A new series of free guides is now available for small businesses. Claiming to look behind the hype and jargon surrounding the Internet and show the real benefits and opportunities available to business, UK online for business, a partnership between industry and government, has produced a series of publications, which give an introduction to e-commerce.
As well as containing advice about how to get online, the guides instruct companies in how to stay ahead of the competition by placing e-commerce at the heart of their business.
The new guides are: How Mobile Communications can work for you, providing advice on getting started, choosing the right cable network and using mobile connections for data transfer;
ASP - Application Service Providers, explaining how SMEs can use ASP to lease and access software on the Internet rather than buying it outright;
Networking, giving an overview of the issues SMEs should consider in setting up a network and
E-Commerce and The Law, drawing on the knowledge of those with experience to outline the legal issues in e-commerce for small businesses.