Shané Schutte is a senior reporter at Real Business, with a particular specialism in employment and business law, human resources, information technology and sales/marketing.
UK productivity is under increasing scrutiny following the latest ONS figures, which identified a 0.5% fall in the first quarter of 2018. In order to give SMEs more advice on tackling this area, NatWest joined hands with the CEBR to release a practical guide.
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A list of the traits and assets you’ll need to work on to run a successful business, all compiled in a periodic table.
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The recent Dixons Carphone data breach has attracted more eyes than usual, as businesses wait to see how things pan out in this post-GDPR era.
What do movies Resident Evil and Equilibrium and TV series The Simpsons have in common? They depict incredibly unsafe companies to work for.
Employee morale can make or break an SME. It’s this principle that guides Natwest’s Marcelino Castrillo as he speaks exclusively to Real Business.
Political correctness at its best can make people behave in a more thoughtful way, and at its worst can supress debate.
Hilco recently bought Homebase for a shocking £1. House of Fraser is closing down 31 stores and Toys R Us and Maplin went into administration in February. But how have these household names plummeted to such lows?
Glancing back at May 2018, Real Business found that finding the right talent was one of the biggest corporate bug bears – for a variety of reasons.
Google’s latest move to ban cryptocurrency adverts has gained mixed reactions throughout the business landscape, with the financial sector questioning the company’s true motives.
With the FIFA World Cup just around the corner, England’s football manager, Gareth Southgate, has named his 23-man squad.
Despite a drop in the number of companies with all-male boards, the team behind the government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review uncovered shocking reasons why chairs and CEOs are unwilling to appoint more women.
