Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Young Entrepreneurs Get Council Backing A number of young people from Belfast could soon be starting up their own enterprises after taking part in a business programme, funded by Belfast City Council. Bank tackles small business loan appeals Lloyds Banking Group will this week attempt to steal a further march on rival Royal Bank of […]
Everything you see started with just an idea. Every business if you think about it was created twice! I knew I wanted to be my own boss but the question was how and what do I start a business doing?
Mark Dixon: ‘Why you must network face-to face’ Social networking brings many business benefits but there is still great value in having personal contact with potential customers and clients, says Mark Dixon chief executive, Regus The Smarta 100 Awards, brought to you by O2 and Smarta, are now open for entries. If you run a […]
100 days to achieve your business goals – why this is the ideal timescale and how to make the most of it.
We can indulge ourselves in squabbles about missed Project Merlin lending targets, sky-high bonuses and extra bank taxes but I want to focus on how businesses and lenders can better work together.
So only nine remain and this week their early morning began huddled in the foyer of the headquarters of one of Rupert Murdoch’s old newspapers, before he created the global TV network with Sky TV.
If this country is to break the cycle of benefits and unemployment then the Government needs to act more like a private sector employer than a charity.
Getting business to export is a 10 year challenge.The Institute of Chartered Accounts of England and Wales are talking about UK exports and why Trade Minister Lord Green described getting more SMEs to export was a ‘A 10 year challenge’. The ICAEW say that he was speaking at an Accountancy roundtable at Chartered Accountants’ Hall, […]
As I have an investment that is involved in recycling and turning people’s unwanted items into charity donations, I watched this week’s episode of The Apprentice with extra interest.
Why is thought leadership really necessary and how can you make sure that people listen to your message? Follow these tips to ensure that your business stands out above all the rest!
It’s Wednesday, it’s 9pm. You get your preferred beverage and your smart phone on twitter and away you go. It’s the aspiration of would-be entrepreneurs, an anathema to serious business people, simple, light entertainment to those with a job, and a tenuous claim to fame of all those now ‘business gurus’ who were once fired from the show we love to hate – Yes, it’s The Apprentice.
Over the last few months, I have focused in my various blog entries on the benefits cloud computing can provide SMEs from cost savings to enhanced scalability to greater business agility. For today’s entry, I thought I would shift the perspective and introduce one of our customers, Chen Kotecha, managing director of scancom.co.uk, to discuss his experiences of cloud computing technology.
‘Millions’ of Skype internet phone users cut off after technical glitch: Users of Skype have struggled to sign in to the system for the past two days The Daily Mail are reporting. The Internet phone service was today reported to be racing to fix a technical glitch that is thought to have left millions of […]
When interviewing candidates for a job we consider many things, whether they will fit in with the rest of the team and the company culture. Ultimately we are considering what this person will bring to the company. But we are not allowed to consider if in a month’s time they will ask for a year off, and their job to be held open. And we are certainly not allowed to ask if that is their plan.
We have all tuned is as the ‘tum te tum te tum tem tum’ music strikes up. The hopefuls in their designer suits pulling their little cases behind them, strolling confidently through, over and past a variety of well known landmarks in our capital. All out to impress the dark Lord; Alan of Amstrad.
