Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
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.
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.
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.
Entrepreneurship initiatives can fill the ‘institutional void’ of long-term refugee camps, says paper authored at Cambridge Judge Business School
Self-appointed entrepreneurship is no entrepreneurship. None of the great entrepreneurs describes themselves as an entrepreneur.
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.
Being deeply immersed in your work is deeply satisfying. A happiness expert explains how to get in the flow.
For SMEs in any industry or field of operations, finding the right kind of funding deals or arrangements can be critical to future success.
Over the past decade, we have learned how our brains are hardwired for emotional contagion. Emotions spread via a wireless network of mirror neurons, which are tiny parts of the brain that allow us to empathize with others and understand what they’re feeling.
The more you strengthen your mental muscle, the better equipped you’ll be to overcome life’s challenges.
It has taken me 61 years to realise: I’m an idiot. Up to now, I’ve always been a generous tipper. If the hotel doorman hailed me a taxi he’d get a couple of quid. If the concierge sorted me a good table – a fiver. When I left, I incredibly even tipped the cloakroom lady for not losing my jacket.
Dante Orsini of SVP iland explains the limitations businesses face when using cloud computing backup systems.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, startup or small team, utilising a co-working space could be advantageous for you and your business. Here we’ve listed the top 5 co-working spaces in London so you can take part in this rising business trend.
In my early career I can recall a meeting with the CEO of a major UK plc who lamented his lack of understanding of IT. Back then this was not an unusual comment. IT was still generally regarded as a ‘black art’ by many business stakeholders, particularly those at a senior level.
The governments plans to introduce boot camps for young people out of work have come under a lot of scrutiny lately, but is the idea totally worth rubbishing?
