Opinion
Dare to change; innovate or die
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”
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Business Matters’ new columnist Laura Faulkner of Matchstick Design explains how SMEs can avoid unnecessary design costs by writing a tight brief.
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The quarterly board meeting may be one of the fundamental aspects of traditional corporate structure. But it is a structure that has remained completely unchanged, still…
The Forum of Private Business’s Cost of Compliance survey highlights another increase for small businesses in the cost of red tape. Yet the government maintains there…
Research shows that poor interviewing has a negative correlation between assessment and performance. Simply put the interviewer would have achieved better results by flipping a coin.…
When it comes to finding and nurturing talent, says Linda Jackson from 10Eighty, SMEs don’t know how lucky they are!
Have you ever used the ‘F’ work at work? Being able to express yourself at work and truly say how you feel has become more challenging.…