The villainous tendencies that conspire to crush creative endeavour can be beaten, here Luke Johnson tells us his list of top excuses.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
3 interview questions that reveal everything
Employee fit is crucial. Here’s a simple way to know if a job candidate is right for your business.
Revealing invisible business costs
In a volatile economy, organisations continue to jeopardise business success by failing to achieve any visibility over purchasing commitment. With almost two thirds of purchases only revealed when the supplier invoice arrives in accounts payable, organisations are failing to control cash flow, understand expenditure against budget and potentially jeopardising important supplier relationships.
The Holiday Is Over – Get Back To Your Sales Work!
The Christmas holiday period can be a frustrating time for salespeople. Buyers and decision-makers are on holiday or are busy covering for colleagues who are. Your own production, warehousing and delivery staff are off and you’re probably in the holiday mood yourself, and you may have been away as well.
To avoid that Christmas holiday hangover, follow the simple tips below and just watch the impact on your sales figures.
Advertising online should be simple, not complex
Online advertising promises small and medium sized businesses control and customisation, but the reality is that they are confronted with complexity. Online ad expert Sean Riley, CEO of Ad Dynamo – which provides a straightforward one-price-for-all ad system – argues the need for a new simplicity.
The five bold moves that will unleash business growth in 2013
Following a year of stagnation, uncertainty, and continuing trade deficits, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said that it remains confident that business can make Britain dynamic again in 2013 and beyond – but only if the government delivers five changes to radically improve the business environment and deliver the confidence boost needed to kick-start growth.
Bright future ahead in 2013 for small business in the UK
The small business community Enterprise Nation has put together its predictions for business trends in the UK in 2013. They point to a year in which small businesses will come out tops.
Could insight into employee behaviour to risk management saved HSBC from a record pay?
Mary Clarke, CEO of Cognisco, a human capital risk solutions company comments on how the banking sector could minimise employee risk and help improve their damaged reputation.
Unemployment drop offers an unexpected ‘Secret Santa’ gift for the Chancellor
Now that’s a spectacular early Christmas present for the Chancellor, and more importantly for more than 80,000 people, who are no-longer listed as being out of work.
Why people fail as property entrepreneurs
Lots of people like the idea of investing in property – and that’s a good place to start, but it’s not enough to enable you to develop a profitable property business – one that will continue to make you money, provide cash flow, an easy retirement and a legacy for your family.
Why you shouldn’t tell anyone your business goals
Many business coaches suggest we tell everyone our business goals – it makes them more real and it forces accountability. But according to Jessica McGregor Johnson author of ‘The Right T-Shirt’ this is not a good idea. In fact the exact opposite is true – don’t tell everyone your goals!
Response to the Autumn Statement
So there we have it, the Chancellor’s third Autumn Statement. So what did we at the FPB think about it from an SME perspective?
Learning to let go
Success results not from adding things to your life but from letting go of them.
Don’t let shoddy imitations devalue real apprenticeships
Doug Richard’s long-awaited report into apprenticeships could have been written by me, or I suspect any other employer who truly understands the benefits to businesses, individuals and the economy of quality workplace training.
Why Innovative Thinking Is The Real Key To Social Media Success
The way we as a society communicate has changed fundamentally in the last decade. The growth of social media and the internet has brought vast opportunities to businesses. In particular it has been a powerful and relatively inexpensive way for SME’s to increase awareness of their products and promote their brands on a global stage. It has also brought huge risks to brand reputation.
