Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Procurement professionals in UK businesses have reported an increase in business investment activity over the past year and are expecting such spending to continue to increase further in the year ahead, according to the latest research by workplace solutions provider, Office Depot.
New research proves that you don’t need to be a neuroscience expert to adopt ‘brain friendly’ approaches to learning and development (L&D) in the workplace.
With party conference season over, we are beginning to get a much clearer idea of policy makers’ economic plans for the next Parliament. Not surprisingly, all parties have recognised the need for growth to remain at the top of the agenda, but I believe that more can be done to build on the UK’s strong digital foundations.
In 2013 a friend asked what my feelings were toward bitcoin. “Volatile money just isn’t money,” I told him.
Consumers only care about Access, Product, Price, Service and Emotion. Companies that try to excel across every attribute either fail or over-invest. Successful firms take a focused path, choosing one attribute to dominate on, one attribute to differentiate on and aim for parity on the rest.
Your view of PR may be as a quick fix to a sales problem, or as a slow burn marketing initiative, but getting the expectation right at the outset helps to prevent an awful lot of teeth grinding in the early days of the campaign.
Entrepreneurs are used to hearing phrases, ‘X have developed something similar’ or, ‘There’s already an app for that’. They are also used to being told that the market is too crowded and they are too late to enter it. For some this is where the opportunity lies.
How the giants stick to mass markets – and how the start-up can use this to their strength.
Simon Gordon of Facewatch discusses the challenges of competing for public sector contracts.
Just like toxins in your air, water, or food, toxins in the people around you can cause serious harm–but they don’t come with a warning label. Here’s a rundown of what to look out for so you can keep yourself safe.
World class corporations are a different breed of business compared to SMEs but they have much to teach their smaller cousins about performance, profitability and how to achieve ground breaking results. In my experience, SMEs that are willing to adopt corporate disciplines soon reap the rewards.
Businesses rely on a number of different communication channels these days, online and offline. Dr Pieter Streicher, managing director at BulkSMS.com explains why the text message has stood the test of time and continues to play an important role in business communications.
Sixty-nine percent of college students say they’re very well prepared to take on problem solving tasks in the workplace, according to a recent survey. But that’s not what employers think, reports inc. The same Harris Interactive survey found that less than 50 percent of employers agree that new college grads will come to the job with the problem solving […]
How do you react when you see a typo? Are you irritated? Do you laugh? We all react differently to mistakes, errors or defects.
Ishreen Bradley, an executive coach who specialises in helping senior women fulfil their career potential discusses why there is still a 20% pay gap between men and women, and offers some tips on how women can become more confident about negotiating their salary.
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