Imagine Sarah, a busy café owner, juggling orders, marketing, and admin, feeling swamped by talk of “AI” everywhere. You don’t need to be a tech expert to start. AI can be a friendly helper if approached step by step. Begin by picking one simple task to automate – maybe scheduling social posts or drafting an email template. Small wins build confidence, and you’ll soon wonder how you ever managed without AI.
AI can free up hours in your week. According to Google-backed research, UK small businesses could boost productivity by about 20%, roughly an extra working day each week, by using AI tools for everyday tasks. That means less time on routine chores and more on growth. And you’re not alone: 35% of UK SMEs already use AI in some way, up from 25% last year. The momentum is undeniable. Even the British Chambers of Commerce notes this rising tide of AI adoption among small firms
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
- It is a long established fact that a reader
- The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters
- Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident
- There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available
- The generated Lorem Ipsum is therefore always free from repetition
Where does it come from?
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
Why do we use it?
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy.
