Category: Opinion

For years now there has been talk of how business is driving IT to move to cloud. In many cases, business teams go so far as to circumvent IT and buy cloud services themselves, taking decisions into their own hands.

Businesses spend a lot on marketing and advertising; advertising spend in the UK hit a new high of almost £14bn in 2013 and is set to increase to £14.8bn this year.

In early April a series of reports appeared online in the United States and the United Kingdom lamenting the “lazy French.” A new labour law in France had apparently banned organisations from e-mailing their employees after 6 p.m.

Catch up with the latest pitches to brave the Dragons’ Den and find out what drove Peter Jones to drink.

This month in his regular column Johnny McGinley shares with us his thoughts on change communications for SMEs.

Amongst all the tools entrepreneurs have, there is no doubt in my mind that the most significant is their experience and knowledge. This is something which, often can’t be quantified in the same way as profits or net worth figures, but makes a huge difference to a business’s employees, as well as others who want to start a business.

These are things you don’t need to learn in books or B-schools. Build on these personal traits to become a more effective leader.

Just because you have a degree in something, it doesn’t mean it’s what you’re meant to do.

Everything is far from rosy in the popular Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury which could be under threat after its owners, the ‘Naked Gardeners’ announced their intention to divorce.

Why entrepreneurs have to make time to think about who they really want to be.

This month Johnny McGinley, in his column shares with us his thoughts and expertise on the emerging challenges of digital activism to businesses.

National small business organisation the Forum of Private Business is urging the government to scrap its plans to give new powers to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to recover outstanding debts directly from small business’s bank accounts.

Ania Lichota has always been intrigued by what it is that makes a successful leader. Her search for answers led her to business schools, various executive training programs, onto a PhD program, into boardrooms, on a fair share of mindfulness and meditation courses, and to the top of Mount Everest.

Are you giving off subtle signals that are putting off your potential customers? Are your subtle signals building confidence or wariness?