Opinion

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Enterprise UK closure: a tragedy for SMEs

The closure of Enterprise UK: an absolute tragedy and waste of an organisation.

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Top ten companies for leadership

What are the best companies for leadership" The usual suspects are all there, but with some depressing findings too.

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Virgin Atlantic ads: harmless fun?

Is the new, Bond-style TV ad from Virgin Atlantic demeaning to women?

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Flirting: A business tool

It may raise eyebrows, but flirting is a powerful business tool.

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UK roadworks are damaging business

Any business that has to use this country’s road network will have serious complaints about how it affects productivity and profits. Roadworks caused by utility companies impede freight and public transport and are a serious cause of economic inefficiency.

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Breakfast with Steve Ballmer

This morning I listened to Steve Ballmer talking over breakfast. Admittedly I was one of a few hundred people in the LSE lecture theatre but privileged nonetheless to hear the thoughts of Microsoft's CEO on cloud computing.

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The business-jargon dictionary

This week I present my jargon dictionary (or “jargonary”). There are an awful lot of words that take on wholly different meanings in the confines of the office. Here's my A-to-Z glossary of them.

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Product launch: the tale of Martin Loofah King

Novelty-gifts genius Shed Simove recently decided to create a new bathware product – a shower mitten that combines politics with personal hygiene. Intrigued He tells Real Business how he got it off the ground (and into the shower).

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What do I really want out of the business?

Trying to pull back control from the mayhem of early November when Second-in-Charge and I made careless error of actually trying to do our own jobs (ie: "little things" like next year’s supplement brochure and year end) but resultantly took our eye off balls that should belong to the middle management.