Opinion
Is The Apprentice really great for business?
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…
Monday 21 September 2026
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
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…
Time to end the ‘one-size-fits all’ approach to health and safety: A British Chamber of Commerce survey finds that health and safety laws are putting businesses…
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!
Cable tells banks: Lend firms more or we’ll tax you harder – Vince Cable has threatened banks with higher taxes if they fail to abide by…
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…
A loathsome show, a panto villain host and an insult to business: This is how one of the UKs leading business investors, and the ex head…
The seventh series of The Apprentice (BBC One) began last night, and the main news to report is that the title is now completely meaningless. The…
From fire-fight to calm is a common continuum for many businesses. Over the last two columns I have looked at how to get calm and how…
If your business life seems to be a constant round of fire-fighting, getting calm, fire-fighting, getting calm… and round and round you go then here are…