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10 things you must know in order to win public sector tenders

Despite all the talk of public sector cuts there is still a lot of business to be had in this market. Law firm Biggart Baillie has drawn up a list of 10 things you must do to succeed on the tender trail.Bidding for public contracts can be quite a...

UK - 11/02/2011

Advertising

The Drum's Economic Weather Forecast: gloomy conditions ahead

The Drum has joined forces with the Union Direct to track and analyse consumer confidence. The latest findings point to stormy times ahead for the UK.OutlookConsumers’ pessimism has intensified in the past month. All sub-indices fell in...

UK - 11/02/2011

Market Research

Manchester City FC's groundsman takes to Facebook to attack Manchester United

A full-time member of Manchester City Football Club's groundstaff has taken to Facebook to inflame relations between the two Manchester football clubs ahead of the city derby tomorrow. The club moved quickly to close down Ged Coyne's Facebook...

England - 11/02/2011

Social Media

Creative Break invites apprentices to AskMeg

In a bid to grow awareness of the benefits of apprenticeships within the creative sector, an apprentice from partnership programme Creative Break will be answering questions today through social media. Using Twitter, Megan Wieczorek, junior...

England - 11/02/2011

Social Media

Facebook introduces new features to increase user engagement

Facebook has redesigned the page layout in an attempt to make them act and resemble user profiles. In a blog posted last night, the site said that it is adding the improvements in order to allow users to “manage communication, express...

UK - 11/02/2011

Social Media

How Virgin America is using Twitter to build its brand in the US

How Virgin America, just four years old, is using social media to build its brand in the USA with great success has been set out by Porter Gale, the airline's top marketer, in a fascinating Q and A in the American magazine Ad Age.Gale quotes...

UK - 10/02/2011

Social Media

Will Hewlett Packard's TouchPad miss the boat?

Hewlett Packard has unveiled its new tablet computer the TouchPad- looking a lot like Apple's iPad - at a press event in San Francisco.The new tablet, based on Palm's webOS software, has a number of features which have impressed tech...

UK - 10/02/2011

Digital

News Analysis: Is Twitter worth it?

The Wall Street Journal has reported that both Facebook and Google, along with 'other' major technology companies, are each looking to acquire micro-blogging website Twitter, apparently worth between $8-$10 billion dollars. But is the site worth...

UK - 10/02/2011

Social Media

Metrodome Distribution to drive social media buzz for film titles

Film distributor Metrodome Distribution is set to implement social media campaigns to grow awareness of its releases, following the appointment of White Hat Media. The agency has been handed the task of driving online awareness of its films...

South East - 10/02/2011

Social Media

Sudanese dictator rallies supporters on Facebook

Facebook’s least friendly user, Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, has announced that he is signing up to the social networking site in a bid to crush local opposition.Bashir, eyeing the toppling of fellow tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt, is...

UK - 10/02/2011

Social Media

Staff prepare to sue TalentNation, in which Scottish Enterprise has £1m stake, for unpaid fees

An online business which was backed by Scottish Enterprise with £1m, as well as leading football players, may be sued by former workers for unpaid fees and salaries.TalentNation set out to identify young sports stars and raised around £...

UK - 10/02/2011

Media

Survey elicits rationale behind social media “break-ups”

A report by social media and e-mail marketing services company ExactTarget has found that more than 90% of consumers will unsubscribe, “un-like” or stop following brands due to boring and repetitive communications.Titled “The...

UK - 10/02/2011

Market Research

Google and Facebook covet Twitter acquisition

It has been reported that Facebook, Google and other companies have held talks with Twitter over a potential acquisition of the site, estimated to be worth as much as $10 billion. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the microblogging site is...

UK - 10/02/2011

Social Media

Email use drops by 59% amongst US teens in one year

Mark Zuckerberg said it when he launched Facebook Messages last November - teens are simply just not into email anymore - and figures just out confirm it: email usage among 12 to 17 year olds in the US went down a staggering 59% last year...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

Is Facebook reaching out to China?

Is Facebook reaching out to China, despite all the obstacles? The social networking site has opened an office in Hong Kong - putting it within tantalising reach of businesses in the worldÊ¼s biggest Internet market. As the headline in Business...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

TAMBA to handle VK social media campaign

Global Brands has appointed digital agency TAMBA to create a social media campaign for its VK vodka drink.The Staffordshire agency was appointed after a competitive pitch. Its work will be based around VK's 'Make a VKend of it'...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

Facebook sacking victim settles

A former employee of a Connecticut ambulance company has settled a lawsuit against the firm after being sacked for posting derogatory remarks about her bosses on Facebook.The financial terms of Dawnmarie Souza’s settlement were not disclosed...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

Social media users to decide if Ken and Barbie should reunite

The world's most famous plastic boyfriend Ken has turned to social media in a bid to win back old flame Barbie, as part of a social media campaign from toy maker Mattel for Valentine’s Day. The campaign runs seven years after the pair broke...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

Police read the riot act over Twitter

A police watchdog has highlighted how micro-blogging sites such as Twitter are undermining traditional police tactics by facilitating a new breed of unpredictable and fast changing protests.HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report that protests can...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media

San Francisco attempts to persuade Twitter to remain

In a bid to ensure that Twitter remains in San Francisco, the city is offering a to freeze payroll tax increases for businesses located there. The city has proposed a free in the tax increase of company payrolls on a street in the Tenderloin...

UK - 09/02/2011

Social Media