A business can spend years becoming recognisable, then present itself online with a photograph of a handshake taken somewhere in 2014. This is not a crime, exactly, but it does leave visitors wondering whether anyone is still at the premises, or whether the whole operation has quietly relocated to a filing cabinet. Useful images are […]

Nobody lies awake at night dreaming of finally getting that curtain pole fitted. Yet after three months of watching it lean against the bedroom wall, even the most determined DIY enthusiast may eventually admit that the situation has become ridiculous. Small household jobs occupy an unusual corner of the trades market. They are rarely emergencies,

A bargain has an annoying habit of changing its identity once the invoice has been paid. That wonderfully cheap box of stock can arrive late, contain several questionable specimens and require three emails plus a phone call to sort out. Suddenly, the few dollars saved per unit look considerably less impressive. For small retailers, comparing