Business

15 June 2008

Beating boredom in the boardroom

When discussing the big business issues with your employees or clients it is vitally important to make sure they are 100% engaged all the way through the meeting. The ...

6 June 2008

Flexible Working. 2008’s non negotiable to achieve business success

Need convincing? A recent study by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formerly the DTI) shows that almost all British workplaces offer some form of flexible working. But ...

23 May 2008

Is the credit crunch bad news for every business?

Firms forecast rough times for others but not for themselvesAccording to the doom-mongers it’s simple: We are in the midst of a credit crisis, heading for a recession with job ...

14 May 2008

78% of Brits Don’t Take a Lunch Hour

A staggering 78% of the UK working population no longer take advantage of a full lunch hour, with 15% of those surveyed not taking a break at all, new research revealed ...

9 April 2008

Carolyn McCall Wins Top Business Woman Award

Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group, was awarded a top Business prize last night.She was awarded this year's prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman award at champagne reception ...

26 March 2008

The business benefits of investing in people

As the end of the fiscal year fast approaches, companies across the UK are taking stock and discussing new strategies for the year ahead. Now that all of last ...

19 March 2008

Loominellie

Ellie Goss started her weaving business, Loominellie (www.loominellie.com) just a year ago after doing a degree and then a masters degree in weaving. Ellie designs and produces bespoke ...

6 March 2008

Buy To Let Bubble Ready To Burst

The buy-to-let housing bubble looks set to burst according to a reprt by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.The Institutes survey of the residential letting market has found the number ...

27 February 2008

Anneka Rice, reveals what she would like to do when she turns 50

Millions of British workers are still dreaming about what they want to do ‘when they grow up’….and they’re aged over 50. New research by learndirect Careers Advice has found that ...

20 February 2008

Women business travelers take control of the skies

New York, NY February 20th, 2008 - It is estimated that at least 40% to 50% of business travelers are females compared to 1% thirty years ago. A new business ...

20 February 2008

Working Mums Yearn to Go Back to School

Career break mums would rather go back to school than back to work with 91 per cent stating that a job in education was best suited to working mums, according ...

15 February 2008

Business Brains

More than 10 million Brits1 dream of leaving their job and starting their own business, according to new research.Over a third (35 per cent) of workers have recently thought about ...

15 February 2008

Kitten Kit The Clean Kitchen Table Business

What do you with your handbags when you need it to be hands free? You probably put it on the floors of cafés, pavements, public toilets, the bus and ...

31 January 2008

High-tech toys aren't just for boys

Have you ever thought about becoming a space scientist? Or working at the cutting-edge of technology creating gadgets that will become high street favourites? Or maybe you are looking to ...

22 December 2007

Number of female directors breaks through one million mark

Women are entering Britain’s boardrooms in increasing numbers and starting to change the face of business, according to the latest analysis of Britain’s 2.83 million directors by Experian®, the global ...

12 December 2007

Number of female directors breaks through one million mark

Women are entering Britain’s boardrooms in increasing numbers and starting to change the face of business, according to the latest analysis of Britain’s 2.83 million directors by Experian®, the global ...

21 November 2007

UK Business better Prepared For Disaster

UK businesses are increasingly prepared for disruption or disaster according to BSI British Standards’ annual Business Barometer, published today.The research found:81% of FTSE companies would expect to last up to ...

14 November 2007

Women are making it big in business

Better Business For Female EntrepreneursEverywoman co-founder offers some valuable advice to female entrepreneurs in latest Webinar.Small Business Week 2007 is a week-long campaign dedicated to championing the 4.5million-plus small enterprises ...

27 October 2007

Female owned businesses are expected to be the biggest growth sector

Going forward female owned businesses are expected to be the biggest growth sector in the next ten years, according to a range of independent studies. Female resignations hit a 30 ...

26 October 2007

Business savvy super women shape the workplace

Research shows female thinking shapes the workplace'Right-brain' skills normally associated with women such as intuition and creativity are now more important in the work place than 'left-brain' skills associated with ...

20 October 2007

Womenomics- The Rise Of The Professional Goddess!

- Female Thinking Shapes the Workplace -The natural strengths of female thinking are driving new business models at all levels of corporate life. Intuition, creativity and the ability to ...

4 October 2007

Cant Be Bothered To Prevent Identity Fraud.

Identification fraud victims are too fed up that most of them ignore it, doing absolutely nothing to prevent them being targeted again in the future, according to new research released ...

18 September 2007

London's media industries are failing to capture the capital’s diverse talent

Training, recruitment and employment practices in London’s film and television companies are making it hard for workers from poorer backgrounds and from ethnic minority communities to embark on careers in ...

5 September 2007

Alarmingly High Levels of Job Dissatisfaction in the UK

Nearly a third (31%) of British workers are unhappy at work and cost their employers more than £40 million a day* in daydreaming or trying to find a way out ...