Category: News

South Africa is the stand out performer in inaugural Barclays Africa Trade Index, followed by Nigeria and Kenya as ‘sleeping giant’ economies offer opportunities for UK exports to triple, reaching $3.6bn by 2020.

Contrary to popular belief, younger office workers in the UK are far more likely to work longer hours than their elders, according a survey commissioned by office search engine OfficeGenie.co.uk.

As eBay turns 20, we look at a few of the reasons why businesses should be celebrating the online market place’s big day.

An independent international study reveals that business leaders identify that the most common cause of wasted time during the workday is inefficient processes and duplicated efforts.

Stress and uncertainty at work are creating a generation of ‘iceberg employees’ whose emotions are so suppressed that they struggle to interact effectively with colleagues and customers.

Ahead of Small Business Advice Week research by the British Standards Institution has revealed that almost half of SMEs don’t feel that their business is operating efficiently.

Asos, the U.K.’s largest online-only fashion retailer, said Chief Executive Officer Nick Robertson will step down, 15 years after he co-founded the business

You might think the developer of Minecraft, who sold his video game to Microsoft for $2.5 billion, would be living the dream but according to a series of tweets over the weekend, Markus “Notch” Persson money does not equal happiness.

The safe deposit company targeted in a £10 million heist in London’s exclusive jewellery disrict Hatton Garden has gone into liquidation.

The upcoming Ladbrokes St. Leger Festival has the potential to generate around £45m for the local economy, research has shown.

Key findings of a major research project by Tryzens has found that retailers are at the forefront of opportunity to capitalise on the rise of consumerisation of technology and growth on online sales.

A national survey from IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, has shown over half of freelancers are concerned about their finances post-retirement.

Only 50 per cent of the UK’s small and medium sized business owners use internet security to protect their organisations from cyber-attack, according to new research from Trend Micro.

To coincide with the start of the new school term, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has unveiled an ambitious plan to put thousands of young people in England directly in touch with local businesses, to improve the quality of careers advice they receive.