The concept of a job for life, of course, disappeared a long time before the current economic meltdown struck. But my dear departed father’s obsession with ‘job security’ sprung to mind the other day, when I bumped into an old work contact….
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Dreams, goals and sparkly shoes
Each year I set myself some little goals and some rather larger (unrealistic) goals with the aim of motivating myself. On January 1st 2011 I stuck my latest list to my office wall containing six things I would like to achieve this year.
Don’t wait for business to take on staff – Take them on now to grow your business
The most effective way to boost the growth of your business is to not wait for the business to come to you before taking on new staff, but instead, take on more workers to grow your business.
Deliver results for your business; step six
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, this week we look at the last step, number six – review your progress regularly.
“Building a Social Enterprise” – Blending Social Media and the Cloud for Business Success
Recently, I have shifted the focus of this blog series away from my personal perspective on cloud computing in order to give some of our customers the chance to present their views on the technology.
Cameron puts foundations in place to get Britain’s economic house in order
I have praise for the Prime Minister’s ambition to rebuild the UK economy from the ground-up. Cameron’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference set out a clear agenda to rescue the economy with business at its heart.
Is inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs really child’s play?
The future of our economy depends on the development of entrepreneurial skills within our schoolchildren today. I think our education system could do so much more to promote entrepreneurship to young people from an early age. From the time they can read and write, I think we need to give young people the opportunity to learn, test and develop the skills required to survive in business.
Question Everything, because quite often – the Emperor has no clothes.
Remember when you were at school, desperately wanting to ask a question but not daring in case other kids made fun of you? Too many of us still feel that way – so we let people get away with talking nonsense. If we don’t question things, nonsense is perpetuated.
Road Crash Dragons’ Den is not inspiring for young entrepreneurs
Richard Hillgrove, the PR guru who built the profiles of BBC Dragons’ Den stars James Caan, Duncan Bannatyne OBE and Simon Woodroffe OBE has come out with a stinging attack on the programme’s producers today for “chasing the lowest common denominator”with their current panel.
Ed Balls is hardly a worry to the opposition is he?
This morning it seemed pretty much impossible to escape from sound bites of Ed Balls trying to up his stock. It was hard to see what his tactic was, apart from alienating whatever part of the electorate that hasn’t already figured out that he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing.
Deliver results for your business; step five
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, this week we look at step five – take action!
Why separate business women and mumpreneurs
Since the launch of the Mumpreneur Conference in 2009 many people, men and women have asked the question ‘there are already lots of networking and awards events for women why separate mums?’. Well, mums who work from home whilst being the main carer of small children have a lot of barriers to face on a daily basis.
2019 you’re having a laugh Osborne!
I’m sure I am not a lone voice in the business community who thinks the 2019 deadline set in the Vickers Report gives the banks plenty of time to cook up another disaster.
Deliver results for your business; step four
How to deliver results for your business. There are six steps you need to take, here is step four – focus on the key tasks.
Stop messing about and kill the 50p tax rate to give business a boost
When the great false economist, and rewriter of history, Alistair Darling, brought in the 50p in the pound income tax rate I promised to leave the country if Labour were re-elected for another term.
