Sitting at home watching Usain Bolt saunter into a packed stadium then sprint the 100 metres in super-human time, it’s easy to feel that life as an Olympic athlete is worlds apart from those of us who sit behind a desk running a business.
By Jason Yang
Many successful businesses aspire to develop a global strategy and expand into new territories. This move can be for various reasons, often to increase global market share, lower manufacturing costs or diversify customer base.
By Phil Holt
Phil Holt, CEO of digital agency Web Foundry, discusses that “light bulb moment” when an idea takes hold, but offers a note of caution to safeguard against a number of common mistakes and misconceptions that can lie ahead on the rocky road to online success.
By David Craik
As a new piece of policy, aimed at boosting the pension pots of British workers and ensuring that we do not develop a dependency culture from lack of personal savings, auto-enrolment is now in full swing. But what happens to businesses which do not comply with its framework
By David Craik
As the number of businesses reaching the date when auto-enrolment duties start, known as the staging date, Real Business has produced a comprehensive checklist to ensure business leaders are not forgetting anything.
By Rick Jackson
Rick Jackson, the CMO of data analytics firm Qlik, talks about how small and medium sized business leaders can make better use of the data available to them.
Following on from a look at which VoIP system is best for your business, Rafael Cortes, Foehn head of marketing, by getting down to the specifics of how a cloud phone system can save money for your business and improve the productivity of your employees.
By Michael Hack
While stories often discuss high profile cyber attacks on large firms and major brands like TalkTalk, LinkedIn and Twitter continue, the worrying trend now is that cyber criminals are increasingly turning their attention to small and medium businesses.
Cisco’s “2016 Midyear Cybersecurity Report” (MCR) suggested firms are unprepared for future strains of ransomware as fragile infrastructure and poor network hygiene are providing ample time for adversaries to operate. We spoke with leaders from Lloyd’s, Fujitsu and Arbor Networks on the subject.
Transforming a groundbreaking idea into a fast-growing business is the ultimate goal for many tech entrepreneurs and breaking away from the protective environment offered by incubators and accelerator programmes is a tempting pathway to success. But in the early days it is important they temper their enthusiasm with a sound foundation of business management knowledge.
