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AI and Your Business: Useful Tool, Not a Magic Wand

AI and Your Business: Useful Tool, Not a Magic Wand

There is no shortage of noise around artificial intelligence right now. Barely a week passes without a headline telling small business owners that AI will either transform their operations or make...

Ozzy Ozzy
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Why Investors Value Gaming Higher Than Movies — EA’s $55B Buyout Explained

Why Investors Value Gaming Higher Than Movies — EA’s $55B Buyout Explained

In a deal announced on EA's own site, Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), private-equity firm Silver Lake, and Affinity...

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A Business Owner's Guide to 10 Essential AI Tools

A Business Owner's Guide to 10 Essential AI Tools

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly discussed across business forums, and the UK Business Forums community offers particularly thoughtful insight into both its promise and pitfalls. As...

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A Practical Guide to Using AI in Your UK Small Business

A Practical Guide to Using AI in Your UK Small Business

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of science fiction or massive corporations. Today, it’s within reach of small businesses across the UK, helping to save time, boost...

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ChatGPT for Business: Streamline, Engage, and Grow with Smart AI

ChatGPT for Business: Streamline, Engage, and Grow with Smart AI

AI is frequently a hot topic on UK Business Forums, dividing opinions with differing views. Still, everyone acknowledges that it impacts many aspects of our lives, some more successful than...

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Adopting cloud business tools for small teams: a guide

Adopting cloud business tools for small teams: a guide

In today's digital-first environment, adopting cloud business tools is a game-changer for small teams, especially those working remotely. It not only fosters collaboration but also ensures your...

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Safeguard your business emails: how to stop spoofing with DMARC, DKIM, and SPF

Safeguard your business emails: how to stop spoofing with DMARC, DKIM, and SPF

Whilst helping other UKBF members on the forums, I came across this post from Ian J who had suddenly received over 4,000 emails from various hosts detailing the apparent spam they thought he had...

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Think big, start small: How to roll out digital tools at scale

Think big, start small: How to roll out digital tools at scale

Introducing technology at scale is a no-brainer for small businesses, helping to save time, reduce operating costs and be more competitive. Here’s why it’s easier than you think. While most small...

Amalie Smith Amalie Smith
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Building a business in 2023: What tech do I need for starting up?

Building a business in 2023: What tech do I need for starting up?

Finding the right technology for your business can feel like a mammoth task in itself, let alone growing an enterprise from the ground up. Yet, leveraging the variety of tech options available...

ChrisGoodfellow ChrisGoodfellow
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Five steps to keeping your small business cyber secure

Five steps to keeping your small business cyber secure

With so many different priorities when running a business, it’s common for certain things to fall under the radar – and keeping your business cyber secure is no exception. Unfortunately, this...

ChrisGoodfellow ChrisGoodfellow
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How to choose a password manager for your business in 2023

How to choose a password manager for your business in 2023

Choosing a password manager for your business can be tricky. With recent security breaches to consider and endless options to choose from – where do you even start? In 2022, a whopping 39% of UK...

Dan Hobson Dan Hobson
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Four easy ways you can use AI to help your small business

Four easy ways you can use AI to help your small business

Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been taking the internet by storm in recent months. With an increasing number of tools now available, using AI is becoming ever more...

ChrisGoodfellow ChrisGoodfellow
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The biggest cyber security problems for small businesses – and how to fix them

The biggest cyber security problems for small businesses – and how to fix them

It’s easy for small businesses to ignore cyber security – after all, it’s only an issue if something goes wrong. But leave it until the worst happens and you will wish you’d addressed it sooner...

ChrisGoodfellow ChrisGoodfellow
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Six big data privacy issues – and how your business should approach them

Six big data privacy issues – and how your business should approach them

Millions of people are unaware of how their personal information is being used, collected or shared online. But as a business owner, you have a responsibility to pay attention to data privacy. Do...

ChrisGoodfellow ChrisGoodfellow
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Is AI still sci-fi or could it help your small business?

Is AI still sci-fi or could it help your small business?

From medicine, finance and transport to fashion and fake news, artificial intelligence has the potential to affect almost every part of our lives. It's no longer a concept confined to...

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Windows 7 has gone "End of Life": What should your business do about it?

Windows 7 has gone "End of Life": What should your business do about it?

RIP Windows 7. On 14 January 2020, Microsoft closed the door on Windows 7 for good. That means no more software updates, no more security patches, and no more technical support for the...

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Blockchain is a solution looking for a problem

Blockchain is a solution looking for a problem

Right, it's time to talk about Blockchain. The technology that underpins Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) has been hyped ad nauseam. So why hasn't the technology managed to stick...

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Automation fixes small errors - but it can lead to disaster

Automation fixes small errors - but it can lead to disaster

Automation can help finance teams thrive, but lessons from other industries and everyday life offer a warning: AI tunes out small errors while creating opportunities for bigger ones...

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Cybersecurity: The evolving threat

Cybersecurity: The evolving threat

In this article from information security expert Stewart Twynham, we look at how the risks surrounding online technology have evolved during the past 15 years. In 2017, the Information...

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Is the future of retail bright?

Is the future of retail bright?

The retail industry has had its challenges in recent years, especially small and independent businesses. After the delay in revaluation, 2016 saw business rates soar, with around 7% of...

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