Perthshires for living
Let's get down to Perthshire business. There's no time to mess around. Is there a circus in the town? Can we get a witness? Who's in charge of this carnival we call a town. Welcome to the Carnival we call
Thanks for your messages of support from the business community and the citizens of Perth and Kinross.
Quotes from email
“Loved it, about time somebody spoke out”
“I made the right choice closing my business in Perth and moving to Edinburgh”
“My family and I have, for many years disagreed with Council decisions “
“How much is the new concert hall costing the taxpayer”
New Year 2006
Happy New year (2006) and all the best from Perthshire Business2005 an excellent year for Perthshire Business. Launching in January with our sister site Business Perthshire. Both sites have gained local, national and international readers during the last year. In 2006 we will be joined by two additional websites (perhaps more!). It's fantastic to see other companies and individuals now taking an active interest in the local economy, activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Perth and Kinross council. Four websites working together as one making 2006 something special. Perthshire Business and Business Perthshire welcome the arrival of the new sites.
After one year Perth and Kinross council still deny any bias towards awarding contracts to companies from outwith the Perthshire area. That's four years without a local design company being awarded a contract from our friendly neighbourhood council. How long must we sing this song and when will Perth and Kinross council realise the potential and talent in the local economy. It's about time the council realised there are businesses in Perth and Kinross that can provide a satisfactory level of service and enthusiasm in the promotion of Perthshire.
Our local councillors have been quiet during the last year. Only appearing for the odd free lunch, photo shoot, self promotion and the planning of foreign trips at our expense. Wake up councilor's are you there? We expect you to promote all businesses in Perth and Kinross with the same enthusiasm you give to a free lunch.
During 2006 Perthshire Business will be continuing to offer local businesses and individuals the opportunity to have a voice and promotional services on the internet.
Kicking of the programme for 2006 we will be examining an email received just before Xmas. Thirty Perthshire companies have left the doors open on their website statistics. This is a serious problem. Open statistics allow your competitors to examine the traffic to your website and target their own efforts towards your customers. Each site was subjected to accessibility and usability testing by Perthshire Business over the holidays. The statistics clearly show that the sites are seldom visited and the owners have not received value for money. Each one was poorly optimised for search engines. We will provide a full and detailed report on our findings soon.
The companies mentioned in the email will not be listed on Perthshire Business. The reason being that five of the sites provided enough information to enable access to the website host server. In simple terms enough information was provided to gain full access to the website and make changes to the content.
Winter Perthshire
