On 16th May 2023, I took part in Alex’s Wish loop-the-loop challenge. The challenge was for me to fly an aeroplane in a loop-the-loop. I’ve never flown a powered aeroplane before, and I did it, thanks to Rob Barsby from AeroSPARX. It was absolutely amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it. Alex’s Wish is […]
GoDaddy, 123Reg hacked On 22nd November 2021, GoDaddy disclosed that an unknown attacker had gained unauthorized access to the system used to provision the company’s Managed WordPress sites. The following day, GoDaddy revealed that the hack also affected their reseller brands, including 123Reg, tsoHost, Media Temple, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and Host Europe. This hack […]
Leicester College Business & Computing Awards and Peter Jones Enterprise Academy Graduation A few days ago I had the honour and privilege of sponsoring and presenting the award for the Advanced Apprentice of the Year at the Leicester College BUCO Awards. The winner was Esta Rooney. Esta works for Her Majesty Courts and Tribunal Service […]
New Nominet .uk domains to launch 10th June Nominet – the organisation that manages all the .uk domain names – have announced that from 10 June 2014, shorter, simpler .uk domain names will be available for the first time. All existing domains including .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk will continue to run as normal. There will […]
Pre-pack administrations: How do firms use them and why the controversy? Interview with the Leicester Mercury A few weeks ago the Leicester Mercury asked some business owners about pre-pack administrations. My response was a little “strong” “This whole thing of pre-pack administration so annoys me that if any of my suppliers did this I’d never […]
Social Small Biz Case Study: Network Midlands Events Trevor Wood was recently interviewed by Social Small Biz about how we use social media. Here’s the interview (originally posted here) In no more than 50 words explain what your business is? Network Midlands organises business networking events around the East Midlands – Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire […]