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Thursday's public sector pensions strikes only strengthened arguments for pension reform, thinks Pimlico Plumbers' Charlie Mullins.

It appears the country has been hit by an epidemic of queuing. It’s a disease that has spread across the entire nation and has a significant impact on business.

Topics: Management & HR

Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins explains why he's ignoring the news that the UK is back in recession.

Topics: Finance

The Employment Minister's comments that bosses should "hire a hoodie" and turn "surly men into motived young employees" miss the point. Preparing kids for the workplace must start at school.

Topics: Management & HR

Amateurish financial planning. Shameless profiteering. Directors at the Royal Mail have lost their minds. Next, they'll lose all their customers.

Topics: Management & HR

Pimlico Plumbers' Charlie Mullins argues why entrepreneurial firms need to get involved in the Big Society.

Topics: Management & HR

The fuel strikes are just a rehearsal for the next big industrial action: public transport during the Olympics. Why should businesses care, asks Charlie Mullins.

Topics: Management & HR

Alongside the drop in the top rate of tax and the continuing fall in corporation tax in the Budget, I was pleased to see the Chancellor’s decision to extend Sunday trading hours during the Olympics.

Topics: Sales & Marketing

Two famous entrepreneurs were banging the drum for entrepreneurship last week. One was focused on the future of the economy, while the other was unsurprisingly more interested in TV ratings.

Topics: Management & HR

There is nothing wrong with immigration, argues Charlie Mullins, but it needs to be controlled.

Topics: Management & HR

While happy to pay tax, entrepreneur Charlie Mullins says enough is enough. The 50p tax rate should be scrapped. He explains why.

Topics: Finance | Management & HR

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows the average retirement age for men and women has been steadily rising over the past decade.

Topics: Management & HR

Why the UK is being slaughtered when it come to business innovation.

Topics: Management & HR

It's year 2035. The government announces a new solar-powered monorail that’ll take passengers from Edinburgh to London in ten minutes. But there are no engineers to design and build it...

Topics: Management & HR

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.