Tag: Technology



Government to Invest in Coventry 3D Printing Facility

Posted on 18 January, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

The manufacturing sector is one of the most strongly performing industries in the UK at present, with firms experiencing a high level of demand both domestically and overseas. This has contributed hugely towards the UK’s economic recovery, creating jobs and... Read More

Beating the Competition to Retail Revival

Posted on 16 January, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

The Government has launched an £8m challenge to help it find hi-tech answers to Britain’s ailing high streets. The initiative — unveiled by Science and Universities Minister David Willetts — will award funds to businesses trialling innovative... Read More

The Christmas Gift You Wish Someone Had Given You

Posted on 26 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Let's face it, ever since you thought you saw Santa zipping across the night sky you've been disappointed by what he left at the end of your bed. And it doesn't go away with age. Each Christmas somewhere, deep down, a little spark of envy flickers into... Read More

Tyneside gets first High Street Digital Wall

Posted on 5 December, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

The country’s first digital shopping wall — which aims to give smaller businesses a virtual presence on the high street — has been launched on Tyneside. An empty storefront on South Shield’s King Street — once the town’s retail hub — has... Read More

Google plans to Map Real Life Activity

Posted on 19 November, 2013 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

Google — which is claimed to make $100m-a-day from its online advertising — is about to launch a programme linking our online activity with what we do in real life. Bridging that gap has long been the Holy Grail for advertising and marketing... Read More

Sony Posts First Profit in Five Years

Posted on 12 May, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News

Sony was once one of the market leaders in electronics, with games consoles such as the Playstation and its state of the arts television sets a feature of a large percentage of homes in the UK. However, thanks to increasing competition from rivals... Read More

Welcome to the Office of the Future

Posted on 24 December, 2012 by Neil Bird under Misc

Earlier in the year Movehut News carried an article reflecting on the office of 25 years ago. It illustrated the pace of technological change and how rapidly indispensable gadgets can become obsolete museum pieces. ... Read More

Is Seeing a Doctor Face to Face a Thing of the Past?

Posted on 27 November, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Business News

Plans are in the pipeline for doctors surgeries to be replaced by ‘virtual clinics’ where patients speak to a doctor via the phone or weblink. But will this cost cutting technology endanger lives rather than saving them? Would you feel comfortable... Read More

Sainsbury’s Trials Mobile Scan and Go App

Posted on 26 October, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Business News

Sainsbury’s has become the first of the supermarket giants to launch a shopping app that lets customers use their smartphones to scan all their items as they shop and use it to pay at the checkout. It leads the way for the kind of personal, one to... Read More

High Streets Must Adapt to Online Shopping

Posted on 28 September, 2012 by MOVEHUT under Economy

A recent report has revealed that town centres will need to advertise themselves as convenient hubs for picking up products ordered online if they are to flourish into the next decade.... Read More