Earlier this week we held a very illuminating round table discussion on the travel industry online at UKFast’s offices in City Tower Manchester.
Bringing in experts from around the UK, we had:
Joel Brandon Bravo, UK MD of TravelZoo
Richard Nash, business director at CSI Media
James Brooke, MD of Rooster
Brian Povey, tourism project manager, Mersey Partnership
Lawrence [...]

It is no surprise that over the last 18 months marketing spend has decreased as businesses tighten their belts against recession. Spending money on speculating for new customers always seems to be the first expense to be cut back.
However, proving that no businesses can do without any advertising, notoriously ad shy Google has just launched [...]

If anyone was still in doubt about web users’ appetite for watching streamed content online then YouTube’s latest figures should be all the convincing they need. The website’s founder, Chad Hurley, stated last week that YouTube is now getting over a billion hits a day from a global audience hungry for video content on the [...]

Is there a more dominant business in its market than Google is today? The word ‘giant’ is over used to describe the size of companies but in Google’s case is seems inadequately small. So let’s say the galaxy-sized company this week reported record quarterly profits of a £1 billion, up 27% on the same period [...]

Google recently added forum results to its search listings. The aim is to include more social media in its results mix. But is it a good idea?
Well they say variety is the spice of life and it terms of delivering a wide scope of options, including social media would be a good thing. This move [...]

New figures show that UK businesses are leading the way in utilising the Internet for advertising. According to data released by the Internet Advertising Bureau, the UK has become the first major world economy where advertisers are now spending more money on online advertising than on more traditional television options.

It is no secret that commercial [...]

Did you know that the Sale Sharks match day hospitality is the best ticket in Greater Manchester for meeting and mixing with the biggest names in business?

Despite all the top flight football teams, cricket, ice hockey and rugby league in the Manchester area, Guinness Premiership outfit Sale Sharks match days are officially the best hospitality [...]

UKFast’s contest to find the next big ebusiness will soon kick-off and this means that the deadline for applications is rapidly approaching.
Anyone with a great idea for an online business can get the chance to benefit from six months of free hosting from the UK’s fastest hosting provider by entering the UKFastTrack. However, they must [...]

Guinness Premiership high flyers Sale Sharks have launched their new home kit, proudly adorned with the UKFast branding.
The snappy new strip, created by the visionary partnership of the club’s merchandise manager Lisa Robinson and long-term kit makers Cotton Traders, is designed to infuse the speed and power of the Sharks’ style of rugby into their [...]

To be a success online you need many things – a great idea, determination, a little capital etc. But top of your list has to be Google Love. Trying to grow an online business without it would be like trying to hold back the tide – impossible.
But what is Google Love?
Google Love: (Goo gle Love)|goo:gul:luv|noun
What [...]