by Mark Northall | Feb 22, 2013 | Business, Employees, Personal, Social Media
There have been some high profile social media hacking cases recently, notably Chrysler Jeep and Macdonalds. It started me thinking – how often is often enough to change your password? As a rule of thumb the more popular the account in terms of followers etc the...
by Mark Northall | Feb 17, 2013 | Business, Personal
I was frustrated to receive a text message from my mobile telephone provider last week telling me I was well over my data usage just 36 hours into my Spanish break. The hotel had a bit of an archaic policy of free internet but only for one hour a day and then in the...
by Mark Northall | Feb 13, 2013 | Business, Networking, Personal
It was October 2010 when a bolt from the blue hit my desk in the form of the old brown envelope – I don’t remember the exact wording but it went along the lines of ‘due to the current economic climate we will have to make staff cuts’ I was in a redundancy pool of ONE...
by Mark Northall | Jan 30, 2013 | Employees, Personal
From an early age I can remember asking my Mum what the roaring noise was on a Saturday night in the distance as we played in the cul-de-sac (yes we used to play outside then !) and her telling me it was the motorbikes at Cradley Speedway. I guess it was about 4 miles...
by Mark Northall | Jan 26, 2013 | Business, Personal
With the closure of high street brands once again in the headlines and add to that the rationalisation of certain other companies we can brace ourselves for an influx of freshly redundant ex-employees heading for the life of self employment. Putting to good use the...
by Mark Northall | Jan 17, 2013 | Business, Personal
A bit of a diverse one this time. I wondered how many of you still accept cheques as a payment method ? Let me explain where I’m coming from. The majority of my clients pay by bank transfer or Standing order – its quick, instant and neat. I believe its a...
