Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
What can I say about the headlines this morning that scream that mothers ‘feel discriminated against at work’? Except that it's not a situation that I…
In the wake of the financial crisis and the lower availability of debt from banks, a number of companies have issued what I call ‘mini bonds’…
Cancelling a project early and saving money is a good thing. There should be more of it. Much more, argues David Walton, CEO of Bestoutcome, who…
The price of not ‘playing fair’ during divorce proceedings makes great headlines when multi million pound fortunes are at stake but owners of SMEs can also…
New plans announced by government this week to give employers control over apprenticeship training have been warmly received by property maintenance and refurbishment entrepreneur Will Davies…
July saw the first ever National PR Awareness Day - an attempt to improve the reputation of an industry that works to improve reputations.
There are hundreds of thousands of talented professionals that have latent entrepreneurial capability whose inner voice is being muted by corporate constraints. As a venture capitalist,…
In my last blog, I talked about some of the challenges that business owners face in the current economic conditions. In part two, we’ll be looking…
Why are only 30 per cent of US family businesses passing the reins to the next generation - even though almost 70 per cent to keep…
I was glued to this year’s Apprentice final and, joined by around 6 million others; I was clearly in good company. Watching this final episode and…
Speaking ahead of her highly-anticipated Keynote at this year’s office show, Laura Schwartz – who worked for the Clinton administration throughout its eight year term –…
Zombie companies are labelled as businesses that may have been insolvent on an assets vs liability basis, but are able to survive on cashflow alone, partly…
Why is the public sector procurement process so bureaucratic? Of course it’s partly governed by EC law to safe guard fairness (well in theory – but…
That is the opinion of David Kern, Chief Economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) when commenting on the choices facing the Monetary Policy Committee…
Ahead of the government’s introduction of fees charged to those who wish to bring claims in employment tribunals, a leading employment law expert is warning that…