Speed for the people

2nd July 2009 10:35am by The Brigadier posted in UKFast, people

At UKFast we’ve been talking about the need for website speed in terms of its benefits for SEO and dynamic content for some time. But let’s not lose sight of the driver behind making your web presence quicker - people.
Society today is a demander of speed and the internet is no exception. Google says that [...]

UKFastTrack to find next ebusiness champion

30th June 2009 8:35am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Our exciting competition to help launch the next big online business success has begun in earnest with interest already reaching fever pitch.
The UKFastTrack offers budding entrepreneurs a golden opportunity to give their business idea the best possible start by providing £15,000 worth of top-class hosting support. This includes the use of our revolutionary new SEO [...]

UKFast launches UK’s fastest servers at the British Grand Prix

19th June 2009 2:21pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

UKFast is at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix today for the first of three days of fun with clients. However, it’s not just about enjoying top class motor sport. The fastest racing cars in the world also form the perfect backdrop to UKFast’s launch of the fastest servers available in the UK.
Today UKFast’s senior [...]

the right people in the right seats

11th June 2009 10:37am by The Brigadier posted in people

It takes individuals of many different natures for a business to operate successfully. Every person has a talent and personality that lends that individual to a specific role.

Some people are great organisers who exude practicality, others may be more sporadic but with a creativity that breaks down boundaries and gets them noticed. Each individual person [...]

Manchester is top UK city

9th June 2009 3:03pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

It is official if we didn’t already know. Manchester is the best city in the UK! The home of fine dining, fine arts, seats of great learning, the best football team in England (second best in Europe!) and the best hosting company! It was already obvious wasn’t it?
Seriously, the Economist Intelligence Unit global liveability survey [...]

Lions and England rugby update

8th June 2009 11:16am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Well, Andrew Sheridan made it two wins out of two on the Lions’ tour at the weekend but once again the Saturday team struggled to victory in stark contrast to the rampant mid-week side.
It all started so well with the Lions’ 20 points up after 20 minutes against the Free State Cheetahs. However, the home [...]

Social networking and identity theft

6th June 2009 8:48am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Social networking is becoming a risky business if recent news headlines are any indication. It seems that we must be wary of the myriad of ways cyber criminals are using social media to entrap us.
Apparently, we have become quite savvy about spotting email threats, so the scammers and malware purveyors are turning to new fertile [...]

Shark looking to find lion’s roar

5th June 2009 3:31pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

Sale Sharks prop forward Andrew Sheridan will return to the British Lions’ starting line up at the weekend after seeing the mid week side thrash the Golden Lions without him.

Sheridan did play in the British Lion’s victorious first game but the result was far from the comfortable romp expected.
So Sheridan and his teammates from that [...]

Chrome speed counts for nought without server speed

1st June 2009 10:20am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Google has reiterated the importance of speed in its search rankings just as it has announced a 30% boost in response times for its Chrome web browser portal.
Google, in fact, suggests that speed is the most important factor of all in determining search engine results making it therefore vital for online businesses to ensure they [...]

Google forges on as Yahoo throws in the towel

28th May 2009 11:10am by Dick Branston posted in progress

In the past week it has been suggested that search goliath Google is ready to anger some of the business world all over again by ramping up the ante on its controversial Adwords rules.
In May last year there was uproar when Google announced that it was changing its rules to allow paid search ad bidders [...]