Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, and creating a new independent country of Scotland cannot be good for anybody as far as I can see. To me, it’s an economic argument, but one based on history, not squabbles over currency, interest rates and EU membership. It’s far more fundamental than that.
Being a successful entrepreneur requires extraordinary skills and expertise. Do you have what it takes?
Karren Brady shares her expertise with some of UK’s most successful small firms at the Nectar Business Small Business Awards.
If you’re thinking of starting a business for any of these reasons, think again.
There are some entrepreneurs who start a business with the sole intention of running it for years to come. Others have a medium to long term aim of selling it. There is no right or wrong way, but if you are an entrepreneur thinking of an exit, it has to be done properly.
When Formula 1 team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided at the Belgian Grand Prix, the championship fight between the Mercedes pair broke out into open warfare.
You come back from vacation and start your game of catch-up. This is an especially challenging game if you’re a senior leader. You have hundreds, maybe thousands of emails, a backlog of voicemails, and a to-do list that doubled or tripled in length while you were away.
In his latest article, Professor Graham Jones from Top Performance Consulting, reflects on the dangers that ‘accidental leaders’ can pose to your business and why many of them are accidents waiting to happen.
The average British holiday maker will return to more than 800 emails, nearly three hours of missed phone calls and almost six pieces of office gossip.
All too often we hear ‘don’t shoot the messenger’ when something bad has been conveyed to an unsuspecting and ultimately disappointed audience.
There seems to be wide support for the idea that we are living in an “age of complexity”, which implies that the world has never been more intricate.
A referendum on the question of Scottish independence will take place on 18 September 2014. Carl Hasty, Director of international payments specialist Smart Currency Business, outlines the currency implications that would follow a majority ‘Yes’ vote.
A common misconception held by businesses is that universities are academic bubbles with little relationship or relevance to the real world.
What do you need to find and develop within yourself to be successful?
There are some true inventors in the Den this episode, including a returning entrepreneur with a new outdoor space saving device, a golfing duo with a new take on the traditional tee, and a designer who has flipped the conventional umbrella on its head.
