So, we now know where the cuts will happen. The furore has died down, bar the wailing from Labour politicians and the trade unionists who are more professionally motivated than the rest of us to kick up a fuss.
I couldn't agree more with the 35 business leaders who wrote to the Daily Telegraph backing the not-so-secret content of the government’s spending review, which will be formally announced on Wednesday.
I was fortunate enough to be invited to a special fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference last week. I came away feeling much more optimistic about the future of apprenticeships and skilled trades.
This Wednesday – and for the next however-many-weeks – millions of people will be glued to their TV sets to watch Lord Sugar’s The Apprentice. But I won’t be one of them.
I’ve got to come clean and admit something I never thought I’d hear myself say – I’m a Vince Cable fan.
We're in the midst of a recession with tax rises and government cuts on the way – but it’s in these situations I think that we really show our "Britishness", put our noses to the grindstone and battle our way through it.
When education secretary Michael Gove announced a complete review of vocational qualifications for 14-to-19-year-olds in England, I couldn't quite decide whether to jump for joy or cry in my beer.
Businesses have to decide now, if they haven’t already, how they are going to factor January’s VAT increase into their pricing.
Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins tells Real Business why he has no interest in running a public limited company.
Sir Philip Green has come in for a lot criticism since he agreed to take on the unenviable task of investigating the government's spending record.
So, unemployment’s down by 49,000. That’s got to be good news, right?
I’m not a fan of bankers. I wouldn’t put them in charge of a broom. But last week, they were back flashing their pearly whites as they started to reap billions in profits once again.
Just when the government made the sound decision to let people work beyond 65, the Court of Appeal throws a serious spanner in the works.
I suggested last week that, with a bit of help from trained professionals, school pupils could learn important work skills by fixing up their own school buildings. But apparently, I'm an idiot.
A glass or two might have been raised in Job Centres across the country when the latest unemployment figures were announced last week.