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Category: Columns
Columns, blogs and opinion from some of the UKs leading business opinion makers and entrepreneurs and small business owners
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Sonya, is a Sales Manager in a Pharmaceutical company, a position that had taken her over 10 years to attain.
PLEASE Stop handing your marketing to the junior!
If you or the company you work for has ever said “We can get an Apprentice/Intern/Junior to do the marketing” then this article is for you.
Stress & blood pressure
If you live or work in a high stress environment, you may well increase your risk of hypertension – high blood pressure.
Brexit causing automotive industry to splutter to a halt like an Austin Allegro
I’ve been keeping a close eye on how our automotive sector is doing, because anyone with an understanding of business and the economy would appreciate how important the industry is to Britain.
Businesses need to start getting creative with their marketing
As the high street reports new casualties, Nikki Hesford looks at why businesses need to start getting creative with their marketing
Supreme Court missed huge opportunity to drag law into 21st Century with Pimlico Plumbers’ ruling
I’m supposed to say I’m disappointed that the Supreme Court has ruled against Pimlico Plumbers, by ruling that plumber, Gary Smith, was a worker, rather than the self-employed contractor we all knew he was when he was carrying out work for my company.
Get apprenticeships moving, with policy change & free travel for trainees
If the UK is to overcome its skills problem, the Government has to do something about the ‘square peg, round hole’ solution it is persisting with.
Stress – myths & misconceptions
People frequently say they don’t have time to manage their stress!. “Don’t bother me now. I’ve got a job to do”. Sound familiar?
Beside every great woman is a great man
Bearing in mind that I am a dedicated and passionate business woman and that this is my first column for ‘Business Matters’ it would be odd not to give a nod to a subject matter which has been consistently hitting the headlines – ‘Women’. We certainly seem to be the topic of conversation this year!
Unpaid shifts are exploitative & fundamentally wrong!
The workplace is meant to be a place where people learn, a pathway to bettering themselves you could say; So someone please tell me why companies have the audacity to exploit our young people with ‘unpaid shifts’.
Theresa May’s sacrificial lamb has left business and young people bloodied!
Yesterday Theresa May once again proved it is she, not various members of her cabinet, who needs to be in another job.
The Autumn Budget and business
Phillip Hammond’s Autumn Budget has pledged to make Britain ‘Fit for the Future’ – announcing an increased living wage, tax thresholds and additional funding for new homes and vital systems like the NHS.
Don’t forget the Apprenticeships in the Budget, they’ll be the backbone of the future workforce
The Autumn Budget is looming and I can tell you, there’s one thing for sure that I hope to see included, and that’s a boost for apprenticeships!
No EU Deal is definitely a bad deal & threatens economic stability
Settling on a ‘no deal’ future as the UK’s relationship with the European Union is completely unthinkable, and there is no way in hell that such an arrangement can ever be allowed to happen.
