September 18 – 19, 2007 ·  Crown Plaza, Brussels, Belgium Why is that this event and ExPP Summit are held one week apart? Do the organisers not realise that they are splitting the audience in half? This always happens with mini events, but should not be the case for large European annual events. Or is this intentional? Competition […]

A very tired Sam Sethi and I had couple of pints at his local last night and discussed the forthcoming release of blognation. I now have a much more appreciation for the revenue generation capability of blognation. Managing approximately 100 blogers or so will be no mean feat. A lot of well know bloggers across […]

Another event on e-invoicing is taking place week after next in Germany. This is significantly over priced, and I am wondering to whom it is aimed at. According to the site, the target audience works (one assumes) in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Billing, Invoice Management, eComerce, eBusiness, Procurement, purchase, Sourcing, […]

Just a quick note to say that I am looking forward to attending this event in London on 10th & 11th September 2007. If you plan to attend, please also register here (upcoming.org) so that we could engage in a conversation leading to the event. Please note that this is not the official registration site. […]

For a minute, think about France, Spain or Germany vs. United States of America. Individually, any  European country is no match for the USA, when it comes to trade negotiations. But jointly they are almost an equal, if not a stronger player. Apply the same analogy to the hub alliance, which is currently made up […]

A mixture of pre-funded, raw start-ups and well-known hot web companies will be presenting at Essential Web 2007. The confirmed line-up so far includes: The Todeka Project, Trampoline Systems, WAYN, we7, Yuuguu, Zubka, Huddle, Jaiku, Louder Voice, ParkAtMyHouse, Shozu, Spotify, Alertme.com, cebase, Comeks, ConnectMeAnywhere, Extate, G.ho.st, Garlik The current confirmed line-up of speakers and panelists […]

One of my intentions without advertising has been to somehow combine NW StartUp 2.0 events with the presence of an EIPP specialist, where that specialist has a synergy with the theme of the event, which is entrepreneurship, funding and deal making. In the past, speakers included: 1st event – me 2nd event – Rhys And […]

Trade Services Supplement – May 07 published by IBS Publishing questions Can banks get their act together to offer new services that are aligned to the needs of corporates, large and small, or will specialists emerge to fill the gap? In response, It looks as though the part of the supply chain that needs the […]

Dean Sadler recently announced the launch of OpenCoffee Sheffield. From July onwards, you have the option to attend an OpenCoffee event every Tuesday in the North of England, these being: 1st Tuesday – Leeds – Imran Ali 2nd Tuesday – Sheffield – Dean Sadler 3rd Tuesday – Liverpool – Phil Blything 4th Tuesday – Manchester […]

University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL), one of the largest and busiest teaching trusts in England, has selected OB10 to improve the efficiency of processing over 115,000 invoices per year and provide key management information that will help the front-line. As part of the solution, OB10 has integrated with COA (previously CedarOpenAccounts) Health Business Suite – […]