Simon Swan Co-founder of Hiring-Hub.com, a multi-award winning web-based SaaS platform that is turning the world of recruitment tackles the problem of youth unemployment
Category: Freelancer Opinion & Insights
Opinion and thought leadership from freelancers, small business experts and solo entrepreneurs shaping the UK’s independent economy.
Banks: Open up our financial data & let us grow our businesses
Duane Jackson, CEO and founder of KashFlow has written to the heads of Britain’s banks, urging them to grant small businesses secure access to their own financial data. Duane warns that a failure to do so is placing many UK small businesses, and therefore the British economy, at enormous risk.
Why don’t graduates consider careers with SMEs?
For students and graduates to consider working in entrepreneurial companies as a career option, they need greater exposure to the SME community, says Rajeeb Dey, founder and CEO of Enternships.com.
Is the 2012 Budget good for small business?
You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. And as with most Budgets, that was the case today
Budget 2012: Entrepreneurs reaction
With The Chancellor describing himself as a ‘Champion for British business’ we ask some of the countries leading entrepreneurs if they agree with him when he said that Budget 2012 would help us ‘earn our place in the world’
The Budget 2012: Business reaction
As George Osborn delivered his third budget he claimed to be the Champion for British business saying that this budget would enable the country to earn its way in the world. We talk to some of the UKs leading support organisations and see if they agree with The Chancellor
Office not important: The ‘touch-down & take-off brigade’
For fledgling entrepreneurs the number one priority is to ensure that their business takes off. It’s often such a relief that the fledgling business has taken off, the question of how to begin to grow to ensure that success and expansion continue is not thoroughly considered.
The Cloud Controversy
Much talked about and little understood, Cloud computing has had its fair share of business and technology media coverage in recent years. But whilst the “experts” wax lyrical about the benefits of the Cloud there’s a growing army of critics who see a plethora of drawbacks for many businesses which are just not yet ready for Cloud computing. Here Gary Smith of Prism Total IT Solutions unravels the real truth about the shortcomings of the Cloud.
Play to win with your IT budget
Gary Smith of Prism Total IT Solutions discusses the benefits and drawbacks of employing an in-house IT Manager to look after your business IT infrastructure.
1 in 5 employees never gets out for lunch – rain or shine
Summer or winter, 1 in 5 British workers never gets out for lunch during a normal working week, even if it’s just to grab a sandwich or coffee finds new research
Lord Sugar & TV Dragons are damaging the future of UK entrepreneurs
“Dragons’ Den and The Apprentice are giving a whole generation of entrepreneurs the wrong impression of what entrepreneurialism is about – it’s X Factoring entrepreneurialism.” so says Peoplefund.it’s MD Nick Underhill
Agency Worker Regulations are burdensome, but there are some positives says expert
A leading recruitment expert says that although the Agency Worker Regulations are causing huge administrative challenges for both agencies and employers, a few positive things could be emerging as a result of the legislation.
Employment law changes set to have a negative effect on business
The Government is too concerned with cutting the costs of the Employment Tribunal service, and this may have negative consequences for businesses, claims a leading UK lawyer.
Sir Stuart Rose is right to support ‘Get Britain Working’ scheme say SMEs
Sir Stuart Rose – the former head of Marks & Spencer – defended the Government’s embattled ‘Get Britain Working’ work experience scheme this week saying that it was ‘baffling’ why anyone would complain about providing young workers with job experience in the current financial climate.
Lord Davies isn’t just a numbers game
Employers realise their task is to bring about transformative change, not just an incremental increase in numbers when it comes to getting more women in to top jobs
