How to solve a problem like Royal Mail
The Royal Mail strikes may be over for now but the root problems still remain. Turnaround expert Anthony Holmes has a rather unusual solution to the current stand off between management and the CWU.
The Royal Mail strikes may be over for now but the root problems still remain. Turnaround expert Anthony Holmes has a rather unusual solution to the current stand off between management and the CWU.
Inspiration comes from the strangest things. Last week I was having a conversation with Joanna Van Vleck, founder of a rockin' new company called The Trunk Club. It’s the States' hottest new Web 2.0 business: an online clothes shop for men with expert style advice thrown in. It's catching on like wildfire. With this rapid growth and notoriety comes a need for risk capital of the best kind – venture capital. And you wouldn't believe how similar the venture capital process is to another risky enterprise: dating.
Following the TechCrunch furore last week, Real Business went straight to its favourite digital marketing genius, Guy Levine, for his views on the porn for page impressions debate. His verdict: all's fair in keywords and meta tagging.
Exhaustion starting to hit with a vengeance. Right hand still off and sales office starting to look pale and over stretched.
As building materials giant Wolseley sees profits drop 77 per cent after being hit by the US and UK housing slowdown, plumbing entrepreneur Charlie Mullins warns that the industry needs to adapt to weather the economic storm.
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