovation culture’ and turbocharge R&D results

In this piece, we talk about how businesses can improve the way they go about innovation and R&D to improve success rates and returns on investment.

Business Technology

Bitcoin boom: British businesses spreading cryptocurrency risk

More than half of companies with a ready stock of Bitcoin have sold off some of their supply to profit from soaring valuations in the cryptocurrency market.