Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
There is always one Apprentice task that really gets my heart beating makes my interest peak; buying wholesale and selling at a profit. I love the fact that each team have to use not only their initiative but also their instincts to choose their stock in the hope that it will sell well. With that in mind you can imagine my excitement when this week saw the Apprentice candidates competing in that exact task!
Increasing amounts of us are turning to social networks to share our meals and foodie inspiration. What does this mean for food business and restaurant marketing?
The mission was clear; to create a mobile, gourmet food business on the streets of Edinburgh and generate the most profit. However, Phoenix team captain Adam, heard – go and buy some cheap ingredients, cook something and sell it at a ridiculously inflated price.
We cannot allow the rear view mirror economics that has put the UK into a double dip recession should not sculpt how businesses run their operations.
Simon Swan Co-founder of Hiring-Hub.com, a multi-award winning web-based SaaS platform that is turning the world of recruitment tackles the problem of youth unemployment
What can be done to maximise the growth of your business?
As the weeks pass and the contender numbers dwindle, the excitement levels should be steadily rising but I have to say that I found this to be the most boring task ever presented to Apprentice candidates.
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 the real shake-up business groups have been demanding?
A new study reveals that consumers have a more positive image of a company when it supports a cause they care about. Now, a brand new concept in charitable giving is making it easier for businesses to give to good causes in a more meaningful way.
The other day I was being interviewed in connection with the Specsavers Everywoman awards – l was awarded Woman of the Year in the Retail category in 2011- and the journalist asked me ‘what do you think could be done to encourage more female entrepreneurs?’
When the call came asking the teams to meet Lord Sugar in the old cinema in Chiswick, everybody started guessing that this weeks task would involve creating adverts or movie trailers, they couldn’t have been more wrong.
Week three of The Apprentice say the teams gathered at St. Catherine docks to be told that they were challenged to create and manufacture a new condiment. A tricky task in my opinion and Jenna clearly agreed as she stood there looking bored and stupefied. After a little mixing of the teams, Lord Sugar sent them on their way to begin.
Duane Jackson, CEO and founder of KashFlow has written to the heads of Britain’s banks, urging them to grant small businesses secure access to their own financial data. Duane warns that a failure to do so is placing many UK small businesses, and therefore the British economy, at enormous risk.
The task? To design and create a useful household product, pitch it to retailers and generate orders. The key word here, which seemed to have bypassed all of the remaining candidates, was USEFUL.
With so many individuals starting businesses day after day, how many of them are faking their credentials? Am I faking it?
