Week two of The Apprentice and what a shambles it was! Crying, flustering, stress, conflict – and that was only day one.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
How to tackle your inbox after a holiday
Facing your inbox can be a big job after a week away, so here we have a some tips for getting back to email zen.
The six habits of happy people
As a society we can be somewhat obsessive in our pursuit of happiness. A Google search for “happiness” yields in the order of 152 million results.
Taking the Government to court over Article 50 is doing them a favour
It’s now more than three months since it was decided by referendum that the United Kingdom should withdraw from the European Union.
How to get your website right
Vital to your business success is ensuring your website is multi-use across all devices, but this does require careful planning – says Sharon Stevens-Cash, director of Derby-based Gravity Digital. Here’s how to get it right.
Tax avoidance by large corporates is the biggest balancing act for May
The Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday put tax avoidance by large corporates at the centre of her Conservative Party conference speech in Birmingham.
Winning qualities in business…and in The Apprentice
Apprentice season is upon us once again and as we start to predict who will become Lord Sugar’s next business partner and who will be out of the door in a matter of weeks – winning The Apprentice and starting a new business both require extremely similar qualities:
The Apprentice: Lord Sugar searches for his diamond
Series 12 commences and The Apprentice is officially back! The 18 hopefuls are introduced into the process with a task to sell different antique valuables, but just how well did they cope with the challenge?
Rise in HMRC raids highlights “the age of mistrust,”
A leading City of London solicitor has spoken out against news that the number ‘premises raids’ carried out by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as part of tax evasion investigations has risen by more than half in the past five years.
The Finance Bill 2016 and profit extraction
The “Brexit delayed” Finance Bill 2016 finally received Royal Ascent on 15 September with, quite coincidentally, an announcement at the same time that the draft clauses for Finance Bill 2017 will be issued on 5 December next. Brexit notwithstanding, the cycle of fiscal change continues inexorably.
What Brexit means for the UK Tech industry
Oliver Yeates, CEO of Clicky Media, one of the North-West’s fasted growing digital marketing agencies, comments on what Brexit means for the UK Tech industry now that the dust has settled… or has it?
Calling Connected Cities Entrepreneurs: An Unmissable Opportunity to Explore the Market in India
The global need for radical solutions to city challenges is becoming ever clearer. Over the last few years Innovate UK has made significant progress in developing UK SME capability in being able to offer, and show value from, the kinds of innovative cross-systems products and services that cities need in order to flourish in the future.
Open all hours
You don’t need to be Arkwright to appreciate the business benefits of being open all hours.
Inappropriate jokes or sexual advances in the workplace – banter or harassment?
More than half of British working women have been subjected to sexual harassment at work, according to a recent report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
Should businesses still be having office meetings?
The jury has been out on whether meetings are useful or a waste of time for a long while.
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