Columns, blogs and opinion from some of the UKs leading business opinion makers and entrepreneurs and small business owners
The future of our economy depends on the development of entrepreneurial skills within our schoolchildren today. I think our education system could do so much more to promote entrepreneurship to young people from an early age. From the time they can read and write, I think we need to give young people the opportunity to learn, test and develop the skills required to survive in business.
Remember when you were at school, desperately wanting to ask a question but not daring in case other kids made fun of you? Too many of us still feel that way – so we let people get away with talking nonsense. If we don’t question things, nonsense is perpetuated.
This morning it seemed pretty much impossible to escape from sound bites of Ed Balls trying to up his stock. It was hard to see what his tactic was, apart from alienating whatever part of the electorate that hasn’t already figured out that he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing.
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, this week we look at step five – take action!
Since the launch of the Mumpreneur Conference in 2009 many people, men and women have asked the question ‘there are already lots of networking and awards events for women why separate mums?’. Well, mums who work from home whilst being the main carer of small children have a lot of barriers to face on a daily basis.
I’m sure I am not a lone voice in the business community who thinks the 2019 deadline set in the Vickers Report gives the banks plenty of time to cook up another disaster.
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, here is step four – focus on the key tasks.
When the great false economist, and rewriter of history, Alistair Darling, brought in the 50p in the pound income tax rate I promised to leave the country if Labour were re-elected for another term.
Small businesses can offer best value for Whitehall The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Allott, leading the Cabinet Office’s efforts to encourage Whitehall to hire more small businesses, says civil servants still need convincing that big is not always beautiful London businesses send out message to Mayor Management Today have published details of the Comres […]
There has been a lot of doom and gloom reported recently around the education system in the UK. But I wanted to take a minute or two consider the importance of our next generation. After all, these young people are going to be our new leaders, the next people to look up to!
As Primark hits the headlines over whether or not they are finally to enter the e-commerce world, I’ll delve into the realm of ‘digital business plans’, a concept he feels is still alien to many let me suggest what you need to do to go digital.
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, this week we look at step three – engage people and resources
Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He was considered an integral part of the business and according to reports, the company are very sad to see him go. But what does this have to do with me?
The dragon’s said no but Marcela still gets her deal The Derby Telegraph is reporting that Mexican-born Marcela Flores Newburn who last night failed to attract any investment on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den has since made a six-figure business deal. The Ten Commandments to convert from business owner to entrepreneur Most people in business start […]
HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC’s) ‘Time to Pay’ scheme has been one of the successes for cash-strapped firms during a gloomy period. Allowed to defer tax payments, many businesses are still around because of it.
