The law may be slow because it is deliberate: but it gets there. Twitter may have seemed to be a bastion of private speech but a court order to Twitter from a California Court prompted by a UK case shows that it is not. A UK local council made Twitter reveal the details of a
Month: May 2011
Bribery Act leaves SME’s vulnerable
The UK Bribery Act, which comes into force on July 1 2011, will face small and medium enterprises (SME’s) with another burden. They may not have thought they were involved in bribery – giving or receiving – but they may find that they are. What can you be done for? You are given some tickets
3 reasons to be cheerful about magazines
Magazine people are a creative bunch. They know it’s all about quality content and they’re getting better at taking advantage of new ways to get that content to their audience. So here are three reason to be cheerful: 1 People still want magazine articles – and they’ll pay to get them Last week an article
Think about links
It’s easy to forget about links in your writing. Once you’ve overcome the first major hurdle and actually made a start, there is a tendency to assume that the rest will just flow. Not necessarily. Good writers spend as much time thinking about how to keep people reading as they do about hooking them in
Why proofing REALLY counts
Getting rid of simple mistakes in your writing is important. We’ve talked about it before. Spelling slip-ups and grammatical errors distract the reader from what you are saying. And they can be downright embarrassing. Take the example of the latest television ad from Premier Inn. It’s supposed to be funny; it’s one of a series