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Some people think that the more qualifications you have, the more valuable you are. And in business circles, the MBA is a highly valued qualification. I’m…
Friday 13 November 2026
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Some people think that the more qualifications you have, the more valuable you are. And in business circles, the MBA is a highly valued qualification. I’m…
Andy Preston explains why people don’t buy from you …..and what you can change right now to get their business in the future……..
Developing an effective digital strategy isn’t easy. Once you’ve got your website right, how do you begin to increase the traffic to your site, convert these…
In all the fuss over mounting debt and sneaky give-away's, Claire King thinks that David Cameron made a crucial point in his riposte immediately as Alistair…
The question I get asked most, by business owners and entrepreneurs, is ‘When do I get help?’ How do I know when my business needs some…
Would you give your customers your products if they paid one of your competitors for them? Then why do we allow people to live in the…
According to bosses women perform better at interviews, have better presentation, communication, motivation skills, understand companies and cultures better, are more thorough, affable and better able…
Social media has been with us for a while now, but until recently it seemed that many in the business world had failed to grasp the…
Thank you for stepping in to this, my first surgery with Business Matters. Each week I will answer questions either, from those posted you, the reader,…
Following the latest reports that women are still under-represented in big businesses, a leading career accelerator is urging women to stick to their guns and not…
There has been a lot of talk over the past few months about ‘the green shots of recovery’ that are emerging, as the recession apparently begins…
With Twitter expected to serve its 10 billionth tweet on Friday, 5 March, research has found that just a fraction of the FTSE 100 have got…
Like most of us, I’ve had the culture of long term business planning drummed into me throughout my career. Plotting a three or five year plan…
In this article, leading Sales Expert Andy Preston explains the last two of the top 5 things you need to consider right now, to give yourself…
The economy is starting to see signs of recovery, but are you best placed to capitalise on this in your business or will your competitors beat…