Tag Archives: Business

Skills Train High Court Victory — What does this mean for Consumer Forums?

Skills Train recently took a civil action for defam­a­tion in the High Court and suc­cess­fully obtained judge­ment against con­sumer forum hosts Digital Trends for defam­a­tion. They were awar­ded £50,000 in rela­tion to inac­cur­ate com­ments made by con­trib­ut­ors to the forum in which Skills Train were accused of run­ning scam Dis­tance Learn­ing Courses. Skills Train made a strongly worded press release, which also sug­ges­ted this decision had implic­a­tions for for­ums that host con­sumer reviews and com­ment­ary. So, are con­sumer for­ums in danger?

October 16, 2010 – 6:25 pm | By CL | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Business Scams and Sharp Practice

“54% of busi­nesses have been a vic­tim of fraud or online crime and a sig­ni­fic­ant 26% of busi­nesses are deterred from buy­ing and selling online because of the fear and risk of online fraud.”

May 31, 2010 – 9:14 am | By CL | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Unfair /​Restrictive Terms

A firm of sur­vey­ors bought a second-​hand Rolls Royce from a Car Dealer, which developed ser­i­ous defects after 2,000 miles. Held: the buyer was a ‘con­sumers’ as, to buy in the course of a busi­ness, “the buy­ing of cars must form … part of the buyer’s busi­ness …”.

April 1, 2010 – 5:31 pm | By CL | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Business Start-​up

This post intro­duces the themes relat­ing to busi­ness sale and acquis­i­tion such as; 1) Dif­fer­ent busi­ness types (Ltd, LLP, Fran­chise etc); 2) Selling and Buy­ing a Busi­ness, includ­ing the use of Busi­ness Sale Agents and; 3) Vari­ous online links and resources provid­ing inform­a­tion and guid­ance on start­ing a new business.

March 8, 2010 – 12:55 pm | By CL | Posted in Business Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)