Following my attendance at the ‘Future of Europe’ seminar hosted by the IoD in Brussels in February, I was invited by the Institute to contribute to an article on doing business across borders.

Like many people here in the UK I spend a lot of my time driving to meetings, the shops and generally getting around. I tend not to touch public transport unless I’m going to London in which case I’ll catch the GNER or a plane. But the recent Downing Street petition against road pricing got me thinking, so here’s my two cent’s on the subject.

It’s been one of those slow weekends where I spent a lot of time playing with search engines and wondering what’s coming around the corner for us in the world of search.

It seems that someone at the LA Times has finally woken up to what I’ve been saying all along – the saviour of regional newspapers is going to be content, content, content. Editor James E. O’Shea finally took action in unveiling a plan to continue publishing the paper rather than letting it go to the wall.

This year’s North West Insider Business Manual features a two page spread of advice and best practice tips for search engine optimising your website.

After nearly 18 months of study and examinations I was confirmed as having satisfied the requirements of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and admitted as a Chartered Director.

With Northcliffe up for sale and advertising revenues showing no signs of a recovery, could the future for the regional press really be Local? When Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) announced the sale of its regional newspaper division – Northcliffe – last week, many observers commented on the likely outcome of the sale. Speculation of who the new owners would be was rife.