Tom, our technical director noticed this scary story about Realex today..
How can a company worth billions of pounds that relies on being online end up with over 6 hours of downtime?
You can certainly sense an element of shock on the part of the company at the scale and length of their problems.
Of course, “technology” disasters are not new.
Consider the Titanic; all evidence is that the owners never actually said the ship was unsinkable but at the time, the
It is great to hear that one of your long term partners is doing well. It’s even better when you know that you had a hand in their success.
We’re delighted because we have just heard from our partners Equas SmartPro that they are now expanding their ISO software service in the UK as well as making deals with partners in the Middle East, Denmark and Holland.
Equas developed the web-based Activ management system in partnership with GreyRidge to enable any type or size
I can honestly say that I wish I knew more about franchise before I took the plunge and left the security of being a partner and manager of the family haulage company in 2000, to set up my own business, in an industry I knew relatively little about. I could write what may be an entertaining book on the ups and downs lessons I learnt on the somewhat roller coaster journey, but that is not what this article is set out to do. What I would like to share is some essential privileges of taki
Franchise 360 client, The Wheel Specialist are extremely pleased to announce that they were selected for the finals for the Franchise Marketing Awards 2012 just narrowly missing out to Expense Reduction Analysts.
“This is the first entry for any award we have entered and to get in to the final alongside the likes of McDonalds and other well established franchises is a huge achievement the team at franchise support are thrilled” commented Ginny Murphy.
She added “ we pride
You may not have noticed but the “see-throughingness” of windows is amazingly useful. I’d almost go as far as to say that it is an essential part of being a window.
I presume that before see-through windows were invented, life was that little bit more difficult. Think about it; houses would have been dark (or very cold); cars would be bad for your hair and jet travel nothing short of lethal.
Given their obvious usefulness, it therefore seems to make complete sense tha
According to “the Times 100 “start up businesses have a very high failure rate in this country with as many as 1 in 3 failing in their first three years”.
That statistic is in sharp contrast with the British Franchise Association 2011 figure that “About 90% of all franchisees reported profitability over the last 12 months”.
On the surface this could mean that the current recession an ideal time to be in franchising and that just about any franchise
We just shifted to Rackspace for our hosting.
Seems like a small thing but I think it is hugely important and shows how much we care about our customers.
Why? Well, despite having higher prices and knowing the effort involved, Rackspace proved to us that even after 3 years good service from our old provider, they care enough about service for us to entrust your precious data to them.
We know that people often say that IT is confusing so we thought we would produce our own 5 part quick briefing aimed at franchisors.
1. Technology is Voodoo
Ever heard the phrase that people leave their brains at the door when it comes to football. Well technology can make people behave a little like that.
It was my turn to cook again last weekend and as ever, the kids were overjoyed. Really.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that they don’t like Mum’s cooking; more that they like my creative approach to the task.
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