Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Last Friday marked the close of Work Wise Week designed to promote modern “smarter” working practices such as agile, flexible, remote and mobile working. Far from simply being buzz words, these approaches to organisations empower their people to work can bring real benefits – from driving productivity to improving employee wellbeing.
We hear so much about teamwork these days. It’s framed, quite rightly, as a key component of business performance and is drummed into us from an early age that collective endeavour will get us further in life. Its status is now such that teamwork often morphs into the much grander idea of ‘synergy’.
How good are you at making the right decision quickly? It has long been the perceived wisdom that a good leader is a decisive one.
It has the most start-ups per capita outside of London but Brighton’s tech cluster has a skills gap to plug.
Whilst the risks associated with employing people have, in many respects, diminished over the past few years due to changes to employment law and reforms to the tribunal system failing to create simple procedures can leave you open to claims.
For as long as technology has evolved, the working population has been concerned that their job will soon be turned to dust in favour of a quicker and automated solution. From the introduction of the loom back in the 19th century to automatic checkouts in supermarkets today, the fight between man and machine endures.
Leaving the European Union would see foreign direct investment into the UK drop dramatically, taking four years to recover and remaining at a reduced level in the long-term.
All businesses have them, large or small, long term or short, and a massive 25% of firms with a turnover of £25 Million or less actually perceive them as their biggest threat.
Is paying the average blue-chip chief executive £5m a year, more than 180 times the average wage, excessive pay? Not according to Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust, who have been accused of routinely supporting pay awards of big companies. This is reported in today’s FT which carries several hard-hitting stories – “The hypocrisy of CEO […]
As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday, Qing Wang, Professor of Marketing and Innovation, reveals five reasons why she is a distinct advantage for UK business following her recent research of Chinese consumers in 13 cities covering five regions of China.
I wonder if the Vote Leave camp would be successful if it had to present its argument to a Dragons’ Den style panel – without any solid foundation to base its predictions on, I know they wouldn’t be getting a penny from me.
The debate surrounding a British exit from Europe in the upcoming June referendum has now been raging for six weeks , yet small and mid-sized businesses in the UK are still none the wiser as to the effect a Brexit could have on them.
As David Cameron announces the creation of a new unit to tackle tax evasion in Parliament leading accountancy and law firms have commented that the plans to crackdown on tax evasion, following the revelations of the ‘Panama Papers’, will mostly fail.
The world’s biggest brands and businesses are still failing to tap into the trillion pound Muslim lifestyle market according to new research.
It was promising to see economic figures showing the UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in Q4 of 2015, more than previously estimated. But with Brexit in the balance and the Panama leaks sending geopolitical shockwaves, it’s no surprise that the NIESR’s most recent GDP estimates show that growth has stalled in the first quarter of this year.
