AS I SEE IT: The online retailer and distributor can be your friend, but also your competitor, says TERRY MURDEN Amazon’s publicity machine has been in full flow telling us how it helped 200,000 small UK businesses, including 12,000 in Scotland, to develop their digital skills throughout the pandemic. Eight in ten credit the Amazon […]
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Moda promises a new way of renting a home
Fran Cruse, PR and marketing officer, Richard Smith, MD, and Amanda Rennie, The McEwan general manager (pic: Terry Murden) Scotland’s first Moda Living development, dubbed a “next generation neighbourhood”, is due to welcome its first tenants in November, promising a new style of rental accommodation. It will be known as The McEwan, comprising a block […]
Staff concerns must be heard as offices reopen
Employers need to engage fully with their employees over changes to work patterns, says KEITH ANDERSON Will we be able to fully return to the office? That is the question on the lips of every business owner as we consider the extent to which we reopen our business premises and encourage our staff to return […]
There has never been a better time to export
COP26 is an ideal opportunity to build international connections, says RUSSELL DALGLEISH As international travel is only now starting to open up and the Brexit hangover continues, the idea of exporting can seem counter intuitive but please bear with me. Over the last week I have spoken with SBN Ambassadors and members around the globe, […]
Time to redeem the drone’s reputation
TECH TALK: Amazon may have stumbled, but drone technology is expanding, says BILL MAGEE Amazon’s products may be flying off the shelves at its Dunfermline “fulfilment centre” – as it labels the warehouse – and practically everywhere else on the planet, but arguably the most world’s most successful company has birled its much-touted drone delivery […]