Well the networking platform has been some hard work ovr the last 12 months or so. What was to be a positive step in increasing communication throughout the businesses in the North East has been more like a spammers paradise.

The built in anti spam defence system just did not work against the modern software they use. We have got around this by adding another password, which as soon as the spammers get to know we can change again.

The ironic thing is they get no benefit unless they take the time post. The membership details are locked from non members and that means Google and the other search engines, which is what they do it for.

So we are back a bit bruised and should i also say a bit embarassed, not being aware of how to deal with the issue as soon as it started. We have also learned it takes more time to mange a business forum that we originally thought, so our growth will now be a bit slower as our own businesses are growing.

Anyway thanks for reading, hope to see you back here a bit more.

Mark