SME bosses should encourage their staff to be disobedient to protect their businesses
It might sound crazy but, according to Ira Chaleff, “Intelligent Disobedience,” means that employees should sometimes ignore the orders that they’re given by company owners and managers and do what they believe is right.
Crafty entrepreneurs to wrap up ?376m from sales of homemade items this Christmas
More than three million Brits are set to get creative during the festive period and sell handmade goods for Christmas, which is set to generate sales of £376m.
As UK smashes target of 25% women on boards, Lord Davies raises the bar to 33%
Women’s representation on the FTSE 100 has more than doubled to 26 per cent in less than five years, with “realistic, achievable and stretching targets for businesses” being a key driver of progress, according to former trade minister Lord Davies.
Small and growing firms should be more malleable when it comes to flexible working
Is flexible working allowed at your company? According to Anne Cantelo, the founder and MD of Onyx Media and Communications, a Soho-based PR agency, more SMEs should allow employees to work flexibly.
A near tragedy that prompted a corporate lawyer to set up a cutting edge food company
Geeta Sidhu Robb was feeding her baby son one day when he suddenly came out in hives and developed difficulties breathing. Although she didn’t know it at the time, he was having an anaphylactic attack and was at risk of death.
New export country series: Dealing with the obstacles of trading with China
With a population of over 1.35bn, the world’s largest, China is an exciting and dynamic market for UK businesses. Dennis Lin, Head of China Desk at Santander UK, tells us why UK businesses should look to the Chinese market when thinking about exporting – as part of our four-part country series.
Marketing your company: It?s time to stop embracing failure and chase perfection instead
There’s too much talk today about embracing failure, according to Matthew Robinson, group development director at digital content provider The Moment, who is also of the belief that the idea is misplaced.
How to reduce the risk of a tax investigation
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is cracking down on tax dodgers by increasing the amount of investigations launched into UK businesses. Here is how you can reduce the risk of a tax investigation of your business.
Five tips to adjust to the new Working Time Directive rules
The recent European Court of Justice ruling that the travel time of "mobile" workers with no fixed office location now counts as work time has major repercussions for a range of UK industries.