Epson helps businesses cut printing costs in half As part of a new approach to its business range, Epson has unveiled a range of new single and multi-function printers designed to lure small and medium-sized businesses away from laser printers with the offer of high quality output, durability and cost and energy efficiency with a new range of inkjet alternatives.

Have James Caan in your pocket for business mentoring & motivation Leading entrepreneur and Dragons' Den favourite James Caan, is offering advice to those looking to follow in his footsteps and those building up SME’s with his ree to download “Business Secrets” app.

Rising number of UK small businesses adopt the tablet at work Nearly a quarter of small British businesses are using or trialling tablets at work, according to recent research published today.

Do your customers actually checkout as £4BN is lost in cart abandonment Shopping cart abandonment continues to rise despite retailers’ best efforts to curb the problem, according to new research.

British workers find office technology more stressful than relationships British workers spend five hours every week stressed out… because of technology. A new study has showed that more than a third of workers reckon technology makes their blood boil more than anything else.

Top tips for data storage The saying “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” the best way to describe the relation to the IT infrastructure of today’s businesses which rely increasingly upon electronic communications, Internet access and shared data. Given recent high profile security lapses we asked Gary Smith of Prism Total IT Solutions who advises business owners on data security to offer some tips to making sure your business is safe

BlackBerry Playbook finally gets a release date Interested in tablets, but are a BlackBerry fan instead of Apple? Well, the 7 inch Blackberry PlayBook has finally been unveiled for all users around the UK with an official release date on June 16.

Third of employees use company email inappropriately According to research more than 40 per cent of staff asked about their use of company email admitted to using their staff email inappropriately saying that they had used it for sending ‘funny images’ to colleagues and had used it to ‘gossip’ with their co-workers.

iPad's and tablet devices are too costly for small business use Just weeks after the launch of the hotly awaited iPad 2 from Apple and other tablet releases from Motorola and BlackBerry, a recent survey of SMEs suggests that the devices won't be making their way into the office quite yet.

The Libyan war threatens .ly domain names The recent web start-up, Letter.ly, has had to move its service to the domain Letterly.net after being shut down by the Libyan war. So will other .ly domains like the hugely successful bit.ly, used by many UK businesses be affected?

James Caan & Symantec join forces to help businesses protect their assets The IT security company Symantec has teamed up with, ex-dragon and entrepreneur, James Caan to provide UK entrepreneurs with advice on how to manage and protect their information assets, so they can stay focused on running their business.

T-Mobile launches new short mobile contracts to help small business T-Mobile has announced four new business pay monthly phone plans, tailored to the specific needs of small business. The mobile phone network operator claims to be the only network to offer a 6 month plan with a free phone to business customers in the UK.

Matesourcing IT support could create small business headaches British SMEs are increasingly turning to friends and family to get advice on IT purchases and to solve their IT issues, according to research published today. The trend of ‘matesourcing’ has seen more than 1.3 million small businesses turn to mates and loved ones to help them with their IT issues in the last twelve months in a bid to cut costs, yet almost half have found it has led to further IT issues.

Under threat: The office products that might not make it through 2011 Portable storage devices and some iconic items of stationary are among a list of the most endangered office products compiled by a panel of experts who assessed historical and current sales data to anticipate which products are headed for extinction in 2011.

Under Test: The Samsung Galaxy S First off the Samsung Galaxy S looks great, well it looks like an iPhone. The screen is top notch, the connectivity is speedy HSUPA, and the set-up is quick.

Data Protection Day: Is your business protected? On 28th January, the fifth annual Data Protection Day will take place. The european wide events planned highlight the benefits of applying a high-value approach to data protection. Business Matters, in association with Information management service provider Iron Mountain, has prepared a data security checklist to help businesses identify whether their information is adequately protected.

Small businesses are failing to control website costs UK SMEs are failing to effectively manage the basic cost to the business of maintaining and hosting their websites, according to recent research.

Google changes are important for businesses on the web Businesses looking for leads via search engines should be aware of the changes that Google has recently affecting how companies and their web sites are rated by the search engine which accounts for nearly ninety per cent of UK web searches.

Are you prepared for a disaster? According to new research, SMEs still haven’t recognised the impact a disaster can have on their businesses. Despite warnings, it seems like many still think it can’t happen to them.

Orange launches mobile landline service for small business Orange have announced the launch of Pocket Landline – a new service for small and medium sized businesses which is set to offer the advantage of having a local landline number which rings directly through to their mobile, so they never have to miss a customer call.