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A great British renaissance has been taking place. From Aberdeen to the West Country, the zing is back in manufacturing. It’s about time this spectacular story was told.

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McDonald's to award A-levels
By Matthew Rock
McDonald's is to become the UK's first big-name employer to be given the authority to award nationally recognised qualifications. But companies as teachers is nothing new.

January 28, 2008 5:25pm
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The best franchisees come from within the business
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The founder of Mr Clutch Autocentres, Joseph Yussuf, prefers to source new franchise owners from inside the business rather than outside because they’re the ones in the know and they have a proven commitment to the company.

January 22, 2008 4:18pm
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Dear Guy Hands: how to work with rock stars
By Matthew Rock
New EMI boss Guy Hands has ruffled sensitive feathers among his rock star artists. Here are our tips for the private equity king.

January 15, 2008 4:35pm
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Doing a Sam Allardyce
By Matthew Rock
Newcastle United football manager Sam Allardyce got the sack yesterday afternoon. Feel the same way about one of your own team?

January 10, 2008 9:45am
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Choosing a lawyer
By Matthew Rock
Three legal teams down, poor Britney Spears may have lessons for entrepreneurs.

January 08, 2008 5:17pm
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Resolution one: kill office politics
By Matthew Rock
Want to end office politics this new year? Here's how.

January 03, 2008 4:01pm
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Don’t discount the disabled
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How many people with disabilities do you employ in your company? If the answer is “none”, here are a few facts to get you installing a wheelchair ramp, pronto.

December 03, 2007 12:29pm
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Boards encourage good performance
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AES Engineering founder Chris Rea reckons one of the best ways to improve the quality of your managers is to create a board of directors.

November 28, 2007 4:49pm
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Give 'em the sack
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It’s not always easy to utter the words “you’re fired”. So what’s the best way to give Sam in sales the boot?

November 22, 2007 5:19pm
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Internships afford a win-win situation
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Andrew Hawkins, the founder of polling and research consultancy ComRes, hires 24 new recruits each year. But they don’t earn a single penny.

October 31, 2007 5:13pm

BUSINESS NEWS >>

"Don't let the market be your boss"

By Kate Pritchard - October 06, 2008 5:57pm GMT

Serial entrepreneur and investor Maxwell Packe says private equity-backed firms have an edge over publicly listed companies. “They don’t have to meet targets set by teenage scribblers,” he says.

“Why bother with an IPO?” asks Audio Network founder

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 06, 2008 3:20pm GMT

Robert Hurst raised £600,000 of seed funding from 40 music composers, sound designers and angels to get his online sound and music portal off the ground. Having organised his own private IPO, he’s suspicious of the traditional listing process.

Five ways to avoid redundancies

By Real Business - October 06, 2008 12:31pm GMT

You’re in a pickle. You desperately need to cut your employee wage bill but you’re reluctant to make redundancies. Fear not. We’ve come up with some alternatives to swinging the scythe.

“Always accept a dinner invitation from an Asian client!”

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 03, 2008 5:29pm GMT

Kamel Hothi arrived in the UK when she was six. As a girl raised in a traditional Indian family, she was never supposed to work, pursue higher education, or even make eye contact with men. Yet now she’s director of Asian Markets at Lloyds TSB, opening up opportunities for hundreds of women just like her.

Good growth for Ted Baker

By Catherine Woods - October 03, 2008 10:43am GMT

Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin says the clothing retailer remains “understandably cautious” about the second half of the year despite posting a 8.2 per cent increase in revenue to £71.6m.

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BUSINESS COMMENT >>

Follow the brothel's lead

By Catherine Woods - October 03, 2008 3:58pm GMT

If you’re not an Australian, you may not find the following article as amusing as I have.

Economic downturn headlines

By Catherine Woods - October 02, 2008 2:41pm GMT

There’s more doom and gloom in the news today about the economic downturn.

Deal or no deal

By Kate Pritchard - October 01, 2008 3:43pm GMT

Jon Moulton wasn’t exactly exaggerating when he told us the outlook for the private equity industry was gloomy.

Russell Crowe's big banking idea

By Catherine Woods - October 01, 2008 12:01pm GMT

Russell Crowe tries, and fails, to fix Wall Street.

Eco-preneurs in the US

By Catherine Woods - September 26, 2008 5:14pm GMT

It’s always interesting to hear what’s happening within the entrepreneurial community across the pond and an article published today has revealed the growing eco-preneurial movement within the travel and hospitality sectors.

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