Larry Weber’s top Twitter tips
Larry Weber, the legendary founder of Weber Shandwick and current head of the W2 Group and Racepoint, tells Real Business his top tips for using Twitter.
Snow fall and private-sector perseverance
To all those in the private sector, the weather – like the recession and tax rises – is just another challenge to deal with and we’ll just bloody well get on with it. Not so for the public sector.
Who wants to be a billionaire?
At what point does wealth start to appear obscene, self-serving and fuelled by vanity?
CBI warns scrapping retirement age is unwise
Scrapping the default retirement age could lead to a wave of litigation for employers, the CBI warns.
BIS approves three new LEPs
Update from BIS: three more local enterprise partnerships have been approved by business secretary Vince Cable and local government secretary Eric Pickles.
How MPs can boost business growth
Last week, I was at the House of Commons talking about how to promote mutual understanding between parliament and the world of commerce. Here are the three main lessons from the event – and why Luke Johnson flew off the handle.
Renewed push for European patent
Ten EU member states are putting pressure on the EU to introduce a European-wide patent. Why?
Imperial Innovations extends its scope, raises ?140m
Imperial College’s AIM-listed tech “incubator”, Imperial Innovations, is spreading its wings.
Manufacturing gets a boost
British manufacturing is to receive a boost as the government makes the manufacturing sector a priority.
VAT increase: time to act
The VAT increase continues to cause misery, but have no fear: we’ve got resources to help your business adapt to the VAT increase.
Entrepreneurs: 2011 will be (a little) better than 2010
Despite expectations of growth in 2011, next year will continue to frustrate entrepreneurs.