Sage (UK) Limited has included social media integration in its small business CRM software, ACT! by Sage and is issuing a free guide to help small businesses benefit from social media.
Only 8% of small businesses are using social media to learn more about their customers according to a survey conducted by business software and services [...]

ServiceNet SaaS product for managing field service teams shortens payment timescales, delivers time and money savings and creates platform for growth
UK-wide fast-response lighting firm Quicklight – boasting some of the UK’s largest high street names among its customers – has racked up a benchmark quota of wins with a SaaS product for field service management [...]

LONDON, 17th JULY 2009 –To mark the start of a new financial year, Easynet Global Services is announcing a raft of major customer wins. The managed network, hosting and telepresence company has won significant international business from organisations such as EDF, Sports Direct, Seves, SAGE, the Bridgestone Corporation and Vollers. This is in addition to [...]

FreeAgent Central has secured its first round of funding, positioning the company for rapid expansion as it embarks on an aggressive growth strategy.
The independent software company, pioneering online accounting specifically for small businesses and freelancers, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from private and angel investors including serial entrepreneur Christoph Janz, founder of Pageflakes [...]

Manchester, UK – 9th March, 2009 – According to Sage, a leading supplier of business software, small businesses are turning to their accountants before banks in their hunt for sound business advice. As a trusted advisor to SMEs, Sage works with 780,000 businesses and over 14,000 accountants in the UK.
Pulse 2009, a survey which [...]

-The IT Job Board makes employment predictions for 2009-
SAP and SaaS will remain strong areas of employment in 2009, according to The IT Job Board (www.theitjobboard.co.uk), the biggest IT jobs site in the UK.
Alex Farrell, managing director of The IT Job Board, predicts that recruitment in key specialist areas will remain buoyant in the year [...]

-IT Jobs for Graduates research finds 82 percent of graduates plan to look for work in IT-
82 percent of graduates plan to look for work within the IT sector, according to research from IT Jobs for Graduates (www.itjobsforgraduates.com) [1].
The survey also highlighted that more college leavers search for graduate IT jobs via online job boards [...]

It was business as usual for FreeAgent Central customers on Monday 1 December as the switchover to the new VAT rate came into effect.
Online accounting service, FreeAgent, moved swiftly to update its software, making the new VAT rate available and automatically applying the correct rate, depending on the date.
The Chancellor’s announcement created some very complex [...]

-The IT Job Board’s latest research looks at relocation aspirations-
According to the latest research conducted by The IT Job Board (www.theitjobboard.co.uk), 81 percent of IT professionals would happily relocate to a foreign country if a job or work opportunity arose.
28 percent of those surveyed advised that they would make the move abroad for career development [...]

-Research from The IT Job Board highlights evolving role of online recruitment -
In spite of the huge popularity of social and professional networking sites, nearly two thirds of techies (62.5 percent) haven’t – as yet – used these channels to find an IT job, according to research(1) carried out by The IT Job Board, www.theitjobboard.co.uk.
The [...]