People may claim that bartering is a thing of the past, but we know better, don’t we? We trade our time for food (dinner parties), our ideas for business cards (networking events), and chocolate for good behaviour (babysitting). In fact, there’s so much unofficial bartering of goods and services that Swapaskill.com has decided to create a place where people from all over the world can swap their skills or goods for those of others. Impressive testimonials include stories from members who swapped French lessons for a new patio, web design …

Getting feedback from users on your website is already a bit of a challenge. Sure, people love to complain (“Why don’t you offer 24 hour customer service? You suck!”) or share ideas (“you should totally add a button that lets me download any song for free!”) but not everyone takes the time to comment and often those that do either don’t accurately describe the issue or don’t give you enough information to solve the problem.
So the next time someone gets in touch to say “the thing on your homepage …

Investing in today’s stock market may be about as secure as buying a lotto ticket but there are a couple of companies you’d love a stake in if you could get your hands on the shares. Unfortunately everything you’ve got is tied up in funds and without a background in finance it seems safer not to risk it.
Why not test the stock market waters at UpDown where you can earn real money for predicting the stock market, while managing a virtual portfolio and competing against all of the other …

If you were face to face with one of the world’s leading CEOs, what would you ask? If you were in a room with the most creative business minds, the top VCs, the most intrepid journalists, who would you speak to first? With The Glasshouse, the entrepreneur network and support group, these decisions become commonplace with no wrong answer or opportunity.
The Glasshouse is a London-based entrepreneur’s network that hosts regular events to encourage networking, the sharing of ideas and debate and inspiration. Their London success has contributed to branches …

eBay.co.uk has recently celebrated its 10th birthday and we have to say, it seems to be ageing well. While the service has been plagued by complaints about service and seller fees and the company making waves not for it’s business prowess but for an overall loss on the sale of Skype (which it had acquired not too long before), we think eBay is in fact looking pretty good. The site has had a facelift and the previously cluttered homepage is looking much more at home in the 21st century.
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