Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
As I have an investment that is involved in recycling and turning people’s unwanted items into charity donations, I watched this week’s episode of The Apprentice…
Why is thought leadership really necessary and how can you make sure that people listen to your message? Follow these tips to ensure that your business…
It’s Wednesday, it's 9pm. You get your preferred beverage and your smart phone on twitter and away you go. It's the aspiration of would-be entrepreneurs, an…
Over the last few months, I have focused in my various blog entries on the benefits cloud computing can provide SMEs from cost savings to enhanced…
‘Millions’ of Skype internet phone users cut off after technical glitch: Users of Skype have struggled to sign in to the system for the past two…
When interviewing candidates for a job we consider many things, whether they will fit in with the rest of the team and the company culture. Ultimately…
We have all tuned is as the ‘tum te tum te tum tem tum’ music strikes up. The hopefuls in their designer suits pulling their little…
Since I started my company Actinic 15 years ago, I’ve sold almost exclusively to small businesses - it’s been a blessing and a curse. A blessing…
This £2.5 billion Business Growth Fund is ‘Fool’s Gold’ and I warn every small and medium-sized business owner to steer well clear of the fund!
If you’re feeling swamped in your business and there just seems far too much to do and far too many problems that need sorting out, with…
If you recognise that you tend to go from fire-fight to calm and back again then its important to importantly establish a 100 day plan to…
Coalition policy is failing to deliver the public sector innovation that could dramatically boost value for money and benefit the economy beyond the public sector, argues…
The £1 shop lease. Entrepreneur Austen Pickles is taking advantage of rock bottom commercial property prices to expand his Bradford-based tailoring business by setting up ‘pop…
North East small firms have chance to apply for funding: Small firms have been given the chance to claim a slice of £1m to boost their…
Making employment law more flexible so that it works in the interests of businesses as well as workers is a major component of our new Get…