Successful SME owners are passionate about their business but rarely about the administration needed to support it. Doing accounts must be one of the least appealing jobs.
Getting the right staff is essential for any SME but all too often, especially when margins are squeezed, owners and managers are tempted to save money on recruitment and training. However, this could cost them dear in the long run, argues Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library.
The recent news that cybercrime is to be reported as a separate category shows how online crime has increased over the last few years. We talked to Digital Shadows founders Alastair Paterson and James Chappell about how their different approach to cyber security may be the UK's needed solution.
Fancy flying off somewhere glamorous this weekend in your own private jet Although for most of us a seat on BA or easyJet is more familiar, the world of private aviation is changing with new players – many of them SMEs – disrupting the business models of this hitherto very discreet world and offering seats at lower prices than ever before.
The government-backed trade body Sharing Economy UK (SEUK) has struck a partnership with Balderton Capital to launch a pitch event, which will seek out British entrepreneurs disrupting the lucrative space filled with firm such as Airbnb and BlaBlaCar.
In what marks its second acquisition in under a month, London-based digital restaurant service Velocity has bought Canadian counterpart Tab Payments, which will provide access to more than 100 new eatery clients in Toronto and Montreal as the British firm embarks on conquering America.
While winning the game’s most prestigious trophy in 2003 probably ranks pretty highly on former professional rugby player Josh Lewsey’s CV, he’s also got a stint in the army, a post-grad in law and positions at Citi Group and PwC to impress with.
Personal appearance and hygiene are important, but British graduates seem to believe that spending more time on grooming than company research is the way to “dazzle” in an interview.
They say the entrepreneurial gene is something you're born with, rather than acquired. For David Barker, starting his own business at school wasn't an intentional thing – but was also an endeavour he didn't wait around to pursue further.
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