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News
Listed below are a selection of the latest news stories affecting Bern Internet and the online business world.
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| Net firms quizzed on speed limits |
10/10/2007 |
| Bosses at six of the UK's top net providers are being asked to explain why consumers do not get the broadband speeds firms advertise. |
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| Online sales set record in July |
21/08/2007 |
| Wet weather in July drove online shopping to record levels as consumers surfed the net rather than sloshing down the High Street, a report claims. |
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| EC urges action on spam |
11/12/2006 |
| The European Commission (EC) has called on member states to step up their efforts to fight spam, spyware and other malware and prosecure more online offences. |
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| Offline shops 'miss out' |
13/09/2005 |
| Local businesses are missing out on a share of £1.5 billion by failing to sell their products online, a new study reveals. |
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| Silver surfers ready to storm shops |
15/08/2005 |
| Silver surfers are about to burst through the doors of the virtual shopping mall, so retailers must be ready to cater for them, a new report says. |
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| UK prefers broadband to dial-up |
26/07/2005 |
| Broadband has officially overtaken dial-up as the most popular way for Britons to connect to the Internet, government statistics show. |
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| UK tracks US in online shopping |
20/12/2004 |
| UK online spending is set to double this Christmas - matching US habits - thanks to higher take-up of high-speed internet services, a survey has said. |
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| Consumers flock to online shops |
16/11/2004 |
| Online buying habits have changed dramatically in the last five years, a survey has found. Of 2,000 web-using Britons interviewed a whopping 94% had bought something online. This compares to just 37% five years ago. |
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| 12.1 million UK households now online |
02/09/2004 |
| In the first quarter of 2004, 49 per cent of households in the UK (12.1 million) could access the Internet from home, compared with just 13 per cent (3.2 million) in the same quarter of 1999. |
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| Small Business: How to create an effective website |
22/06/2004 |
IT is almost unthinkable for a business not to have a website these days. Yet many internet sites are plain awful and many chief executives are ignorant of the fact that a really bad website can cause more damage to their business than a disgruntled employee.
By Matthew Wall |
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| Web traders need protection |
21/05/2004 |
| The internet gets a rough deal sometimes. E-businesses have battled for years to reassure users that there aren't hordes of unscrupulous criminals hanging around in cyberspace waiting to intercept their credit card details. |
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| Case study: Figleaves' website |
22/06/2004 |
| FIGLEAVES, an online lingerie retailer based in Finchley, north London, sells 170 brands of underwear and has sales of about £20m. |
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| E-Tailers on line for Festive Record |
05/12/2003 |
| E-TAILERS are heading for a record Christmas take amid forecasts that monthly spending over the internet is about to smash through the £2 billion level for the first time. |
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| Stez Media Ltd. Assets Bought |
10/11/2003 |
| Brooklands Consultants Limited is pleased to announce that it has acquired the assets of Stez Media Limited |
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| Internet Usage on the Increase |
09/07/2003 |
| Over half the adults in the UK are now using the internet or have used the internet within the past three months. |
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| Potter Sets New Online Sales Record |
19/06/2003 |
| The fifth Harry Potter novel has notched up a record number of advance orders, according to the UK arm of online bookseller Amazon. |
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| Retailers Back Online Security Scheme |
11/06/2003 |
| Companies including HBOS, Lloyds TSB and Opodo have signed up for the Verified by Visa scheme, aimed at improving consumer confidence in online shopping. |
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