A strong end to the year for North East England
John Savage looks back on a successful year for his company and feels buoyed by business growth in North East England as he begins new expansion plans.
Channel your love of sci-fi through Weyland-Yutani looking Podtime sleeping capsule
When it comes to travelling through space, beloved fictional characters always seem to do a minor scene where they catch some z’s in a sleeping pod. Of course, a spacecraft isn’t the only place you’ll find such pods, with Google citing it as a key driver of productivity in the workplace. That’s why we took a look at Podtime.
Ticket reselling platforms risk big transparency fines
Websites which allow ticket reselling for sold-out events could be made to provide a warning that buyers may not be guaranteed entry – or risk new fines.
Decline in lending figures hasn’t stopped business leaders believing they will soon secure finance
Hampshire Trust Bank has unveiled both good and bad news when it comes to being able to secure finance in its SME Growth Watch Report 2016.
Pay with Amazon is the company’s latest attempt to “make the complex simple”
We hear exclusively why, alongside other services such as Web Services and Marketplace, Pay with Amazon is looking to disrupt the way growing businesses interact with customers.
Diamond-laced Christmas jumper from rapper 2 Chainz on sale for charity
Rapper 2 Chainz is hopeful he’ll be able to generate some serious festive spirit with the sale of a $90,000 jumper, which comes complete with gold and diamonds, with proceeds to go to charity.
Southern Railway and unions should be ashamed of strikes
As Perry Como once crooned: ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’. But at the end of 2016, it’s not the candy canes and silver lanes that inspired that classic tune that’s painting a picture of Christmas, but instead it’s the spectre of strikes.
How to make honesty the best policy for your employees
Adam Reynolds examines the issue of honesty, something required by all businesses to deal with big problems such as expenses fraud.
Five top insights for managing cash flow in January 2017
For small businesses, January can be a tricky time – it’s usually a quieter period after the festive rush, which ultimately means managing cash flow from the beginning of 2017 will be key.