Category: Advice

The words that people use every day determine whether they will achieve failure or success. There are five words that frequently show up in the conversation of losers, much more so than in that of winners. Here Business Matters editor Paul Jones explains what they are:

So most of us have heard about cloud computing, but what is? Jeremy Fennell explains and answers some of your basic questions and looks at both the advantages as well as the disadvantages of ‘moving to the cloud’

You know you don’t want to choke your staff with micromanagement minutiae. Simon Clarke, the founder of the Roof Store, explains how to hold yourself back and get the best out of your employees.

Do you hate it when people complain? It turns out there’s a good reason: Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, a serial entrepreneur and author of Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life. In the book, he describes how neuroscientists have learned to measure brain activity when faced with various stimuli, including a long gripe session.

Whether you’re hiring a web designer or building a site yourself, Omer Shai, VP Marketing at Wix.com shares his tips on not getting swindled

Technology is great, but it can distract us to the point where productivity suffers. Here are some ways to minimise the disruptions.

Everyone wants to be an entrepreneur these days, but few people have any money to do anything about it.

We talk you through the key pieces of information you will need for your business plan if you want to borrow money from a lender.

Jeremy Fennell, Managing Director, PC World Business on the most effective ways to manage your cash flow on the move.

A recent survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed that two-thirds of companies believe they will have to cut jobs if the economy does not improve over the next 12 months. However, as most businesses are acutely aware, while reducing the payroll may be necessary, there can be negative ramifications; for example skills shortages, impact upon resourcing, damage to morale and so on.

It doesn’t matter how amazing your website looks: If no one comes to it, good luck building that Web business!

You’ve always dreamed about starting your own business. So you’ve read the books, listened to the cautionary tales, and worked through some checklists and you are finally ready to take the plunge? Don’t–if any of these signs look familiar.

So being an ‘entrepreneur’ is now a job title, and one which many people feel is not something that you can call yourself, but should be a description others use about you. You might be surprised how many ‘entrepreneurs’ are not at the helm of a growing business but rather are among the employees helping to build it.