Opinion and thought leadership from freelancers, small business experts and solo entrepreneurs shaping the UK’s independent economy.
Against the backdrop of 75 million young unemployed, Rajeeb Dey, CEO of Enternships.com and co-founder of Startup Britain has spoken out against traditional recruitment methods in front of world and business leaders at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
The renaissance in Britain’s car industry has been a beacon of hope in an economy that has been broadly flat for the best part of two years.
Tears have long been verboten at the office, but they could be more beneficial than you think.
The villainous tendencies that conspire to crush creative endeavour can be beaten, here Luke Johnson tells us his list of top excuses.
Employee fit is crucial. Here’s a simple way to know if a job candidate is right for your business.
In a volatile economy, organisations continue to jeopardise business success by failing to achieve any visibility over purchasing commitment. With almost two thirds of purchases only revealed when the supplier invoice arrives in accounts payable, organisations are failing to control cash flow, understand expenditure against budget and potentially jeopardising important supplier relationships.
Online advertising promises small and medium sized businesses control and customisation, but the reality is that they are confronted with complexity. Online ad expert Sean Riley, CEO of Ad Dynamo – which provides a straightforward one-price-for-all ad system – argues the need for a new simplicity.
Following a year of stagnation, uncertainty, and continuing trade deficits, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said that it remains confident that business can make Britain dynamic again in 2013 and beyond – but only if the government delivers five changes to radically improve the business environment and deliver the confidence boost needed to kick-start growth.
The small business community Enterprise Nation has put together its predictions for business trends in the UK in 2013. They point to a year in which small businesses will come out tops.
Mary Clarke, CEO of Cognisco, a human capital risk solutions company comments on how the banking sector could minimise employee risk and help improve their damaged reputation.
Lots of people like the idea of investing in property – and that’s a good place to start, but it’s not enough to enable you to develop a profitable property business – one that will continue to make you money, provide cash flow, an easy retirement and a legacy for your family.
Many business coaches suggest we tell everyone our business goals – it makes them more real and it forces accountability. But according to Jessica McGregor Johnson author of ‘The Right T-Shirt’ this is not a good idea. In fact the exact opposite is true – don’t tell everyone your goals!
Success results not from adding things to your life but from letting go of them.
The way we as a society communicate has changed fundamentally in the last decade. The growth of social media and the internet has brought vast opportunities to businesses. In particular it has been a powerful and relatively inexpensive way for SME’s to increase awareness of their products and promote their brands on a global stage. It has also brought huge risks to brand reputation.
At some point in the recent past – was it when the utilities began treating complaints as a benchmark for consumer satisfaction? – the word sorry was entirely cut adrift from meaningful action. It became one of those vague expressions of regret, the emotion you experience when you tread on someone’s toe in a crowded lift, not quite unmeant but not actually meaning anything either.
