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Now entering its fourth year, the 2010 International Trade Awards, sponsored by Santander Corporate Banking, is the only UK wide business awards to exclusively recognise the excellence achieved by the UK’s leading exporters and importers.

Despite cuts across the board, overall, UK business is seeing a positive change thanks to the new Government. Tax breaks, including extended relief on the increase in Capital Gains Tax and National Insurance have been introduced and considerable interest in UK SMEs expressed, with a ‘hands-on’ approach to understanding this integral part of our economy.

Much different than BP, Toyota, Mel Gibson, Tiger Woods and Dell, Apple can better weather negative media and afford a PR crisis (if such a thing is possible). Let’s keep things in perspective for Apple – The brand is so hot that there are waiting lists for their products, and they won’t even take your money in their stores.

What started out as a bit of fun is now a useful business tool. The iPhone, and its other smart phone companions, are fast becoming imperative for busy people on the move, with the enormous range of useful apps making the mobile office a reality. There are hundreds of options out there, but here’s my pick of the best apps for business.

The immense popularity of social networks, and the meteoric rise in the last few years of social media marketing, have been some of the most exciting new directions for PR and marketing that I have experienced. That is why I jumped on board the social media marketing train over a year ago - it has been a huge boon to my performance-based PR business.

The June edition of Exec Digital, the online business and lifestyle magazine covering the very best of executive interests in and away from the boardroom, is now online!