Recent trends show the town centre landscape is set to change dramatically over the next 12 months. With this in mind, high street stakeholders are being urged to think differently if they want to secure their place in the future.
As UK commentators look to Germany in an effort to understand the country’s economic performance, increasingly, their attention is turning to the role played by the German “Mittelstand”, a group of highly effective mid-market businesses that drive the economy.
During the GREAT Festival of Creativity, entrepreneurs such as Kelly Hoppen, Jo Malone, Angela Hartnett and Rupert Sanderson are leading the charge in terms of demonstrating the best of British creativity. Spanning from film, healthcare, tech and tourism, many partnerships have been forged between the UK and China.
Mike Ashley has garnered a fair amount of disapproval from Sports Direct shareholders. They rejected his share incentive scheme in 2012 due to tax reasons, voted against his £73m bonus package and accused the company of “disregarding” shareholder concerns, not to mention rejected previous proposals due to related performance targets. But it's not the last of Ashley v shareholders - there's a clash going on again.
Yesterday at the Brit awards a competition was unleashed between Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran about who would be taking home the most awards, not to mention Madonna's minor falling mishap. Undoubtedly, however, with UK artists such as Royal Blood, One Direction and Paloma Faith riding high on the charts, it's easy to see why the music industry has become the “poster boy” for British exports.
It's been said that small businesses were the ones to lead the UK out of the recession. Dubbed the “lifeblood of the economy”, it's not hard to see why the sector has been subject to so much government focus. But would we be looking at a slightly different picture if Britain only had a total of 100 businesses
Lightpoint Medical, an innovative medical device company dedicated to improving the health outcome of cancer patients through image-guided surgery, is receiving a £1m government-funded grant and has also attracted further investment which could fast-track its move to market.
In last weeks Radio 4's The Bottom Line, presenter Evan Davies interviewed three entrepreneurs - Mandy Haberman, Shaun Pulfrey and Darcey Crownshaw - about their inventions, highlighting the importance of protecting your design.
London, along with New York, is one of the world’s two undisputed global financial centres, well ahead of the Eurozone’s two most significant centres Frankfurt and Paris. But much of this success has come from insurance and financial service exports, which may now be in sharp decline.
Hotel Football is On 2nd March, former Manchester United players Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville will be opening the world's first Hotel Football.
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