Within the last few months there have been announcements from several high profile employers who have dismissed employees for inappropriate use of social media. January saw the announcement of 11 civil servants dismissed, with several more facing disciplinary action, and a more recent announcement in April from the Metropolitan Police Force. Whilst the private sector may not be as high profile, they still face similar risks with employee use of social media, with damage to brand reputation being their biggest concern. Read More...

Some professional services firms, such as recruitment agencies, were very quick to latch on to the benefits of using social media to identify potential candidates for jobs. For them, it was a matter of adapt or die. After all, their clients were already starting to use tools such as Linked In and, in some cases, cutting out the recruitment agency altogether. As Linked In has devalued their candidate database as a USP, they've been forced to focus on other ways to differentiate their product offerings. Read More...

Recently approved legislation from the EU means that websites will have to be more careful with the methods they use to sell products to consumers.  Read More...