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SMEs under threat from ecommerce fraudsters

News The IoD's head of ebusiness policy, Jim Norton, says SMEs are becoming increasingly worried that crooks could easily claim the goods they ordered online were never delivered. Alambritis said this is all part of the government's role to promote...

[06 Feb 2000]

SMEs to spend big on IT in 2007

News IT spending by SMEs in China and India is expected to hit record levels this year. Analyst house IDC predicts Chinese and Indian SMEs will increase tech investment by more than 10 per cent in 2007 compared with last year.

Tags: sme, it spending, china, budget

[01 Feb 2007]

<strong>SMEs</strong> are doing it online

SMEs are doing it online

News The most recent survey commissioned by IBM Germany, in which 1,000 SMEs participated, found that 85 per cent of SMEs believe the web will contribute to their profitability within the coming two years.

[10 Apr 2001]

<strong>SMEs</strong> told 'get online now'

SMEs told 'get online now'

News Liikanen said SMEs are still lagging behind larger companies when it comes to using the internet and in an attempt to encourage ebusiness the EC has launched a campaign, called Go Digital. Go Digital offers SMEs the chance to refine their best...

[23 Jan 2002]

<strong>SMEs</strong> come careering into the 21st century

SMEs come careering into the 21st century

News The research of 700 small and medium sized businesses also found that 33 per cent of SMEs had changed their mobile networks - though most found it difficult to compare prices and packages from the phone companies, calling for greater transparency.

[03 May 2001]

SMEs failing to make the Web work

News The latest report from Durlacher Research indicates that only one per cent of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK are using the Internet to its full advantage, even though 75 per cent have Internet access.

[30 Jul 1999]

SMEs just want to grow

News A report from BT Business reveals almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of SMEs believe the government could do more, compared to just seven per cent that think ministers are already doing all they can.

Tags: government, bt, sme, categories

[29 Oct 2007]

SMEs snubbing homeworking

News SMEs are lagging behind larger companies when it comes to embracing flexible working practices such as working from home. Only 43 per cent of SMEs have the technology in place to support homeworking, compared to 76 per cent of large companies...

Tags: sme, smes, working at home, work from home

[03 Jul 2007]

<strong>SMEs</strong> slam 'smelly' tech support staff

SMEs slam 'smelly' tech support staff

News Not understanding of the needs of SMEs with perhaps only a handful of PCs. IT services firm Blue Screen surveyed 100 SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises) in the UK about their IT support experiences, and compiled a list of the top ten complaints.

Tags: smes, smelly, services, support

[06 Feb 2003]

<strong>SMEs</strong> stay in for online buying spree

SMEs stay in for online buying spree

News According to the latest report from Logical, e-outsourcing will be a boom market in the UK and become the primary IT buying strategy for SMEs by 2004. The study revealed that the UK is one of Europe's leading online IT procurers with 52 per cent of...

[23 Mar 2001]

SMEs get smart about VoIP

News Another plus for SMEs is that, because internet phones aren't dependent on area codes, numbers can be retained after an office move and local codes can be used to reach offices located elsewhere. The poll also found that in nine per cent of SMEs...

Tags: functionality, costs, smes, voip

[07 Dec 2006]

<strong>SMEs</strong> lose out as banks get online services wrong

SMEs lose out as banks get online services wrong

News Charlotte Hamilton, associate analyst at Forrester Research, explained that these portals do not provide information that is specific enough to the SMEs' financial needs. Just four banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and NatWest - serve three...

[03 Aug 2001]

SMEs falling short on tech investment

News The majority (93 per cent) of SMEs surveyed by BT Business are not investing enough in tech, while almost half are failing to carry out tech reviews that could reduce costs and long-term inefficiencies.

Tags: technology, investment, sme, quocirca

[28 Jan 2007]

SMEs not exploiting web potential

News David Wei, CEO of Alibaba.com, the global online marketplace for SMEs, said UK small businesses are hampered by opting for the perceived safety of existing relationships and channels. Wei told silicon.com said: "I think UK SMEs are used to a very...

Tags: procurement, global, alibaba.com, sme

[25 Mar 2008]

5 years ago: SMEs shy away from technology

News 24.02.2000: SMEs are failing to exploit new technology, according to the minister for small business and ecommerce, Patricia Hewitt. Speaking to silicon.com at an inaugural event for the ISI/Interforum Ecommerce Awards, Hewitt said too many small...

Tags: sme

[24 Feb 2005]

<strong>SMEs</strong> turn noses up at web outsourcing

SMEs turn noses up at web outsourcing

News The vast majority of British SMEs prefer to maintain their website and e-business solutions themselves, according to a new study. The study, by e-business service provider Dragnet, looked at the e-business requirements of 127 SMEs, and revealed...

[20 Sep 2001]

<strong>SMEs</strong> upbeat about ecommerce

SMEs upbeat about ecommerce

News While many UK SMEs are yet to get to grips with ecommerce, those that have taken the plunge are glad they did. While the numbers are small - only 14 per cent of retail SMEs currently receive orders online - 76 per cent of those companies not doing...

[05 Jul 2001]

<strong>SMEs</strong> join the big boys with remote networking

SMEs join the big boys with remote networking

News SMEs will be able to securely connect 100 remote workers to a company's IT network, after a deal between Avaya and BTopenworld. Before now, only companies with their own IT departments had this capability, but now SMEs will have access to BT's...

[21 Sep 2001]

Leader: <strong>SMEs</strong> no Holy Grail

Leader: SMEs no Holy Grail

Leader But SMEs aren't the sales hotbed they're often made out to be. In fact, more than half of SMEs are unlikely to invest in IT over the next 12 months, according to a research report released yesterday from IDC.

Tags: sme

[13 Oct 2004]

<strong>SMEs</strong> put situations vacant in cyber-space

SMEs put situations vacant in cyber-space

News More than half of the UK's SMEs use the internet to recruit staff according to a survey published this week by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. But John Downie, parliamentary officer at the Federation of Small Businesses, said...

[24 May 2001]

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