Amazon has paved the way in terms of online sales, churning out events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But it has promised to outdo these bargain days through changes to its fast-approaching Prime Day – and small businesses should be looking to make the most of it.
It takes courage to leave a stable job and forge off on your own, but that is just what Suzanne Brock has done with Nutriment – to overwhelming success.
A new study from Barclays has revealed there’s a significant number of aspiring entrepreneurs among the schoolchildren of the UK.
Every great company evokes something to mind. Maybe it’s a slogan, a logo, a classic advertising character, or a signature product feature. In his classic book, How Brands Grow, Byron Sharp of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute calls them distinctive assets.
Zero-hours contracts have become a controversial topic, often associated with workplace abuse. While this isn’t always the case, research has called for bosses to take staff mental health into account.
British employees seem to have suspicious minds, as four in ten believe their colleagues are involved in an office romance.
There has been a rapid rise in the number of startups in the UK in recent years, with the number of female entrepreneurs accelerating at a much faster pace than men.
New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team won 86 per cent of their games in recent years. Manchester United football club in its heyday vexed its opponents by often winning games in extra time. What it all boils down to is that you’ll instantly know a high-performing organisation when you see one.
Despite being immersed in IT every day, Richard Blanford explains why his technology roadmap is heavily influenced by not burying his head in the sand.
For your business to reach the next stage of growth, raising capital might be a necessity. Serial entrepreneur Mike France has some tales from the trenches.
