The UK population had peaked to 65.6 million in 2016. And, it was reported that 18% of the population were aged 65 and over. With an ageing population that’s constantly on the rise, are the public shopping centres accommodating for the elderly and their needs, and are they making themselves accessible for those with disabilities?
Surprisingly, many retail stores are inaccessible to many despite Britain’s disabled population having a spending power of £80bn. Some companies are potentially losing out on their share of the weekly £420m in sales by not having wheelchair ramps and access to all floors.…
As a business, when dealing with hazardous waste, it’s important that your organisation has an effective waste management solution put in place. When hazardous waste is improperly handled, it can be harmful to human health and environmental safety.
Hazardous waste can be found in many forms, including solids, liquids and contained gases; in these forms, it can regularly pollute the surface of groundwater supplies. The UK government stipulates strict guidance on how to monitor and implement an effective hazardous waste solution, and together with Reconomy – hazardous waste skip hire – this guide will ensure that business’ manage these wastes appropriately.…
Residents across California have suffered as a result of a huge number of wildfires over the past couple of years. In 2017, close to 9,000 wildfires were reported throughout the state — burning 1.2 million acres of land, which is an area the same size as the state of Delaware, and causing the deaths of at least 46 individuals as well as destroying over 10,800 properties. This year, there have already been over 6,000 more wildfires reported in California. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the National Interagency Fire Center, these wildfires have burned more than 1.4 million acres of land and resulted in damages worth in excess of $2.56 billion.…
Did you know that you could combine your love of health care with your love of business? It’s true! Check out the information below to learn about how you can take these popular career paths and bring them together into one perfect job that you will love showing up to every day.
First, It All Starts with the Right Education
Like any other positive and successful career path, you need to have the right education to get started. This will serve as your foundation, after all, and the right knowledge will guide all of your decisions.…
Procrastination can come at a great cost for businesses. According to research, procrastinating professionals can cost a company up to 36 working days each year, with texting, shopping and browsing social media during work time being top distractions.
So, what exactly can be done to help boost your workforce’s productivity levels? Cliverton, specialists in insurance for dog walkers, offers the following tips:
Improve office conditions
Did you ever think that the temperature you set your office at can have an effect on how productive your employees are?…
Writing can be tedious and strenuous for most students because knowing what to write is different from knowing how to write. Assigned to produce a business plan, you will surely face the blank page thinking of what to write, and this can be really stressful and overwhelming.
Many students find it difficult to go through the stage of the writing process, which includes prewriting, which is known as the planning and structure, brainstorming, writing, editing, and revising. But instead of going through the strenuous process, there are ways you can ease the writing process.…
In many ways, technology can help level the business playing field – allowing small businesses to accomplish more with fewer resources, reach a wider audience, and gain insights that would normally only be available to large corporates with big market research budgets. If you’re a small business owner, then you might want to consider taking advantage of the following tech tips to give you that much-needed boost.
Get paid faster
If there’s one thing every small business owner has in common, it’s worrying about cashflow and collecting outstanding payments!…
In 2015, BT announced that ISDN, the Integrated Services Digital Network first created in 1988 as Britain’s digital network for carrying sound and data, will be phased out by 2025.
This may sound like drastic news to companies accustomed to using ISDN, but it has been a long time coming and is being phased out carefully – and there is a chance that, for some users, the deadline will be extended. The other non-internet network BT maintains, the analogue Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), will be gone by this time, too.…
Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps which declared to have reached 800 million users towards the end of 2017. According to Statista, a company dedicated to statistics, it now seems to have more than one billion users. Yet of course, there may be a variety of reasons to decide to stop using the service or take a temporary break. In fact, it is one of the most searched items about the service online.
In this article, we are going to illustrate how to permanently or temporarily remove your Instagram account step by step.…
Content marketing basically involves creating and publishing content that viewers will find useful and that has value to them. Instead of trying to hard sell viewers, content marketing is designed to persuade them that they want to make a purchase instead.
While there are many ways that you can create videos for content marketing – one of the most interesting has to be screen recording. Honestly, you would probably be surprised at the types of content marketing videos that you could create using it and how effective they can be.…
