More businesses reporting signs of financial distress
Dwindling growth prospects and business confidence is leading to increased financial distress amongst the UK SME community, new evidence shows.
Social enterprise boosted by traditional firms? insatiable appetite for profit
The social economy is on the rise, and YouGov revealed how the nation believes it?s all because companies have started getting a bit greedier.
Office workers waste more time on slow tech than they spend on holiday
Office workers are wasting time using slow and outdated technology. In some cases, workers are wasting more time than they spend on holiday each year.
Profits of UK retail SMEs damaged by online shoppers abusing free returns
The rapid rate of returns over the past year has resulted in strained profit margins and operational activities for Britain’s retail SMEs, as consumers have begun abusing the opportunity to return items for free when shopping online.
Russian billionaire ups stake in Arsenal Football Club to 30 per cent
Alisher Usmanov has strengthened his position as the second biggest shareholder at London football team Arsenal by acquiring the remaining stake of his business partner.
Is the UK on the right path when it comes to productivity?
Founder of Freeformers, Gi Fernando, challenges the recent news stories and opinions that have surfaced regarding productivity and argues why deep change in the system is needed.
Shhh…listen to your employees and boost your profits
Bosses need to tap into their staff's knowledge to get the best results – increasing trust, reducing conflict and motivating.
Four companies with biggest annual losses in UK history ? Tesco included
While the fact that a lack of share purchases by Tesco's bosses has certainly raised some eyebrows, its reported loss of £6.4bn has ranked the company among the firms with the biggest losses in British history. With this in mind, we took a look at three other firms on the list to find out how much was lost, why it happened and what the bosses did to combat the figures.
Dyson posts record profits but still needs more skilled engineers
Dyson said soaring Asian demand had helped lift profits, but the business still needs to fill 300 vacant engineering roles to work on new projects.
Women failing to shout about entrepreneurial achievements despite outperforming men
A new study by Barclays and Cambridge University has found that women are less likely to be bullish about the prosperity of their businesses, despite female-run companies being found to be posting higher pre-tax profits on average.
Bad news for Morrisons: Booted off the FTSE 100 and prepped for shareholder revolt
Morrisons is not only facing the possibility of loosing its place in the FTSE 100, it is preparing for a shareholder revolt over the £3m payout handed out to the supermarket giant’s ousted CEO Dalton Philips.
Educating the market on the availability of FX savings
As businesses grow, the need to look overseas becomes a positive eventuality. One issue this throws up is dealing with foreign currency and the most cost-effective way of doing this.