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Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Prevention is better than Cure
Technology investment has never been more strategic and business critical; but attitudes to IT service and support lag behind. The vast majority of Managed Services Providers (MSP) offer some degree of proactive monitoring designed to warn a business if a major failure or capacity overload has happened, but usually this is too late.
Schools don’t produce enough leaders
When the time comes for students to step out of education and into the world of work, they may find themselves out of their depth, as a result of schools not letting children be proactive and work independently.
Three common cloud myths that scare financial firms away
In response to consumers’ demand for instant, always-on service, UK financial firms are showing a growing interest in cloud services.
7 mindsets to improve the way you feel
Your mindset is as important as your best idea. Develop a good one, and you make everything in your life better immediately.
Trust, the ultimate convenience?
Mark Kirkbride, founder of hubbul, explores the on-demand economy, and the one big thing that makes our on-demand world go round: trust.
Unemployment, wage increases & interest rates – what do they mean for your business
Recently the Office of National Statistics announced that the UK unemployment rate was sitting at 5.6%, increasing for the first time in two years. Roughly 1.85 million people in the United Kingdom are sitting without jobs whilst the average rate of pay increases are rising at its fastest rate in the last five years.
Dragons tamed by happy go lucky entrepreneurs
Cheeky and cheerful businessmen bring a few smiles to an otherwise emotional and intense third episode.
Who will suffer from cuts to green levies & who will not?
Jon Ferris, head of Energy Markets for Utilitywise, one of the UK’s leading energy and water consultancies, offers an insight as to who will suffer most from cuts to green levies and who will not.
Optimising the field sales force
Javier Peralta, UK country manager for mobile sales management specialist ForceManager, examines how mobile CRM can improve field sales staff performance and provide greater management insight.
Businesses can learn a lot from Millenials
It is getting near the time when the A’level results and degree results are issued and typically students are disparaged for getting bad results, or not being ready for the workplace.
Preparing for the Windows 10 migration
Simon Townsend, Chief Technologist at user experience management provider AppSense, takes a look at what the migration to Windows 10 will involve for IT departments.
5 fantastic team building activities for your company
Are you looking for some great team building activities for your business that are just a little bit different? Here are some of our suggestions:
5 mistakes costing millennials the promotion
How managers are misinterpreting Millennials’ approach to success in the workplace.
The psychology behind motivation
Working 9 to 5 everyday can take its toll on any employee, but it’s important to stay motivated so that your levels of productivity don’t drop with the levels of your enthusiasm.
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