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Plastic Bag Charge to Change from End of April

8 Mar 2021

Guidance on which single use carrier bags retailers must charge for in each nation

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'Cyber Action Plan' to help increasingly digital small businesses stay secure from rising threats

5 Mar 2021

As part of the Cyber Aware campaign, a self-assessment tool for sole traders and micro businesses has been developed
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GCA releases Mother's Day and Easter toolkits

4 Mar 2021

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) have created a both Mother's Day and Easter 2021 toolkit, with the aim of helping retailers promote theseevents in their stores and online.
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Budget 2021-22 Briefing: Business rates holiday extended, restart grants for retailers and reduced VAT

3 Mar 2021

Key highlights include an extension to the business rates holiday and furlough scheme, as well as new £6000 "restart" grants for non-essential retailers.
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Facebook Shop features coming to UK in the latest social media news

3 Mar 2021

Maybe* has made a collection of recent social headlines to help you stay up-to-date.
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ACS publish Rural Shop Report 2021

23 Feb 2021

The report provides key insights into the social and economic contributions of the rural shop sector, including profiles of the entrepreneurs that run rural shops, the investments they make... Read more…

Leading industry bodies urge Government to abolish bid to turn city centres into homes from home

18 Feb 2021

Leading industry bodies, including IRC members, have warned the Secretary of State that this notion puts the future of our town centres at serious risk
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Updated guidance on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)

18 Feb 2021

From 1 June 2021 any UK businesses accepting online card payments must be ready to support SCA
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Scotland announces business rates holiday extension until April 2022

17 Feb 2021

The Scottish Government Finance Secretary plans to extend 100% business rates relief for all retailers to cover all of 2021/22
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APPGCW announce virtual meeting to discuss Planning White Paper and its impact on active travel

16 Feb 2021

All ACT members are invited to join the webinars, please contact us if you'd like to attend

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Facebook Shop features coming to UK in the latest social media news

Posted on in Business News, Cycles News

From new Facebook Shop features to Twitter ‘super groups', the world of social media moves at a rapid pace, so Maybe* have rounded up the latest new developments for you so you don't have to.

Maybe* has made a collection of recent social headlines to help you stay up-to-date.

Join in the conversation with Maybe* over on Twitter & Facebook (@Maybetech) and Instagram (@wearemaybetech).

 

New Facebook Shop features are rolling out to the UK and Canada

The Facebook Shop roll out will enable UK businesses to provide their Facebook audience with in app purchase using in stream payment options. As explained by Facebook, "The Shop experience for consumers will feature curated collections, products and recent posts from businesses of all sizes. People will be able to see personalised content from brands within the News Feed, and through in-product notifications or small business favourites they follow." Look out for a new 'Shop' tab in your menu bar.

 

TikTok launches new Seller University

It's exciting to see the ecommerce visions of TikTok coming into focus as they launch their TikTok shop seller university in Indonesia as a test country. TikTok is working quickly to provide more monetisation options for creators, with new eCommerce and in-stream selling tools that users will eventually be able to incorporate into their profiles, videos and live-streams. 

 

Twitter tries again at warning prompts before replies.

Watch out for the new alerts as Twitter is asking people to ‘review replies with potentially harmful or offensive language'. You then have three large buttons below the prompt - you can either tweet it anyway, edit your response, or bin it instead. Have you spotted these alerts yet?

 

Twitter launches new ‘super follow' features

Twitter has announced plans for a new "super follow" feature which will enable account holders to charge for exclusive additional content.

This could take the form of extra tweets, joining a community group or receiving a newsletter, Twitter said.

 

Twitter publishes new trends report

Twitter has published a new, 33-page trends report, which highlights a range of rising topics based on overall tweet engagement over the past two years. Understand how people are using the platform and tap into the latest trends with this detailed report.

 

For more helpful updates such as these and to find out more about the platform get started with Maybe* now.

 

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