Category: Opinion

SMEs have not been well served during the economic downturn. Overdrafts, business loans and other lending facilities have been hard to come by and those with cash in the business have found nil or negligible returns on their cash. James Blower, Savings Director at Shawbrook Bank, reviews this market for us.

It can often range from a 30 second social-setting pitch to a 30 minute investor pitch, but a pitch is a powerful answer to the question “what do you do?”

Extraordinary outcomes can be achieved when the right people, infrastructure, and motivation come together, says Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson, IBM Fellow and VP Innovation, ahead of his IET/BCS Turing Lecture ‘Beyond silicon: cognition and much, much more’

The workplace is a web of agendas and everyone is trying to promote their own. Entrepreneurs need to learn to prioritise their commercial interests.

A new report urges initial London pilot of 300 garages, with eventual UK-wide roll out of converting some of London’s 3,275 identified empty garages into basic studios, workshops and offices could provide the Capital’s start-up businesses with affordable space and opportunity to grow.

Have you ever wondered why selfish, arrogant, and entitled individuals are so charming? These narcissistic people have parasitic effects on society.

It’s that time of year again. You’ll no doubt be looking at your waistline or cupboard contents and thinking about making some promises to eat better and exercise more.

In this month’s column Johnny McGinley poses a uniquely alternative viewpoint to his normal digital pieces at the start of 2014. There has already been much talk about the future of digital marketing and digital tech in 2014. As a society and profession we have become focused on what “the next big thing” in technology will be.

Last year banks were in the news for all the wrong reasons. According to reports the state owned banking giant, RBS, had been making vast profits at the expense of vulnerable SMEs; its effort to reduce risky loans has nudged previously solvent companies out of business.

Employees don’t work hard because they’re happy. They’re happy when they’re working hard.

There’s no getting away from it, January can be a dreary month. For many, a new year starts with a headache from the previous night. And the bigger the excess, the longer the hangover remains. Such is the parallel with some of the UK’s banking industry.

We may be well into January, but it’s not too late to start making some plans to kick start your business marketing for 2014.

Chris Meredith, officebroker.com CEO, discusses the benefits of bringing staff in at junior levels and developing their skills as they progress in the company.

The debauchery-laden film by Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street is a prime example of financial corruption, excess, and corporate greed.