Setting up a company in Rugby

A ‘LACK of support’ means almost a fifth of new businesses in Rugby do not survive to see their second birthday, according to a national debt charity. New figures published by the Office of National Statistics revealed that 19 per cent of new businesses set up in Rugby do not last until their second year, with three per cent winding up in their first year.

605 new businesses were set up in Rugby last year – a similar figure to the previous year. But at the same time, a total of 405 businesses closed down in 2014. Business Debtline, run by the Money Advice Trust, warned there is a ‘lack of support’ available to help new ventures take their first steps in business. The charity said this gap in support means many small business owners are not given the skills and know-how they need to get their company off the ground.

Nick Price Creatives help new businesses in Rugby with creative solutions to their branding, online presence and marketing backed up with a sensible, realistic approach. If you are in the Rugby area and are thinking about setting up a company contact Nick Price Creatives today.

Rugby World Cup 2015

Over 2.4 million fans attended matches across 13 venues while a million more visited the official Fanzones during the six week tournament. We saw 48 fantastic matches and a thrilling final between eventual winners New Zealand and southern hemisphere rivals Australia, which was seen by an estimated 120 million people across the globe.

Steam Traction World Christmas 2015

Steam Traction World Christmas 2015

The annual tradition from Steam Traction World to produce something for the Christmas holidays and this year see's a new video based on the festive favourite 'Stop the Cavalry' by Jona Lewie. We have changed the words slightly but added them so you can sing or dubba, dubba dum hum along.
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Christmas 2014 presentation based on Frozen is available here: http://youtu.be/pWxC25XPXCs

Christmas 2013 presentation based on John Lewis Bear and the Hare is available here: http://youtu.be/KnyGkMTwcgM

MGB Surrey Hard Top Roof

It's always great when a new product comes out and it's even better when it's a really good one - and this new Surrey-style roof from Honeybourne Mouldings is really, really great.

The new MGB Surrey Roof like the TR4 Surrey Top where you get 2 pieces, a middle lid section, which gets removed in the good weather, and then a backlight frame which stays attached to the car, reducing wind and noise. The 2 pieces can stay bolted together if you want to remove the whole hardtop and store it over the summer months. For more details see the website HERE.

Honeybourne Mouldings supply both the trade and end consumers good quality, heavy duty panels for many models of car. Each panel is hand made in our workshop to order and can be supplied in a number of different finishes; from panels ready for paint preparation to hard tops ready to fit with our high gloss gel coats. www.honeybournemouldings.co.uk

Yahoo blocks email

Yahoo has confirmed that it is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser. Some users in the US reported that Yahoo Mail was displaying a message asking them to disable their ad-blocker before they could access their inbox. Yahoo said it was testing a "new product experience" in the US.

Ad-blocking has proved to be controversial and technology companies have responded in different ways. In September, Apple updated its mobile operating system iOS to allow third-party ad-blockers to be installed - although they do not remove Apple's own ads which it serves up in apps. Google meanwhile has introduced a paid subscription version of YouTube, that lets viewers remove ads on the video streaming site for a monthly fee.

Ad-blocking advocates say disabling advertisements can improve smartphone battery life and reduce mobile data usage. It can also prevent people being tracked by advertisers online and protect devices from malware that could be served up if an advertising network is compromised. In 2014, Yahoo admitted adverts on its homepage had been infected with malware for four days. But the company currently relies on advertising to earn money from its Yahoo Mail service which is available to use for free.

Google offers YouTube copyright support

YouTube owner Google says it will help fund up to $1m (£650,000) in legal fees for some content creators who have received copyright takedown notices. It will step in if it feels their material is considered to be fair use. However the firm admitted that only a handful of people have been chosen to benefit from this support. Copyright holders are able to make requests to Google - or other sites - to take down content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

 However there are exceptions to the law, which vary around the world but can include the use of other material for the purposes of commentary and parody. If a small portion of somebody else's work is used in this context, or in news reporting or for teaching purposes in the US, it can be exempt from copyright legislation.

No Black Friday!

Supermarket Asda says it will not take part in the shopping discount day known as Black Friday, which it helped to bring to the UK just two years ago.

The supermarket says "shopper fatigue" has set in "around flash sales on big-ticket, non-essential items at Christmas". The event marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Black Friday is not universally popular with retailers but experts were divided over whether others would follow Asda.

Last year, police were called in to supermarkets as scuffles broke out among shoppers vying to get the best deal.