From 8 June 2015 the paper counterpart of the photo card licence will be officially withdrawn. At the same time paper driving licences will no longer be updated with endorsements so from then on the records held by the DVLA will be the only way of checking motoring convictions. This will affect anyone that is… Read more »
Category: Consumer Insurance
Customer survey: We love Golf….
Over the past few months I’ve been doing a bit of an informal survey with my clients asking lots of questions about their likes and dislikes, favourite hobbies and activities. It turns out that the most popular sport for many of my clients in and around Worcestershire is golf. I regularly go to Bromsgrove Golf… Read more »
Life Paint helps cyclists and pedestrians stay safe..
Volvo have introduced a unique solution to help cyclists and pedestrians stay safe. The highly reflective Life Paint spray can be applied directly to the bike or clothing. The spray is invisible during daylight and is highly reflective at night time when a light source is shined onto it. The spray washes off and it… Read more »
Facial recognition for Smart Phone payments…..
If you think Apple’s use of fingerprint scanning technology to log in to your smartphone was futuristic you haven’t seen anything yet! Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba are looking to introduce facial recognition to enable you to make on-line payments with your smartphone! Making it easier to pay on-line is something that Apple and Alibaba have… Read more »
No Phone Zone…
What would happen to your relationships if you only ever used your mobile phone when you were on your own? I’ve just stumbled across this interesting article on mashable.com about a guy called Allen who rigorously does this. – http://mashable.com/2015/03/12/phone-boycott/ I’m going to give this a go myself and see if anyone notices, or if I… Read more »
Your Personal Digital World…
If you haven’t been living in a cave for the past 5 or so years – you’re probably noticed that the world has gone digitally crazy. The big question for me though is ‘Where will it all end, and how will the digital revolution shape our lives in the future?’. Who would have predicted 20… Read more »
Driverless Cars – Was I Hallucinating?
Following a recent planned operation (I’m fine, don’t worry!), I’ve had a bit of recovery time on my hands to catch up with the news and all the current goings on that I usually have to hear about through the grapevine. Anyway, whilst putting my feet up and being waited on hand on foot (it’s… Read more »
Don’t be surprised if you lose a few Facebook ‘Likes’ on your business page….
Don’t panic if your ‘likes’ drop down over the next couple of weeks, you are probably not losing your popularity! Facebook announced yesterday that it is changing the way it counts Likes. It’s only a small change but it may see the ‘likes’ on your page drop a little. If a user inactivates their account… Read more »
Reviews, Testimonials and Small Businesses
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how important testimonials and reviews have become over the past few years in the online world. When I am looking to buy online these days, most of the time I look out for testimonials and reviews. Anything from booking holidays, to downloading apps, music, films, books – most… Read more »
Is it important to buy Local?
I’ve always been a big advocate of buying locally whenever possible. Most people’s buying habits have changed massively over the past 15 or so years with the development of the internet and also large supermarkets. It’s so easy now not to buy locally, a few clicks on your mouse or a trip to the… Read more »