Norman Burden, Chief Executive of True North Human Capital, the Human Capital Management Consultancy poses the question ‘Where have all the good guys gone?’ and why has the service culture evaporated?
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Will your MP be your Business Buddy?
With almost every new policy passed or law made members of the Forum of Private Business become increasingly frustrated that politicians simply don’t seem to understand their concerns.
Festival for entrepreneurs, a call to cut VAT & summer schools
Sheffield festival for 2,000 entrepreneurs, a call for a VAT cut and summer schools to boost business start ups
Channel Hopping Culture chooses thought leadership
In the digital age, everybody is constantly being bombarded with different information through a variety of channels. So in this ‘Channel Hopping Culture’ how can we make sure that our business stands out above the rest?
Government £1M investment boost to east London’s digital businesses
Innovative and creative digital businesses based in east London are to benefit as funding for a pilot innovation initiative designed to encourage collaboration in the area doubles. The Technology Strategy Board has decided to increase the amount of funding available for the Tech City Launchpad initiative to £2 million, enabling it to provide support in the form of £100,000 grants to twice as many companies.
“Oh, how fascinating!”
Why “how fascinating” is the most useful business phrase to have up your sleeve!
Could your hobbies help your business?
A look at how your hobbies can also benefit your business and some advice on choosing hobbies that are both fun for your personal life and productive for your business life.
The Apprentice, episode 10 – Sell, sell, sell
Introduced as a ‘Back to Basics’ episode, this week’s task really did strip away any glitz, glamour and bullshit of business along with any hiding places for our ambitious ‘apprenti’ (what is a good collective noun for them? A ‘hopeless’ of apprentices? Perhaps a ‘shower’ of apprentices…)
Owner managed businesses may be turning a corner to positive growth
Optimism among owner managed businesses has increased it is claimed, with over half of the respondents to a recent survey revealing that they have either ‘very’ or ‘quite’ positive sentiments about their business compared, up ten per cent to the same survey a year earlier.
“Delivering dynamic growth” HowSMEs can build business advantage in the cloud
In my last blog, I shifted my focus away from my personal perspective on cloud computing to introduce one of our customers, Chen Kotecha, managing director of scancom.co.uk, and asked him to present his experiences of the technology. In today’s entry, I want to extend the customer theme and open up the floor to Mark Orsborn, director of IT consultancy, Acertis Cloud to talk about how his business is achieving dynamic growth and competitive edge by building apps in the cloud.
The Apprentice, episode 9 – The biscuit task
So, just the not-so-magnificent seven remain.
I hereby solemnly swear, that in the following piece, I will not to use any obvious and lame biscuit or confectionary related puns or wordplay. I will leave that to the tweeters.
Wanted – alternatives to sport and challenge-based charity sponsorship
For years now, raising money for charity by taking part in a sport-related event or challenge has been de rigeur.
I think it’s time for change. We should look to the business world for inspiration on how to raise money for charity by giving people who sponsor something back.
The feel-good factor that comes from sponsoring people doesn’t really cut it in a time of recession when we’re all watching the pennies.
If people sponsor something, they should get something in return, even if it’s having their car washed or their lawn mowed or receiving some baked treats. I think it’s time to re-think the current charity sponsorship model.
UK business set to benefit from simpler & cheaper patent process
A single European patent looks ever more likely as ministers have reached agreement on the detail of a unitary patent at the Competitiveness Council in Luxembourg.
The Apprentice, episode 8: Paris
They started as 16 and now only 8 remain; the entrepreneurial elite. Wasn’t it George Bush Jnr who said the French have no word for entrepreneur? And he was the most powerful man in the world so there’s hope yet for all of these candidates.
We must not allow the clock to be turned back to the 1970’s
The last thing this country needs is for the clock to turn back to a 1970’s summer of discontent when industrial militancy reigned.
