If you're feeling battered and bruised by the recession and exhausted by economic and political turmoil, take heart. Charlie Mullins has been there – and come out stronger for it.
Charlie Mullins discusses the importance of business supporting charities "wherever possible".
Charlie Mullins says raising VAT was a no brainer. Britain is skint, broke and totally brassic.
Since the election we have been given a flavour of the kind of drastic action the government is going to have to take if we are going to get the economy back on track.
Entrepreneurs need a clear timetable of how long the government needs us to endure additional costs and tax burdens.
World Cup fever is reaching its pitch. Bosses beware: this football tournament could cost you millions as workers take unauthorised sickies to watch the matches.
The private sector, with the right government support and the right army of skilled workers, can be the saviour of this country’s economy. Step forward new work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
When British Airways won an injunction to prevent 20 days of strike action by cabin crew, I finally thought there was some common sense left in the world. And then along came a group of High Court judges to dash my optimism.
Last week I attended the Investec Entrepreneurs' Summit 2010, hosted by Real Business. The whole day would have inspired any businessperson with an ounce of entrepreneurial acumen. But what stood out for me was the speech made by Sir Stelios and his comments on disabled entrepreneurs.
Anyone who read my column last week will know my feelings about hung parliaments and the potential damage they can do to the country. I'm no fan of coalition or a minority government. A party with a clear run at improving the economy is the best way to make things better.
Like most firms, the ash cloud left our staff stranded all over the globe. From Spain to Turkey, our plumbers were trying their best to get back to the UK, worried about losing trade income. But that’s not the half of it.
I recently came across an interesting email that exposed the casual way politicians throw big figures around to bamboozle us.
I don’t often get to watch breakfast television but the other morning I caught a piece on GMTV where some psychologist-type was going on about how workers are afraid to phone in sick nowadays. Unbelievable!
This week sees the government’s last throw of the dice. Alistair Darling will lay out a non-event of a Budget whose only purpose is to serve as a party political broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party.
We are living in a country that is stifling entrepreneurs. There are no two ways about it: the government wants to make it as difficult as possible to be a successful business owner.