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Recognised to be the best place to enjoy a pleasant gambling experience, the United Kingdom has legalised many firms associated with this field since 1961. Apart from the sports betting sites and internet casinos, other services to reduce the problem related to gambling are also growing there. These agencies have the main purpose to encourage responsible gambling as well as to support people who suffer from gambling addiction. 

National Online Self-Exclusion Scheme (NOSES) is a company mainly known for its non-profit entity called Gamstop. Since the self-exclusion solution is one of the best options to prevent and minimise harm from gambling, Gamstop is among these services bundled with effective policies. This organisation allows the players to block access to all gambling sites licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission. Located in Harrogate, United Kingdom, NOSES is part of the government’s industry.

A Brief History of NOSES

Under the 2005 Gambling Act, the gambling activities in Great Britain must be regulated and controlled by UKGC making the UK one of the best place for safe and legal gambling. In February 2016, this Commission informed all remote gambling holders than a new self-exclusion scheme would be introduced to promote responsible gambling and to restrict people’s gambling activities. 

This company is NOSES which was established in November 2016 by both the Gambling Commission and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA). Its system Gamstop was set-up in April 2018 to help the UK resident players excluding themselves from all licensed gambling platforms. This online self-exclusion program has partnered with more than 50 operators in this sovereign country. On the 31st March 2020, the law to integrate all remote operating licence holders took effect. In this act, these operators must join Gamstop whereas others who have already accepted the scheme are required to check the entire consumer database every day.

How does Gamstop Work?

To access Gamstop, the first step the players have to do is register on this website. In this registration, they will be required to provide their personal details confirming their identities. This information includes names, date of birth, postcode, and e-mail address. After signup, they will receive a confirmation message on their e-mail within 24 hours resuming all the details of this scheme. Once the confirmation is done, these players will be forbidden on their chosen gambling sites. 

On that self-exclusion, they have three options depending on their choice. In fact, they can be banned to play on a platform for 6 months, 1 year, and 5 years. Obviously, these players cannot access gambling platforms until their chosen period has expired. When this period ends, they can ask to remove their self-prohibition. 

But even after self-exclusion ends some operators refuse to accept these users and gamblers are looking for non Gamstop bingo sites without self-exclusion and other casino games as stated at CasinoGap. This Gamstop app is advantageous for both the consumers and operators because the players can prevent problem gambling after being banned. As for the operators, promoting social gambling will certainly increase their reputation.

Gamstop Duties and Responsibilities

As stated above, Gamstop is a program for self-exclusion for gamblers who are at risk to develop a gambling problem. This project plays an important role in minimising gambling harm in the UK. Moreover, the self-exclusion in other gambling platforms that they don’t have an account is also allowed provided that these websites hold a licence from the UKGC. Aside from that, the NOSES scheme also supplies support to people with pathological gambling behaviour. 

Gamstop offers gambling and practical help as well as debt and emotional supports. What’s more, as Gamstop encourages responsible gambling, all operators who offer services in the UK are required to get a licence from the UK Gambling Commission. Unfortunately, this body cannot prevent the consumers to access gambling operators who are not licensed by this British regulator.

Final Words

NOSES is a company whose main goal is to prevent gambling problems within the UK. With its app Gamstop, the consumers will be banned from the licensed gambling platforms of their choice. As these players exclude themselves from the sports betting sites and online casinos, this ban will be for a limited period of time. 

Besides, since the firm is also responsible for encouraging safe gambling, its program Gamstop comes also with effective supports and advice to the gamblers who experience pathological gambling. Out of its various helpful features, Gamstop also offers the players an option to register for multi-operator self-exclusion.

From signing a lease agreement to completing the onboarding process for new employees, e-signatures are used for a range of different circumstances. They’re a solution used in contracts throughout the world, and offer a safe, convenient way to obtain signatures. E-signature use is growing, and fast, with reports showing that in just five years transactions increased from 89 to 754 million. The government states in their guide on Electronic signatures that:

“More and more businesses and individuals are using, or are seeking to use, electronic signatures and trust services and, with an increasing number of government services available digitally, there will be continued growth in this market for some time to come.”

However, in spite of this, and the multiple benefits it can provide, there are some businesses and organisations who are hesitant to use e-sign technology, unsure of how it works, and when it can be used. In reality, e-signatures solutions like an effective e-signature API for businesses can be used for a whole host of different situations, especially within the business sector; easy to implement and even easier to execute, streamlining numerous different contractual processes. Below we explore just some of the many areas where e-signatures can be used.

Employee Onboarding with E-Signatures

Hiring a new employee typically comes with a large amount of paperwork, with consent forms, contact forms, performance appraisals and more. Working your way through the onboarding paperwork can take up a considerable amount of time, and if handwritten, requires people to take time out of their day to meet up and sign the agreements together. E-signatures can help to improve this process, with all the forms listed above, and more, able to be signed quickly and efficiently. When using e-sign during employee onboarding, all parties can fill in the numerous documents anywhere, anytime, making the process a lot more efficient.  

Legal Agreements

E-signatures can also be used in a variety of different legal documents. This again, helps to speed up the process of completing contractual agreements, improving the efficiency, and overall ease, in which these practices are conducted. E-sign technology can be used for intellectual property licensing and for NDAs, in addition to a multitude of other legal agreements. Lawyers, and other professionals within the legal industry, will work their way through a fair amount of paperwork, much of which will rely on signatures from clients and other relevant parties. By using e-sign technology, those in the legal industry can save time previously spent chasing up on unsigned documents.

E-Signatures and Sales Agreements

Whether it’s business-to-business (B2B) or a business-to-consumer (B2C), sales agreements can be made faster with e-sign technology. Using e-signatures can take a lot of the hassle out of signing a contract, enabling businesses to close on deals faster than ever before. For a multitude of organisations, sales contracts are one of the most frequently used documents, and often, one of the most important. Therefore, helping to streamline this process and making it faster than ever can help businesses to improve their overall efficiency and productivity.

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Norwich Nights Magazine publishes 10 issues a year free online and in print. Our print copies are distributed through local venues and via ordering the website. While Norwich Nights Magazine was designed as a Norwich magazine for the local community, we soon found we had a global audience on our website with 15 different countries checking the blog regularly, due to this and the variety of authors who showcase their books with us we decided to plan the launch of an additional global publication. E/E Magazine will be launched in January 2020 and will focus on the same key areas but will also contain lifestyle features – It is being developed to be the place where entertainment meets lifestyle. As we want chamber members to be able to take advantage of our global audience reach we have offered the same 25% discount on advertising and 10% on printed copies of E/E Magazine as it will be a paid-for publication priced at £4.50 and will be 3 times longer than Norwich  Nights Magazine at a massive 144 pages.

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What Is The Secret To Success For SME’s?

THE NEWS IS OUT Usually success is attributed to an amalgamation of efforts working symbiotically, however, arguably the most critical component of success is the ability to manage a working cashflow. The mastering of such a discipline is one easily facilitated through funding solutions that have been designed in accordance to your specific business growth plans and requirements. Last year The Bodycentre took full advantage of one of our products and they have not looked back. Since 1996 The Bodycentre have been on a strong trajectory to success. With their customer-base increasing exponentially year on year, it was time to take the business to the next stage with the support of Chatsbrook- moving to larger premises, hiring new staff and purchasing a substantial amount of specialist equipment. Requiring further financial investment, Chatsbrook advised that the best course of action to conserve cashflow would be a combination of commercial loan and a hire purchase agreement to mitigate additional costs in the most efficient format. Directors of The Bodycentre stated “Adrian [Director of Chatsbrook] has worked with us since almost the beginning, he has provided finance from a fleet of courtesy vehicles 7/8 years ago to the Commercial Loan most recently. He has always been very professional, and we know that The Bodycentre have been appreciative of him taking the time to understand the intricacies of our business. When he suggested the Commercial Loan, we understood that it was because he knew it would be the best option for our business. The funding has helped with overall expansion and with the ability to keep up with demand.” Commercial Loans are one way to help to sustain a healthy, working capital but they are preferable to SME’s for a number of other reasons including; – Providing the ability to receive investment without having to relinquish a share of ownership over your business. -Enabling investment in multiple aspects of your business at once. -Ensuring terms are tailored to suit the needs of your business. -Repayment plans are agreed in advance and calculated on affordability and practicality.   “It was important to set our business apart from the competition, the investment into new premises and three spray booths has put us more than a few steps ahead of our usual counterparts. The Commercial Loan has improved many facets of our business but the two main aspects it has helped is the overall productivity and quality of our work. Our workflow and efficiency have improved tenfold with the new equipment, they really are an asset to us. The spray booths are in a whole other league and we are able to offer a whole new level of customisation to our clients.  It would be fair to say that the alternative funding solutions that Chatsbrook continue to provide are a real driving force behind our growth as a business.” Director of Bodycentre   The ‘not so’ secret to sustainable growth comes from the opportunities that funding alternatives can provide.

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Contributing to the New Normal, or How to Improve your Business Management System (BMS) Many people, me included have commented with regards to the ‘New Normal’ as the country and business recovers from the impact of the coronavirus. Obviously, as yet we don’t know what the changes will be and what (new) demands it will place upon our organisations. One concept that has gained widespread traction is remote working – by necessity during lockdown, but increasingly now as a matter of choice. There are real gains possible arising from the reduction in travel/ commuting and then a reduction in disturbances and the associated loss of concentration. One of the key success factors will relate to the full availability of information from the company management system to all staff that need it. Effectively this will mandate a paperless, on-line (cloud-based) solution. This is often there and available for larger organisations and those with strong IT frameworks, but not so commonly for smaller, more traditional businesses We, at P+P have been considering the options for a practical, pragmatic and effective solution and as a result have developed RAMS (Remote Access management System). This covers all aspects of Quality, Environment, Health & Safety and Data Security (ISO’s 9001, 14001, 45001 and 27001) frameworks, including the audit and management review elements Performance variations and the impact of changes can be flagged through a Dashboard module, tuned to the specific needs of each organization. Staff and managers can thus keep abreast of trends and act accordingly. All (management) system information can be obtained via a Control Panel available to all approved users, but with a close control on the changes and authorisation loop. The audit (Verify) module is another important element that really enhances the remote working capabilities for audit on an internal and external basis, including those of the standard registration bodies. The module is structured to guide users from the plan (schedule) to the specifics and guidance for each task, to the evidence capture and then the corrective action and improvements. The evidence may include documents, photographs or video clips of areas under review. RAMS has many more facets that we would be happy to discuss and explain further if you are interested. P+P and RAMS making the ‘New Normal’ work.

If you want to begin email marketing, or you’ve already had success and want to go further, finding the right platform is critical. Many people turn to Mailchimp, the email marketing juggernaut with a mindboggling advertising budget. However, there are some excellent alternatives to Mailchimp out there – including Smart Messenger. Why should you choose Smart Messenger over Mailchimp? It’s all about the personal touch.

When we speak to people about big email marketing platforms, one of the common complaints they have is that if they get stuck, they can’t quickly get help. Even the most digital-savvy amongst us might come up against an issue using a new piece of software and need some guidance. Many of us don’t want to search on a help forum or type out our query in a chatbox, just to get an automated response. Instead, we want to speak to an expert.

One of the reasons Smart Messenger is an excellent alternative to Mailchimp is that you get a dedicated account manager when you sign up. If you are working on an email campaign and come up against a problem, you can call our Smart Messenger team, and we’ll help you through it. Mailchimp is so big that they can’t offer that personal touch, but we know it makes all the difference when you are trying to get things right. Our team are all based in Norwich under one roof, and there’s no call waiting system. When you ring, we pick up ready to help you.

When you are trying to craft email marketing campaigns that will truly engage and excite your potential customers, expert help is invaluable. Being UK-based and able to offer phone support and advice at any time, we’re able to get to know our customers, their businesses and help them meet their goals. Over the years, Smart Messenger has been chosen as the Mailchimp alternative by plenty of our customers and we’ve seen what works well for different types of businesses. It’s great to be able to share those insights and use our knowledge to help our customers and their businesses succeed.

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