Can Groupon survive?
Financial markets reacted with shock as US offers website Groupon reported huge losses. But British entrepreneurs have painted a mixed picture of the multiple billion-dollar company and its viability as a blue chip business.
Trouble on the high street: lessons from the past
Recipe for retail 2011: take an excess of bricks and mortar, stir in upward-only rent reviews, add a splurge of suicidal discounting and drizzle with debt. The result? Disaster on a grand scale.
Apprenticeships: Your views
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we asked British entrepreneurs how they thought apprenticeships contributed to the economy and whether the current controversy over internships had damaged the reputation of workplace schemes.
Best gadgets of 2012: Toshiba’s AT200 tablet
If you're after a sleek, lightweight tablet, Toshiba's AT200 – launched at the end of last year – is the world's thinnest and lightest 10.1-inch tablet.
PLUS quoted firms offered free admission to Sharemark
Companies quoted on PLUS are being offered free admission to the Sharemark trading platform following news that the share market operator is putting itself up for sale.
Ask Timpo: Should we ban cheques in our stores?
To improve our working capital, I'm thinking about banning cheques in all our stores – they only add to the delay with payment. Have you done this? And if not, why not?
Pension auto-enrolment rules under fire
Controversy surrounds the changes to the planned auto-enrolment of workers into pension schemes. (Sponsored)