Category: Opinion

For smaller businesses, there were both positives and negatives in the latest quarterly report from the Bank of England on credit conditions, published on Wednesday.

What do you do if you are owed money by a business and they will not pay you back?

“Sabbatical” is a word that many people in business only use when talking about some lucky relative or friend in academia. But would you ever put your company on a yearlong break, all in the name of growth?

In the US and Europe, in particular, central banks face a troubling dilemma in 2014: should they tighten monetary policy in response to the improved real economy or keep policy loose in response to an increasing threat of deflation?

As the recovery takes hold, we need to make sure that all citizens benefit and that growth is properly balanced across the UK, says John Cridland, CBI Director-General

Ruby McGregor-Smith, CBE, Chief Executive of MITIE and Opening Doors Business Awards judge gives us her opinion on why in this economic environment it’s never been more important for businesses to look beyond the traditional business fairs and recruitment routes to harness great talent and build our country’s skills base.

What if your people are not your most valuable asset?

2013 was without a shadow of doubt the most intense, eventful and transformational year, so as the year came to an end i reflected as i usually do on what the key learning from the year have been for me.

Gary Cattermole is an expert in employee engagement here he discusses the best way to beat the New Year blues.

There is a great scene in Godfather 2 where Kay (Diane Keaton) complains to husband Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) about his unfulfilled promise to make his business fully legit and quit being a mafioso. Michael responds that he is still working on it, reassuring Kay emphatically: “I’ll change, I’ll change — I’ve learned that I have the strength to change.”

It’s no secret that SMEs make up more than 99% of all UK businesses and support around 60% of the UK’s private sector workforce, so there can be no arguing about the positive economic value every SME adds. However, what is often overlooked, even by SMEs themselves, is the incredible contribution that the SME sector makes too charitable and community causes.

The web moves ever onward and upward, and the bloggers are now busy speculating on the shape Web 3.0 will take. However, the media graveyard is littered with the reputations of those who have dared to predict future trends in technology. That said, here’s a peek into what shape the web may assume in a few years’ time.

As 2013 draws to a close, Colin Tankard Managing Director of Digital Pathways and Larry Dietz, General Counsel and Managing Director, Information Security of TALGlobal got together to look at the Cyber landscape for 2014 and what organisations need to consider to minimise their exposure. Here we share their thoughts.

Many New Year’s Resolutions end up proving to be a triumph of optimism over practicality. Especially if they’re made at 1am on New Year’s Eve while meandering home from the pub.