Amazon shows 71% increase in profits

Online retail website, Amazon, has posted profits for the fourth quarter of 2009, which were up by as much as 71% during the Christmas period.
Amazon is thought to have achieved the high profits after offering an enhanced free delivery service over the holidays, as well as actively competing in a wide array of different retail [...]

Toyota recalls nearly 2 million cars after fault pedals worry

Toyota has stated it will be recalling as many as 1.8 million Toyota cars after a recurring issue with the accelerator pedal in a number of the models.
Amongst the cars being recalled are the popular Toyota Yaris and Corolla models, which may all potentially be affected by the pedal problem. Models dating back to as [...]

US Kraft to takeover UK Cadbury

Cadbury has approved a takeover bid by the Kraft, in a deal which a spokesperson from the US food giant claims will form a “global confectionery leader”.
Cadbury, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, has been in talks over a possible takeover for a few months now and the board finally agreed to the Kraft offer. The [...]

One, Two, Three Screens

Having mupltiple screen on your computer increase productivty. So much so there is a maths sum to sum it up.
number x screen = increases in production.
Put simply the more screen you have the more production you staff can acheive. For example on one screen you can have e-mails, another screen you can have [...]

Tea Money

Making staff pay for tea is a bit of joke in counties like England and India. Due to the reliance of tea from a young age in England and India staff that don’t have tea in the morning and break will work slower and produce poor quality work.

Recently big brother presenter Davina McCall was [...]

Search Engine Promotion

A good way to promote your business is by promoting in the search engines such as Dog Pile, Alta Vista, Ask and the popular Google.
To get to the top of the rankings all you need to do is add content related to the search you want to come up for. Then get people to [...]

Office Conditions

Office conditions are very important to staff happiness and production levels. A poor environment means poor levels of work both volumes and quality. For example, if your chairs are uncomfortable then staff will have to stand up and stretch their backs, less time at the computer.
Too hot and your staff will be going to the [...]

Ride to work Scheme

In the UK there is a scheme called the ride to work. It promotes the use of people cycling to work rather than getting the car or using public transport. It means that you pay for your bike over a period of time and have a VAT reduction making the bike cheaper.
It’s a great way [...]

Whiteboards create ideas

Getting ideas out of staff is hard, often your staff will have tons of ideas about new products changes to procedures which can earn more money but then don’t have an output. A great way to do this is to have whiteboards with pens ready at any time to place ideas on. It’s something that [...]

Reward Your Staff

Some people like their work some people don’t like their work. For the people that don’t like their work your need to keep them motivating but you don’t want to ignore the people who are comitted, they might burn your building down if you ignore then.

To start most staff are only at work to [...]