Limited access to business funds blamed for UK slipping down world competitiveness league, but should that stop would-be entrepreneurs?
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Wellbeing and productivity
Given there’s an intrinsic link between wellbeing, productivity and workplace design, businesses within the financial services sector must clearly up their game and provide environments that enhance rather than restrict wellbeing and productivity.
Taking the Channel out of Omni-Channel Retailing
When consumers are better at buying than retailers are at selling, something clearly has to change. Today’s savvy omni-channel shopper knows exactly how to navigate each retailer’s website; which companies offer a good click & collect service; and which provide a better returns experience or multiple delivery options.
How to work with Machines: Four Skills for the Era of Artificial Intelligence
AI is a source of great debate at the moment, regularly dividing opinions about its place in the workplace and the world in general. However, if we take a look through history we can see that similar debates have already taken place and now seem unreasonable.
Top 3 reasons why UK businesses should shift sights to Singapore
For many UK tech start-ups, Silicon Valley is the Holy Grail. Being able to expand and grow in the US market is a goal that many entrepreneurs are looking to achieve – however, are they missing a beat by overlooking the vibrant start-up ecosystem that’s available in the Far East?
From Gatehouse to Boardroom – the Changing Role of IT Security
James Hardy, Director of leading IT solution provider CCS Media, looks at the change in attitudes to IT security are changing in boardrooms and how this will impact technology deployments in 2016 and beyond
How does the tech scene in the UAE compare to the UK?
Julia Boullemier, Regional Director MENA of Profusion, discusses the differences in the tech scene between the UK and the United Arab Emirates.
Are these the ways to achieve peace and quiet in the office?
For nearly a hundred years, people have been looking for the best ways to get some peace and quiet in the office.
My team has only one KPI: ‘Do one favour a day’
Four years ago I founded my company – I was utterly naive, over excited and full of ambition – and I set out to build a digital agency. I knew nothing about marketing or sales and I had absolutely no idea about how to find clients or grow my business.
SMEs must act now to stop printing costs getting out of control
Business success often relies on turning a negative situation into a positive. So, when Andrew Hall, marketing manager, OKI Systems UK reviewed the results of his companies latest SME survey on the UK’s printing habits, that was exactly what he felt the need to do.
The value of being customer centric
Around 15 years ago, Steve Banker, Journalist at Forbes gave a speech at an ARC forum. In his speech he discussed the need for software firms to become more customer centric and revaluate the costs of their license and maintenance fees and challenged the industry on how high they were – his comments were met with substantial anger, with one executive even shouting from the audience, “Don’t you realise how disruptive this would be to our business?” – This company no longer exists.
An “Anywhere Office” can help solve the UK’s productivity problems
Productivity is hot on the lips of politicians, the Governor of the Bank of England, and businesses alike – and when you look at the statistics, you can understand why.
Cambridge Business School calls for Refugee-camp entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship initiatives can fill the ‘institutional void’ of long-term refugee camps, says paper authored at Cambridge Judge Business School
If you title yourself as an ‘entrepreneur’ you won’t actually be one
Self-appointed entrepreneurship is no entrepreneurship. None of the great entrepreneurs describes themselves as an entrepreneur.
Are male middle managers the key to equality in the workplace?
A new report by Elisabeth Kelan, Professor of Leadership at Cranfield School of Management, explores the pivotal role men in middle management positions can play in creating fair and equal workplaces.
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