Despite the creative excuses for not turning up to work on National Sickie Day, there seems to be a serious underlying message about employee wellness that bosses looking to combat the causes of absenteeism should pay attention to.
Dragons’ Den success Levi Roots has opened a Caribbean Smokehouse restaurant in Westfield Stratford City, which comes equipped with a number of services including the same payment tech found in restaurants such as Jamie’s Italian and Wahaca.
Women are still under-represented at the top, and there is much to be done to make leadership in any which sector more reflective of its workforce. As such, Tim Taylor, MD of Making Great Leaders, offers eight tips for success.
By 2020, robo-advisers will control in excess of $2tn in assets as Gen Y flocks to more empathetic finance firms for both investments and day-to-day finance. In order to keep millennials in their pockets, bosses of traditional companies will need to embrace change.
In a campaign supported by business secretary Sajid Javid and transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, the British government has committed a £20m investment to driverless car technologies to improve the country’s productivity and infrastructure.
If the only time entrepreneurs communicate with their investors is when they need more money, this relationship is doomed, advises Simon Thorpe. Having analysed companies around the world, coached entrepreneurs at various business schools and invested in the technology sector, he offers unique insights into the angel investing ecosystem.
While doing CrossFit training, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon realised its innovative approach offers lessons that can benefit today’s business leaders. From daring to be different and bold, to quantifying results, he outlines six takeaways that every entrepreneur should take into account.
Customers are now more savvy and cynical than they’ve ever been before, so you’ve got to be thinking about how you can introduce the human touch to your branding. We look at examples from Airbnb, Coca-Cola and more that you can take on board.
I always love to see people embrace entrepreneurial spirit and start their own business. Britain has been a hotbed of enterprise for generations, which has continued, uninterrupted into the 21st century. But SME owners need to become more connected with each other to thrive.
As the UKTI-led trade mission Real Business has joined begins to gather steam, we found out why British businesses have decided to journey 3,500 miles to showcase products to a US audience.
