Opinion
The Apprentice – week six
Company away days, aka team building events, strike fear and trepidation into me at the best of times but more so than ever when mixed with…
Monday 21 September 2026
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Company away days, aka team building events, strike fear and trepidation into me at the best of times but more so than ever when mixed with…
Are you a small business and feeling in the money? If so, you are in surprisingly good company. Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers’…
People from all walks of life consider starting their own business everyday but many have relatively little or no experience of how to go about it,…
Gary Cattermole is the co-founder and director of The Survey Initiative, a leading staff survey provider specialising in employee engagement. Here he explains how technology can…
Youth unemployment is a hot topic at present, and rightly so given that the costs on the national economy are enormous: lost income tax revenues, higher…
Government backed schemes that provide much needed finance for SME's should favour proven or potential exporters according to William Chase - the founder of the multinational…
Deregulation might not inspire roars of excitement but it is a cause of concern for every business in the country. Regulation imposes a huge cost on…
The right attitude to work and a strong set of basic skills remain the top two wishes of employers when it comes to hiring new recruits.…
Much has been said in recent months about Britain’s export situation and the benefit exporting brings to the economy as a whole. Clearly the Eurozone crisis…
In the city of gold called Dubai, where size matters, the teams were sent on a scavenger hunt. In the shadow of the Dubai skyline the…
During a discussion with a group of networking contacts recently, I realised that we all knew at least one person who was ruining their chances of…
Management thinking and practice have evolved over the last century as a result of increased understanding of human and organisational behaviour, the economic climate and historical…
This weeks episode had all the emotion and angst of Kramer vs Kramer only it was Bovine vs Bovine.
A recent RBS study of diversity in business and commercial banking found that a third of women said the type of aggressive business behaviour seen on…
When relationships break down it is natural - and even desirable - that both parties look beyond the immediate break up to a future life which…