Crozier steps into new top job
Adam Crozier, saviour of Royal Mail, annoyer of trade unions and appointer of Sven-Goran Eriksson as England football manager, really has his work cut out with his latest job role.
Amazon profits soar, but for how much longer?
Amazon, the world-renowned purveyor of books, CDs and DVDs online, has posted bumper profits during the Christmas period. But could the honeymoon be coming to an end?
Wielding the axe
Have been holding off laying off staff. Put low order levels down to snow and ice and felt it definitely wasn’t on to penalise staff for weather conditions when they had made effort to get here.
Ooh.com: a new way to travel?
Pat Reeves and Rohan Blacker, the founders of upmarket food delivery business Deliverance and Sofa.com, have launched a new online venture that they hope will change the way people plan their holidays.
Go green to save cash
The Carbon Trust estimates that UK businesses could save between 20 and 30 per cent on their energy bills by eliminating energy wastage.
Poor URL choice is turning your customers away
Entrepreneurs must pay more attention to their choice of web address if they don’t want to lose visitors.
Hot air and hissy fits?
Late night reverse charge call from Sydney makes me think perhaps motherhood isn’t entirely over!
Small firms’ tax anger as HMRC deadline looms
With just a couple of days left until the January 31 deadline for online submission of self-assessment forms, a poll carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) shows the deep anger felt by small firms against the current tax regime.