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News

Brown wants ‘Apprentice’-like reality show

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in discussions with TV producers to star in his own reality show, reports say. MP Hazel Blears was photographed carrying an…

Advice

Don’t crack in the credit crunch

In February Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, stated that “tighter credit conditions will bear down on demand” and he projected poor growth forecasts…

News

Boris Johnson vows to end corruption

The capital’s new Mayor set up a “forensic audit group” of leading business people and public figures that he said would end mismanagement and deliver better…

News

Reduce your carbon emissions

SMEs responsible for 110 million tonnes of carbon emissions each year AXA launches carbon calculator to help SMEs reduce emissions. Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)…

Finance

It’s all about margins

I see a lot of businesses that are very busy but they just aren’t making any money.   Let me give you a recent  example of a…

Finance

Be healthy,wealthy and wise

In a competitive world where costs are key to success, employee retention plays a vital part. Long serving employees save on recruitment costs and the training…

Finance

Peparing your business for sale

Any item for sale benefits from quality presentation, whether it be a bottle of perfume or a three piece lounge suite. Businesses are no different.  An…

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Interviews

Profile: Brian Jokat

Canary Wharf is synonymous with men and women in suits, business and sky scrappers. And unless it is an evening in the pub after a hard…

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Interviews

Profile: James Caan

James Caan is not a man to let the grass grow under his feet. By the age of 40 he was a self-made millionaire, having created…

Advice

The secrets of survival

So the decision has been made to go it alone. Casting the master-servant relationship aside after years of promising to do so has finally arrived and…

Advice

The future of networking

Increasingly, businesses have been looking to ‘word of mouth’ marketing to find clients with the growth of networking groups providing opportunities for companies to spread the…

In Business

Team building with a difference

IF you’re tired of your staff singing the blues help is at hand with a unique team building experience to improve working attitudes. Orchard Studios, based…

In Business

Supporting the ‘business oscars’

Tenon, the accountancy and business advisery firm is sponsoring The Tenon Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit in the 2008 National Business Awards for the second year running.…

Advice

Surviving the Downturn

When doom, gloom and despondency reigns in business, the inevitable response is always to make cuts. No surprise here. The media resound with everyday stories of…

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In Business

The cost of taking free fuel rises

Changes to the company car tax free fuel benefit for the 2008/09 tax year make the cost of the benefit-in-kind increasingly marginal.