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Advice

Five Common Meeting Mistakes

The list of mistakes made when organising and running team meetings or events is long. I should know, I’ve made most of them over the years.

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News

Win an iPhone 5S with Black & Red

Here at Business Matters, we have teamed-up with Black n’ Red notebooks to launch a competition that offers you the chance to win some great prizes…

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Opinion

The Secret to Dealing With Difficult People

Do you have someone at work who consistently triggers you? Doesn’t listen? Takes credit for work you’ve done? Wastes your time with trivial issues? Acts like…

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News

Cyber Monday splurge to hit £500m

Online spending will top £500m in a single day on Cyber Monday as consumers throw off their austerity shackles.

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News

UK growth upgrade hits record

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – the Government’s independent fiscal watchdog – is likely to upgrade its projection for UK growth in 2013 to 1.4pc,…

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Opinion

Why do so many mergers fail?

Corporate mergers and acquisitions have even higher failure rates than marriages and that over half of them have destroyed shareholder value. According to research from KPMG,…

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Technology

Android: How your business can benefit

The online presence of a company is obviously important, but as the numbers of Android using smartphones and tablets are on the rise, how can you…

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Advice

How to grow a brand online

To start off, let’s be quite clear about what we mean by your brand. It’s not just your name – it’s what people think of you…

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Marketing

The 7 Most Powerful Sales Tools

It's not about the worksheets: These tools are what really create success sales.