In Business
Reading’s new Novotel
WHAT'S IT LIKE? First impressions were good – the hotel felt bright, fresh and spotlessly clean, and the reception staff were welcoming and happy to help…
Monday 26 October 2026
WHAT'S IT LIKE? First impressions were good – the hotel felt bright, fresh and spotlessly clean, and the reception staff were welcoming and happy to help…
Is the national minimum wage (NMW) rises year on year this increases the importance of SMEs conducting a balancing exercise to ensure payment of sufficiently high…
Three years ago, while juggling a full-time job and bringing up a young family, Rachel Birch decided it was time to turn her hobby into a…
It’s tough for would-be entrepreneurs carrying the tag “budding” in front of their career description. But it’s a stage they all go through – somewhere between…
The majority of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act will come into effect on 6 April 2008 but will not be retrospective. So, you have…
Are you ready for some bad news? Well, it’s inevitable – your business will never be able to keep all of the people it deals with…
When you’re starting up a new business an accountant may seem like an added expense that you could do without. What do you need one for?…
Wifi is taking over the world – or so it sometimes seems from a consumer standpoint. Venues from churches to coffee shops are offering internet access…
You might have thought car rental companies were just that: companies which offered you the chance to rent a car. They do that, of course, but…
There are so many reasons for businesses to run out of cash. Sometimes the causes are clear, sometimes it’s a complex web of reasons. Sometimes it’s…
The problem of purchasing within small and medium-sized businesses is that it has often developed as the business has grown with little or no discernable plan.…
In February last year, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report warned that climate change is the single biggest threat to businesses and…
Having babies is not a modern fad. Yet the way that employers frequently mishandle issues affecting expectant women you’d think it was something unusual and new…
The Companies Act 2006 comprises of 1,300 sections, approximately one third of which are genuinely new, including the following areas: Company formation and constitution; Company members…
No-one can be under any illusion that absence from the workplace is a persistent and costly problem for British business. The issue is more acute in…