Simon Brooke

HR

HR & Management 5 min read

The firm providing freelancing opportunities for uni students that need to wrack up work experience

Businesses, especially those at the smaller end of the spectrum, are increasingly concerned about identifying and recruiting talent. It’s to solve this problem that a group of students from Portsmouth launched Gradlancer, an online service that connects motivated students with reputable employers looking for freelancers.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

SMEs should use social media to boost sales – and here’s how

Almost every large company has a Facebook page and a Twitter feed, but too many smaller and medium-sized businesses are still fighting shy of social media – according to Megan Collins, head of marketing at Paragon.

IN

Interviews 5 min read

Saluto: Giving SMEs the opportunity to advertise on mainstream TV

As TV broadcasters unveil Christmas schedules over the next few weeks, advertisers will be poring over the programming – deciding when and where to buy airtime.

BU

Business Technology 4 min read

The British firm cashing in on the fast-moving world of electronic payments

Even before Apple’s entry into the market, the electronic payments sector has been changing rapidly with new devices and technologies entering the market more frequently than ever.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

Friends since they were five and now their chocolate business is a sweet success

Some of the greatest partnerships in business go back many years, but Ed Smith and Richard Wilkinson, co-founders of innovative super-food chocolate brand Doisy & Dam, have known each other since they were toddlers.

BU

Business Technology 5 min read

SMEs should do more to embrace big data and learn from the big players

Big data is a big bogeyman to many small and medium-sized companies which regard it as too complex and time consuming to deal with.

HR

HR & Management 4 min read

SME bosses should encourage their staff to be disobedient to protect their businesses

It might sound crazy but, according to Ira Chaleff, “Intelligent Disobedience,” means that employees should sometimes ignore the orders that they’re given by company owners and managers and do what they believe is right.

OP

Opinion 4 min read

Small and growing firms should be more malleable when it comes to flexible working

Is flexible working allowed at your company According to Anne Cantelo, the founder and MD of Onyx Media and Communications, a Soho-based PR agency, more SMEs should allow employees to work flexibly.

IN

Interviews 5 min read

A near tragedy that prompted a corporate lawyer to set up a cutting edge food company

Geeta Sidhu Robb was feeding her baby son one day when he suddenly came out in hives and developed difficulties breathing. Although she didn’t know it at the time, he was having an anaphylactic attack and was at risk of death.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

Marketing your company: Its time to stop embracing failure and chase perfection instead

There’s too much talk today about embracing failure, according to Matthew Robinson, group development director at digital content provider The Moment, who is also of the belief that the idea is misplaced.