Top 12 crazy reasons for getting sacked
Sacked workers and angry bosses reveal the weirdest – and most trivial excuses for losing a job.
Could online funding hubs help revolutionise local funding?
Could venture funding hubs help entrepreneurs outside of London raise funding more easily?
SME manufacturers grow at steady pace but exports slow
Smaller manufacturers continue on a steady growth path, but export orders are still lacklustre, research shows.
Latest #hacking scandal: Coca-Cola tricked into tweeting Mein Kampf
Hackers, we know them well. In In 2010 the average web site was found to have over 230 serious vulnerabilities. In 2013, it was discovered that 30,000 websites were attacked each day and 2014 saw an onslaught of user credentials being stolen from popular sites such as eBay. This year has seen Coca-Cola tweeting chunks of Hitler's Mein Kampf.
The ECB’s theory of quantitive easing is put to the test
Time will tell whether the European Central Bank’s (ECB) €1.1tn quantitative easing (QE) package will have the desired impact on the real economy. Beating deflation is the paramount objective – how many times does the ECB have to reiterate its explicit mandate of maintaining price stability?
Majority of UK FDs in favour of EU membership and free labour movement
When asked whether membership of the European Union was good for business, 60 per cent of financial director and CFO respondents voted in favour of maintaining the current situation.
David Cameron tripped up again by extreme Amjad Bashir views
It's yet another problem for beleaguered David Cameron as his chairman muddles and fails questions on his new and embarrassing recruit Amjad Bashir.
39 per cent of Brits will job hunt if they don’t receive pay rise, says Google-backed Glassdoor
More than a third of UK employees will look for a new job if their current employer fails to give them a pay rise in the next 12 months.
First Women Summit: What the next UK government should do to help support women
The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all. However, the UK is still lagging behind. There have been numerous discussions about the potential for men to help achieve gender equality, but a First Women Summit debate asked what policies the next UK government should be prioritising in order to support women in business.
Tech Nation report highlights growing diversity of UK’s technology sector
Digital startups are driving the UK’s economic recovery thanks to booming sales and the creation of thousands of new jobs, according to the first ever national survey of the sector.
UK consumer confidence at highest level since 2006
UK consumer confidence is at its highest level since the index reached 97 in Q3 2006, and it rose five times the speed of the global rate in 2014.