
Government employment schemes are ‘too complicated’
Government is failing to reap the full benefits of its £15 billion spend on employment schemes for young people because they are too complicated a leading…
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth

Government is failing to reap the full benefits of its £15 billion spend on employment schemes for young people because they are too complicated a leading…

We have just produced our landmark 200th Referendum survey. Glancing back, it is clear that, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

It’s always interesting as we head into the summer holiday period, how many people fall for the “call me back after the summer holiday” objection. For…

Will Davies - co-founder of London’s leading Property Maintenance and Refurbishment Company aspect.co.uk – said today that it was time to stop bashing Britain’s bankers and…

John Walker, national chairman for the Federation of Small Businesses has commented on the Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme, launched on Friday.

Maybe you are one of the few that has not yet come across the global phenomenon that is the '50 Shades' trilogy of books. If so,…

There are continued intakes of breath, tutting and shaking of heads at the antics of the banks. Barclays is in for the most opprobrium but the…

They told me I was insane, but I insisted things at Pimlico Plumbers would work much better for everybody – staff, customers and me, if we…

Gary David Smith – the co-founder of Prism Total IT Solutions – said today that the £82.5 million StartUp Loan scheme was ideally suited to young…

I believe wholeheartedly in stepping outside of our comfort levels. In fact, I believe that comfort zone, when seen as a dot in the distance, is…

Recently I’ve been asked by a number of small and micro business owners how best they should outsource their cold calling. Their thinking behind doing this…

Stephen Archer, Business Analyst and director of UK business consultancy, Spring Partnerships talks about how the Olympics will impact British businesses and the UK economy.

HM Revenue and Customs has been seen as the scourge of entrepreneurs for some time – but will the Government’s budget pledge of reforms lead to…

Comedian Jimmy Carr says he has "made a terrible error of judgement" over using a tax avoidance scheme.

The government recently announced the setting up of a loan scheme to encourage young entrepreneurship in Britain, however many of the intended benefactors say that the…