Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Small business structures are almost always drawn with leaders at the top, and leaders are expected to inspire followership among ‘the people ‘below’. Too often, I come across that dreadful word ‘subordinates’ in smes, which further perpetuates the unchallenged notion of leaders being on top directing their minions who cater to their every whim. And when leaders talk about ‘cascading’ their vision within the sme, there is only one direction anything will ever cascade!
That is the rallying cry from British Entrepreneur Will Davies who believes that fellow business owners who are branding the Olympic Games as a disaster for business thinking far too short-term.
Everyone in business knows that it’s much harder to win sales during the months of July, August and September.
Watching TV can help you improve your leadership, says Robbie Swales of drama-based training provider Steps.
The GDP figures are lower than we expected and the circus starts. When will they – the politicians and economists whose voices are heard loudest when such figures are revealed – learn? Why can’t they see the bigger picture? When will they accept the cause of the current financial crisis? John Elliott, Chairman, Ebac Group, and founder of the Stop Gap campaign gives us his thoughts on a way out
Is social media making politics more transparent and accessible? Or should politicians be more careful about expressing radical opinions online?
How to beat exhaustion by taking your business online. Successful mumpreneur Nicola Bird, founder of JigsawBox.com explains how she has found a way to not only spend quality time with her children, but also make a healthy six- figure income.
Government is failing to reap the full benefits of its £15 billion spend on employment schemes for young people because they are too complicated a leading entrepreneur said today.
We have just produced our landmark 200th Referendum survey. Glancing back, it is clear that, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Will Davies – co-founder of London’s leading Property Maintenance and Refurbishment Company aspect.co.uk – said today that it was time to stop bashing Britain’s bankers and let then get on with re-building our financial institutions.
John Walker, national chairman for the Federation of Small Businesses has commented on the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme, launched on Friday.
Maybe you are one of the few that has not yet come across the global phenomenon that is the ’50 Shades’ trilogy of books. If so, then somehow I still got your attention to read this article. But if you have heard of the books then perhaps this is the reason you stopped to read my few words.
There are continued intakes of breath, tutting and shaking of heads at the antics of the banks. Barclays is in for the most opprobrium but the banking community has been viewed as villains ever since Northern Rock was the first to have the wheels come off in 2007 – yes it’s nearly 5 years since this all kicked off.
They told me I was insane, but I insisted things at Pimlico Plumbers would work much better for everybody – staff, customers and me, if we all came clean and told each other what we earn.
Gary David Smith – the co-founder of Prism Total IT Solutions – said today that the £82.5 million StartUp Loan scheme was ideally suited to young IT entrepreneurs.
