Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
In just 30 years, the UK’s manufacturing sector has all but capitulated in the one of the largest de-industrialisations of any major economy. While the economy is now focused on the service sector, digital and research and development, UK-based manufacturing has shrunk to just a third of what it was in 1970’s and therein lays a massive opportunity for Britain’s SMEs, whilst at the same time providing a boost to the stagnating economy.
The Business section of every bookshop is awash with “How-I-Became-Successful” books written by well-known Entrepreneurs. If you read these books you will realise that behind many of the success story’s there was an initial ‘risk’ funding event that kick-started the journey and we need to urgently address this.
Any entrepreneur will tell you that starting up your own business can be as scary and lonely as it is exhilarating and rewarding. So for many would-be entrepreneurs the thought of having your best friend by your side as your business partner can be a tempting proposition. But is there room for two at the top?
It is now more important than ever that small business owners find alternatives to cash to enable them attract talent – top talent that can turn their businesses around.
Social collaboration is not only about social media. This is only a small part of collaboration. A collaborative organisation promotes a culture based on transparency and accountability.
The FSA has announced that Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) are to be within their forthcoming guidance on unregulated collective investments (UCIS).
New research from the Forum of Private Business shows that business costs are rising at a rate above inflation – and the situation could soon become worse.
Outsourcing business processes abroad remains popular, with the promise of huge cost savings still attracting many advocates. With the Government recently stating that rather than restricting outsourcing, it is to encourage service providers to set up delivery centres in the UK, perhaps now the scales are beginning to tip the UK’s way. Solicitor Maxine Park, Director and co-founder of UK-based transcription service provider DictateNow explains the advantages of outsourcing within the UK.
The unemployment figures are in, but before we start celebrating, we need to address youth unemployment by getting back to basics and instil a work ethic that makes them effective contributors to their employers’ business and the UK economy.
Employment levels maybe stabilising, but youth unemployment remains high and is one of the biggest threat to the UK economy’s future. We have to give them the skills for the future because if we don’t charge our economic batteries by training young people now they’ll go flat. Without skilled people powering our economy, we won’t have the energy to drive the country forward.
Whilst rising youth unemployment has been a consistently hot topic during the economic downturn, less has been said of unemployment amongst older workers, the group which at the start of this year accounted for the largest rise in unemployment.
Friday 5th October marked one year since the death of Steve Jobs, but his legacy as an entrepreneur lives on. Here, leading Sales Expert Andy Preston explains the sales lessons that we as salespeople can learn from Steve Jobs and how we can implement them to benefit both our own sales, and those of our team.
Jo Haigh talks about the importance of the word NO in sales
How to address the epidemic of late payment is one of the biggest headache facing small businesses and politicians, but one initiative has been the 10-day public sector payment target.
I’ve been calling for a government-backed business lending bank for ages so you will forgive me if I’m now becoming a little frustrated that, after such a promising announcement, the actual details of how it will work, who will be eligible, and even how much money it will have to lend out, are still not available.
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