Training courses have their place in every business and we all have room to learn. But perhaps the day of standard training is over and better ways need to be found.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Excuse me….
I’ve got an issue with some of the things that have come out of the CBI conference that I just can’t ignore…
The Apprentice: Task three – Bakery
Week three and all the contestants have now had the chance to get a real taste of what the Apprentice experience is all about. With Dan and Joy being fired in the first two weeks everyone must feel vulnerable.
Problem solving is becoming the real work to make business grow
Taking the lead in a business environment can mean often juggling your team’s problems. But embracing problem solving could lead to a happier workforce.
The Apprentice: Task Two – The Beach Accessory
So to task two and the beach accessory – I love the fact that they met at Heathrow, there would have been that little bit of excitement in the candidates of ‘Where are we going?’ ‘What do you think the task is?’ and then Lord Sugar delivers the fact that they are not going anywhere!!
The Apprentice: Task one – Make and sell sausages
Well its back and it has started with a BANG, well bangers to be precise. Lord Sugar had all 16 candidates working through the night to produce a range of sausages and sell to the public.
Are ethical FairTrade™ products a fair compromise on quality?
FairTrade™ is a hot topic at the moment. Businesses and consumers have an opportunity to make it a part of everyday life but are ethical products of equivalent quality to their non-ethical counterparts?
Corporate gifts in this age of austerity
For several generations, corporate gifts have played a traditional role in business culture. Here Rick Lay looks at what the gift-wrapped chocolates sent by the printer to the staff incentive scheme, we are fast approaching the season which carries expectations of recognition for loyalty throughout the year.
Egg on Tony Blair’s new book, but not on his face
As the hype around Tony Blair’s book continues to cause a stir, one thought leadership strategist is backing his actions as those of a REAL thought leader!
As Google launches Google Instant, should SMEs be investing in bricks and mortar not SEO?
As Google launches Google Instant, which displays search results immediately when starting to type a search phrase, is it becoming harder and harder for SMEs based online to appear at the top of the Google rankings?
And is this forcing some businesses to move from online to offline?
From car brands to Marks & Spencer and Oxfam, is everyone jumping on the scrappage scheme bandwagon?
The highly-successful car scrappage scheme has now ended, prompting businesses around the UK to consider how they could implement a similar scheme to drive sales.
Marks & Spencer was the first company to jump on the scrappage scheme bandwagon and through a link-up with Oxfam manages to do its bit for charity at the same time.
Karren Brady & I are in agreement about learning skills, well sort of…
The other day I saw some comments made by businesswoman and West Ham Vice-Chairman, Karren Brady, which could’ve come from my own mouth.
Running a rural business: He who sows the wind, reaps a typhoon
l am going to discuss a topic that owners of rural businesses up and down the country will be familiar with. Wind turbines. – If you don’t live or work near a wind farm, you probably haven’t considered their impact beyond the benefit in terms of wind power being a renewable energy source!
Dragons’ Den investment breakdown
So how much money has been invested within the television programme Dragons’ Den? Who has invested and which Dragon has been willing to take the biggest risks. The new infographic below answers all of these questions in a graphical easy-to-see way.
If Lord Sugar can do it, why can’t l?
It struck me recently that some of the most watched TV programmes at the moment all have something in common.
I am thinking of shows like The Apprentice, The X Factor, Dragons’ Den, Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, Mary Queen of Shops and The Hotel Inspector to name but a few.
They tell people the truth as they see it.
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