Yahoo has plans to change its name to Altaba once its acquisition by US telecoms firm Verizon is complete - although many of its best-known products are set to keep the Yahoo brand.

Black Friday doesn’t just present an opportunity for big businesses: small firms can reap rewards too, according to a website building platform. Weebly said while Black Friday sees huge discounts from some of the biggest global brands, small online businesses are also taking full advantage of the yearly event, doubling their sales across the weekend on average.

Businesses should consider working out how much they’re spending on meetings and try and curb costs if possible, an energy expert has said.

The state of rural broadband and mobile phone coverage is significantly lagging behind, according to survey results by the National Farmers Union (NFU).

One in four internet customers would be willing to switch providers this year according to a survey. A new study carried out by EY found that up to a quarter of us would be prepared to change internet providers. This is an increase from just over one in five (21 per cent) when the last survey was carried out in 2013.

The UK government could be set to improve rural broadband, after comments made by the prime minister, Theresa May, in her closing speech.

Thanks to a superfast broadband project, hundreds of houses in Warwickshire are set to gain access to faster internet. The Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire (CSW) project helps get difficult to reach premises and homes not on a commercial roll-out gain access to superfast broadband.

Businesses in Manchester are frustrated at their broadband connections, according to the latest YouGov study, commissioned by WiredScore. Manchester tech companies, the largest tech cluster outside of London, are becoming increasingly frustrated at the poor connectivity experienced in the city.

Over 200 businesses in Bury are set to get a broadband boost thanks to a connection grant provided by Bury Council.

The UK’s broadband infrastructure came under intense fire, in a speech made by Business Secretary Greg Clark at a recent conference. Mr Clark was speaking at the latest Institute of Directors’ annual conference in London when he made the comments.