As a country, we're balanced on the edge of a cliff. We need to take action. And the best places to start are at either end of the pay scale: the bankers and the benefit claimants.
Kodak, the most iconic of all photography companies, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week – another company to go the way of the dodo.
Topics: Sales
According to some so-called "economic experts", the only way to solve the financial crisis and beat unemployment is for employees to work just 20 hours a week. What a load of drivel, says Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins.
Topics: HR
It would have been far better for the British economy – and for business owners – if we hadn't won the 2012 Olympic bid, says Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins.
Topics: Sales
The Prime Minister's latest £200m scheme to drive layabouts back into work doesn't go far enough. Here's how I'd get long-term claimants out of the living room to the shop floor.
Topics: HR
There's been a lot of talk about the stress levels of top executives lately, following the announcement that Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Antonió Horta-Osório is returning to work in January.
Topics: Management
Don't underestimate the efforts of the good ol' family business.
Topics: Management
A recent collaboration between Pimlico Plumbers and Cleveland College of Art & Design has renewed my faith in Britain's young talent.
Topics: Tech
Whatever the content of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement tomorrow, it has to help restore confidence, boost business and encourage growth.
Topics: Management
For the first time since 1986, youth unemployment has passed the million mark. Here's what government and business owners can do to fix the problem.
Topics: HR
No long-term good will come from having a higher rate of tax than our major global competitors. The government needs to axe the 50p tax rate immediately, says Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins.
Topics: Finance
The UK is peppered with youth unemployment blackspots. Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins asks: "How can we stop the country's pool of young talent from drying up?"
Topics: HR
There is a common myth that the UK no longer has a manufacturing industry. Well, there’s as much truth in that statement as there was in Alistair Darling’s last Budget report.
Topics: Sales
For once, I'm standing shoulder to shoulder with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and backing his call for VAT to be slashed to five per cent on DIY and home improvements.
Topics: Finance
School kids should be allowed to be entrepreneurial, argues Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins.
Topics: Sales