Richard Tyler in Telegraph Finance, 8th September 2008:
Ian Pearson, the science and innovation minister, will tell a business conference in Leeds that too few firms see design as a priority, with only 16% seeing it as critical to their success. The minister will say: "Design is vital to a prosperous Britain... My ambition is for businesses to think of design from start-up... and through expansion and consolidation."
A poll of these firms found that for every pound spent on design at least £14 was returned in increased sales.
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The implications of the credit crunch for web developers:
"UK consumers are increasingly turning to search engines and price comparison websites to help deal with the credit crunch and economic downturns. According to Marc Summers, a pioneer of internet applications in business and commerce, businesses whose websites do not appear on the front page of Google will miss out on this opportunity"
Roberta Murray, smeweb.com 2008 Full Article
At VSI-thinking, we will tailor and program your website so that it should appear above your competition when consumers search for keywords that relate to your; business, location, products, services you offer etc. In the search engines, our clients’ websites have ranked highly on the first page and have even been given Google Sitelinks status, whereby the entry results are expanded, to further promote their website. Furthermore, your company listing will be included in online directories such as Google Maps and Yahoo! Local, and when 86% of local searches are carried out online (The Kelsey Group 2008), this is more important than ever!