Category: In Business

Neon Play, a mobile games studio based in Cirencester, which creates iPad and iPhone games has been named as Start-Up Business of the Year 2011 in the Nectar Business Small Business Awards.

Everywoman have created a new awards programme to celebrate the best ‘women in retail’ to help readdress the gender balance in management roles within retail, draw attention to women in the industry who have shattered glass ceilings through hard work and determination to succeed.

Barclays has announced the nine regional winners of its Take One Small Step competition following a public vote with the winners each set to receive £50,000 prize money, free support and advice to take their business to the next level.

The National Business Awards in partnership with Orange have announced that Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone is to chair this year’s judging programme where 100 of the country’s leading CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Senior Directors, also announced today, are to assess and reward Britain’s most promising and successful companies.

Whilst Helen Milligan might have lost out in the final of The Apprentice missing out on the £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar to Tom Pellerau, she might have received an offer that she cannot refuse.

Highlighting business success stories is something that the NatWest everywoman Awards have been doing since their inception in 2003 and this year’s awards will doubtless raise awareness of yet more inspiring stories and it is not too late to nominate extraordinary women who deserve to be recognised for their achievements with entries closing on 22 July.

Whilst the London 2012 Games will provide fantastic opportunities for businesses in the Capital and across the UK the influx of additional visitors top the capital and road closures will combine to create potential problems for businesses and their staff. However Transport for London (TfL) and London 2012 are determined to ensure that businesses can take advantage of all these opportunities and have today announced two new programmes to help SMEs run smoothly – and minimise any transport challenges – during the 2012 Games.

The number of SMEs asking the Government to act decisively and provide greater levels of support to UK businesses has more than doubled in the space of a year, according to the latest research* from invoice finance specialists, Bibby Financial Services.

At the recent Chief Executives Summit held in London some of the country’s leading CEO’s spoke as one of the need to kick start the economy through a ‘pro-business, pro growth agenda’.

The Forum of Private Business is calling on all smaller suppliers to anonymously ‘name and shame’ late paying companies.

Despite the continued economic uncertainty, new data released from eBay shows that over 45,000 new businesses have registered on the UK online auction site since September 2008. The number of new businesses established in 2010 alone was up 38 per cent with almost 24,000 joining.

New research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) suggests that a lack of competence and misplaced confidence amongst bosses is creating a stressed out, unfulfilled workforce. According to the data, the result is worrying for business, with nearly three quarters of employees regularly taking decisions at work they don’t feel trained or qualified to make.

Figures released by TV Licensing from a member poll conducted in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) show that the overwhelming majority of employers say they won’t be allowing employees “time off” to watch Andy Murray’s pursuit of the Wimbledon Grand Slam title. However, separate figures suggest this won’t stop people tuning into the tournament.

The National Business Awards in partnership with Orange, the most respected accolade for business in the UK, has extended its entries deadline to Friday 24th June 2011.

There is only days remaining for the UK’s most inspiring and enterprising franchisees of 2011 to enter the bfa HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards, and see their achievements recognised.