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E-Business Set To Double In Importance Over The Next Two Years - US Only Slightly Ahead Of Europe
These are some of the main findings of the research programme carried out among 702* companies in Europe and the USA by MORI for Intentia, the enterprise applications global software group. It is the first annual comparative tracking study of tier two companies to establish a picture of how quickly e-business is being adopted, and intentions for the future.
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Extra Help For Parents To Get More Involved In Their Children's Education - Blunkett
Nearly nine out of 10 parents believe half an hour's homework every week day for children aged 10-11 is important, but many want assistance in helping their children with their studies, particularly in Maths. A huge majority of parents have already found the daily literacy hour useful.
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Human Cost Of Globalisation Accelerates Crisis In Executive Supply
The crisis in the supply of globally mobile executives is accelerating as senior managers find the human costs too high, according to new research from the executive search business of TMP Worldwide, one of the top five executive search firms in the world.
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Lack Of Access May Be Hampering Growth In People Using Internet For Their Personal Finances
As a wave of financial services providers launch onto the Net a new MORI poll commissioned by Interactive Investor and Screentrade, shows that since April an extra 15,000 people a week approximately have been using the Net to arrange their finances. In total, approximately 1.8 million people say they have used the Internet for banking or buying financial products.
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"Captains Of Industry" Are Conquering Technophobia According To BT Cellnet
The craze for sending text messages from mobile phones which has hit the nation has been secretly embraced by some of our top business people. Twenty nine per cent of the "Captains' of Industry" surveyed by MORI on BT Cellnet's behalf say they send and receive text messages from their mobile phone and a further nineteen per cent said they would find the service useful. Three per cent even admit to using the service to receive latest football scores and lottery results. The number of SMS messages sent in the UK each month has now topped 100 million (source: Mobile Data Association).
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The Generation Technology Forgot
Which? Online Over 55s survey reveals surprising numbers of silver surfers in Britain
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E-Commerce Bill Will Light Blue Touch Paper On Internet Boom
Mark Ransford, spokesperson for screentrade, MISYS's on-line insurance service, said: "In theory this should stoke up the Internet boom even further as it will be even easier to buy on-line and add further benefits to managing your money on-line. We were the first provider to offer consumers the chance to buy insurance on-line and have been calling for electronic signatures for a number of months."
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Home Workers Do It In Their Pyjamas
New research from BT among people who work from home - either regularly or now and again - has revealed their day to be a balanced and relatively stress-free lifestyle allowing them time to get their work done as well as taking breaks to keep fit, do the household chores or even a spot of gardening. Some are so relaxed they even work in their pyjamas - if that, in some cases.
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Britain Gears Up For First Cyber Christmas: One In Three Internet Users Are Looking To Buy Presents Online
Santa Swaps Sleigh For Surfboard, UK To Splash Out Festive 450m Over Web
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Touchy Feely Gives In-Store The Edge
New study demonstrates that for many consumers in-store shopping will continue to score over the Internet in the new millennium