The Office for National Statistics recently revealed the number of women in employment is at an all-time high.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Getting the balance right: why workplace culture must be carefully cultivated
Every business should have a sense of what it stands for and what it aspires to be, but allowing culture to form ‘naturally’ can be risky.
Rome, high-performing teams & elite sport
“Rome wasn’t built in a day” is the widely used adage attesting to the need for time to create great things.
Why the Government needs to ‘double down’ on investment in R&D
With the Brexit deadline upon us, UK politicians from different parties don’t seem any closer to agreement on the right pathway forward.
The Rolling Stones, Amazon and the British Red Cross
Whilst the Rolling Stones, Amazon and the British Red Cross are all very different ‘teams’, they share at least one commonality. But what is it?
Fewer meetings, more briefings
The world of work has never felt quite so volatile and uncertain.
Managing mental illness at work
As last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, I thought I would help people to understand how they can manage their mental health in the workplace.
Learn to love office small talk
Although it might not seem like it, small talk is a skill. Like any skill, it needs to be practised to get right and the more you do it, the better you become.
How to turn compliance into a competitive advantage
Talking about compliance and competitive advantage in the same sentence can sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but as we face an ever more complex regulatory landscape
Former Dragons’ Den star Piers Linney discusses how Brexit could affect growth businesses
After more than two years of turmoil resulting in a further six months of uncertainty, we remain in the dark about what the future of our country – and the business landscape – will look like in the medium-term.
We’re closer now to remaining in the EU than we were the day after the referendum
Another day, another Brexit disaster for the UK and it looks like we’re closer to remaining than the day after the 2016 referendum.
Your team are your family: Do you treat them that way?
I remember thinking as a child that when I grew older, I would know all there is or was to know and that I would be perfect at everything.
Brexit, data and the EU – the forgotten border question?
Much discussion of Brexit centres on the trade in goods. If we leave without a deal, will there need to be a hard border in Ireland? Will Kent become a lorry park? What will we be paying in tariffs?
Why the corporate world is losing the race for talent
It wasn’t long ago that getting a job at a big corporate company was the goal of every talented, ambitious student.
Betting on a bundle of rights – how the law protects data
Data is the oil of the digital economy – whether it’s personal data or other sorts of data.
