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Card Payments
Debit cards overtake cash payments in the UK
With a massive 13.2 billion debit card transactions in 2017
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Freedom apps: the hi-tech way to free yourself from Facebook
Ever wish there were more hours in the day? These productivity apps can help you claw back some time
- Slow rural broadband costs us billions
- Olderpreneurs: the generation fighting trends and expectations
- To survive, retailers have to think different
- UK high streets: why decline in footfall is such a complicated issue
- Carillion collapse: A reminder of the precarious relationship between public and private sector
Building Blocks
GDPR: Could cyber threats increase after regulations kick in?
For GDPR, the day of reckoning is nearly upon us.
Card Payments
PCI compliance updates: time to update your operating system
Security updates being made to ecommerce sites could affect your ability to access them...
- Visa's raising card payment fees, and small businesses will be worst hit
- Energy companies are raising energy prices: avoid the hikes by getting a fixed rate deal
- BT's just axed 13000 jobs - but will it improve their customer service?
- Iresa's energy ban - why cheapest isn't always best
- Ofcom regulations to make the UK more fibre-friendly - at BT's expense
Card Payments
Why contactless terminals are a no-brainer
A quick video on the importance of contactless terminals for small businesses
Testimonials
Support the Glasgow Philharmonia!
Read about the exploits of the XLN-sponsored Glasgow Philharmonia, and what you can do to help.
About Us
Making a marketer: what work experience is really about
For Anna, school work experience was never going to be spent making cups of tea
About Us
Consumers turn to CEOs for answers
Why are consumers complaining directly to CEOs? Good customer service isn't rocket science.
Building Blocks
GDPR: Could cyber threats increase after regulations kick in?
For GDPR, the day of reckoning is nearly upon us.
Sales and Marketing
Want to beat Amazon? Then think beyond the physical store
High Streets are in crisis, but it's too early to abandon it.
About Us
BT and Openreach status quo 'unlikely' to continue
Ofcom's CEO has suggested that BT and Openreach won't continue unabated
