SMALL BUSINESS IT NEWS
Watchdog rules on <i>Hull Daily Mail</i> 'porncoder' exposé
The Press Complaints Commission has issued a mild wrist slap to the Hull Daily Mail for its coverage of Paul Smith - the man behind local news site HU17.net who was discovered to have a bit of previous form knocking together smut websites.…
NatWest sets lawyers on student site
A student finance website which offers summaries of bank accounts available for the feckless unwashed masses has been hit with a copyright infringement claim by NatWest.…
Imitate Real Ale quaffers, save the economy, says biz prof
Top economics'n'biz brainboxes, having performed a detailed analysis, have announced that the way for the UK economy to revitalise itself is for us all to emulate beer-swilling real ale drinkers.…
Small biz stays nervous on recovery
Small businesses in the UK remain focused on cost-cutting rather than expanding sales to secure their futures.…
EU pledges huge spend for small biz R&D
The European Commission has pledged €6.4bn for research investments across Europe in various areas for both academics and small businesses.…
Job sites slam domain name land grab
Dozens of job sites have stuck the boot into plans to effectively create tens of thousands of new employment boards under the .jobs internet top-level domain.…
Bidding for rivals' AdWords can be infringement, sometimes
A company can stop other companies using its trademarks to trigger search engine adverts if those adverts do not allow a web user to tell which company is behind the ads, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.…
Business guru tries to silence bloggers over 'misleading' mailshot
A marketing mailshot, similar to one described as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority in April, is reappearing in British offices across the country - and bloggers who complain are getting hit with threatening legal letters.…
Online trading not anti-competitive for small biz
Small and medium sized (SME) companies do not face major anti-competitive barriers when trying to sell goods or services online, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.…
IT recruiters warn over migration caps
The government's plan to cap the number of non-EU economic migrants allowed into the UK has attracted criticism from IT recruiters, who claim some skills cannot be sourced here.…
OFT to disqualify unwitting directors to deter competition abuses
Directors who should have known that their companies were breaking competition laws will be just as likely to be pursued for disqualification as those who actively committed offences, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.…