Category: News

Lloyds Banking Group has joined forces with one of the UK’s key business organisations to implement a mentoring qualification open to its employees involved in the Government’s mentoring initiative.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has today announced a new partnership with UK bank Metro Bank to help boost the growth prospects for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Applications are being welcomed for the UK’s leading Awards scheme recognising the achievements of women working in IT. The 2013 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards were launched by the UK’s largest female business community, everywoman, in association with womenintechnology.co.uk to recognise the achievements of women working in the sector and to encourage a pipeline of new talent who will become future industry leaders.

Consumer confidence levels amongst young people in the emerging or growth markets are nearly four times higher than in the UK whilst optimism levels about the future are five times higher according to a report published today

This is a time of great uncertainty in business. How long will the recession last? How many dips will there be? What on earth is going on in the Eurozone? How will all of these issues impact on my business? How should business leaders tackle these questions? Simon Hartley founder of Be World Class discusses

Pop star, resident judge from The Voice UK and tech fan Will.I.Am, is working with Simon Cowell on a new TV show which will try to find and fund technological entrepreneurs with star quality.

A new small claims track has today been introduced to the Patents County Court (PCC), which will speed up the court process and make it cheaper and easier, particularly for small and medium sized businesses, to protect their intellectual property (IP) rights.

A key meeting concerning the UK’s roll-out of 4G mobile network services is due to take place later as rival operators threaten legal action as EE prepares to launch alone.

Canary Wharf Group has announced plans to open Europe’s largest accelerator space for technology businesses innovating in the financial services sector.

The Dragons’ Den star, entrepreneur and one of our columnists, Duncan Bannatyne is set to be discharged this afternoon (Monday) following tests that he suffered a suspected heart attack.

Hundreds of live music venues will be exempt from licensing laws and small firms will benefit from more flexible audit and accounting rules as thousands of businesses are freed from unnecessary red tape today.

£13 million of funding has been awarded by the Government to help 10,000 more British firms export. The funds will go to UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to help more companies make contacts and sell to overseas markets.

A leading expert on the UK’s small and medium sized companies has welcomed Vince Cable’s £2bn British Business Bank, but warns that finance alone is not enough if the UK’s growing firms are to match the success of Germany’s Mittelstand.

“Engagement” is the new buzzword: employee engagement, community engagement, stakeholder engagement. But what does engagement mean in relation to strategy, and is it more than just a fad and fashion? Is there really something important here? Philippa Hardman and Chris Nichols of Ashridge Business School tell us why its the new buzzword.

With trust in business falling in the wake of high-profile scandals such as those in the banking sector, new research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) suggests that managers are seeking to demonstrate their professionalism by attaining Chartered status.