Over the past few months here at Dijitul we have been playing and experimenting with a new piece of eCommerce software to see how it can be used to further improve the online shops we can provide to our customers, and the online shopping experience they can offer to theirs – and the results are [...]

The UK economy has narrowly avoided a ‘double-dip’ recession, as the latest statistics released today have revealed, with growth of 0.5% The growth – for January – March 2011 – returns us back to ‘square one’ in a way, following the 0.5% economic contraction we saw in the last 3 months of 2010. The news [...]

The government have announced that the national minimum wage will once again increase in October, despite the tough economic conditions.  The rise, which will be 2.5% was recommended by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). The changes which – according to business secretary Vince Cable – will help 890,000 low paid workers will be  following: over-20s: up [...]

Supermarket giant Tesco have officially become the first major retailer to sell used cars online. The company, who are Britains biggest retailer, have been adding more and more services to their repetoire over the past few months, with my opticians, phone shops, insurance and car tyres all available, alongside entertainment items, clothing and general groceries. [...]

Industry figures have suggested that, as expected, more and more people are turning to card payments and online purchasing rather than the traditional ‘cash in the shop’ method. In 2010, the £288bn spent using debit card purchases (a 9.4% increase) actually outstripped cash payments which totalled £266bn. Internet shopping – particularly through the heavy shopping [...]