Opinion
Running rings around us – lessons from the Olympics
Business is not like sport. The 100m race is over in just a few seconds and even a marathon only lasts a few hours, whereas business…
Monday 21 September 2026
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Business is not like sport. The 100m race is over in just a few seconds and even a marathon only lasts a few hours, whereas business…
The Bank of England reckons the economy will be flat lining again with its growth forecast being cut to close to zero. It has fuelled debate…
On Monday the office got a call to tell us that we'd won one of the four June Shell Live Wire Awards; a £1000 grant and…
Many small business owners feel overwhelmed by the amount of work they need to do. Here are my five tips to get motivated, energised & back…
David Sturges, CEO of WorkPlaceLive, believes that the flexible working hours introduced during the Olympics 2012 could have changed the attitudes of employers for good allowing…
Small business structures are almost always drawn with leaders at the top, and leaders are expected to inspire followership among ‘the people ‘below’. Too often, I…
In this blog we take the example of “Peter”. Peter attempted to sell me his company’s SEO services via email recently, and it serves as a…
That is the rallying cry from British Entrepreneur Will Davies who believes that fellow business owners who are branding the Olympic Games as a disaster for…
Everyone in business knows that it’s much harder to win sales during the months of July, August and September.
Watching TV can help you improve your leadership, says Robbie Swales of drama-based training provider Steps.
The GDP figures are lower than we expected and the circus starts. When will they – the politicians and economists whose voices are heard loudest when…
Is social media making politics more transparent and accessible? Or should politicians be more careful about expressing radical opinions online?
How to beat exhaustion by taking your business online. Successful mumpreneur Nicola Bird, founder of JigsawBox.com explains how she has found a way to not only…
Government is failing to reap the full benefits of its £15 billion spend on employment schemes for young people because they are too complicated a leading…
We have just produced our landmark 200th Referendum survey. Glancing back, it is clear that, the more things change, the more they stay the same.