Every March is a special one for businesses across the UK, Employee Spirit Month returns, a month of goodwill towards members of staff in return for their hard work through the year.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
We can’t improve productivity if we don’t sweat the small stuff – like potholes!
If there was any anecdotal evidence needed to prove the state of Britain’s roads, just visit the Pimlico Plumbers garage. At least twice a week we have to take one of our fleet of vans off the road to repair damage caused by potholes.
Brexit: SME’s Hopes and Fears
With Article 50 being triggered this week, SMEs share their hopes and fears in regards to the official beginnings of Brexit.
We voted for Brexit: Time to get on with it
So, finally, nine full months after the British voting public confirmed their wish to leave the EU, the current Prime Minister is finally getting on with it.
Dragons’ Den: The best pitches
As this seemingly never-ending series came to an end, I decided to knuckle down and showcase the best pitches from this second half of the series.
‘Steady-hand’ Phil delivers a mixed message to UK’s next generation of skilled workers
I genuinely think that T-Levels are the greatest innovation in the vocational education area that has taken place in my lifetime. They are a brilliant idea that will replace a mishmash of 13,000 courses with 15 ‘routes’ as diverse as accountancy and finance, hospitality and plumbing and building work.
Budget 2017: Business Wishlist
We find out what businesses are looking for from the 2017 Budget.
Will we see the ‘uberisation’ of the delivery market?
Technology has transformative powers. It’s not just enabling better ways of doing things but also driving the development of new products and the provision of new services.
Crisis management in an age of declining trust
Johnny McGinley analyses the results of the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer research and offers his thoughts on best practice strategic crisis and reputation management.
Schools are failing the future workforce
Once departing from school, you are faced with a bunch of hurdles into the unknown, including things like tax, banking and life in general, but what can schools do to help?
Dragons’ Den: Plenty of activity to end the series
The final episode of the series graced our screens, ending on a pitch who very nearly blew their chance of receiving investment.
How to improve workplace efficiency
As targets and workloads increase each year, there’s a greater need to improve our efficiency in the workplace.
Dragons’ Den: The best pitch yet?
One particular pitch stood out tonight, not just from the other pitches in the episode, but of those in the series… but was it the best?
Matthew Taylor’s timley Employment Review needs to clear up grey areas
From what I’ve read and heard, Matthew Taylor seems like a decent bloke, and someone I’d love to sit down and talk to as part of his Review of Modern Employment, that he is currently carrying out on behalf of the Government.
The key to a successful small business? Get every worker familiar with technology
Small business in the UK is booming, with 2016 accommodating the birth of 500,000 new businesses across the country. The entrepreneurial spirit in the UK is defiant in the face of an uncertain 2017, an attitude I am wholeheartedly impressed by.
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