Sheryl Sandberg: We’ve got to get more women “sitting at the table”
In 2010, Sheryl Sandberg delivered a speech that offered three pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite. We took a look at one of her tips.
Tag: Confidence
Business books are not just a boys game: Six titles written by impressive women
To celebrate International Women’s day on 8 March and to encourage women in business, Panoma Press found six books written by successful females in their respective career paths – here we unveil them.
Cyber security has become an issue that is at the heart of the accountancy profession
What is needed, but is still often lacking, is a strategic approach to mitigating cyber crime risks. Finance professionals should thus play a leading role in defining certain key areas of such an approach.
Its not all doom and gloom: Moving UKs business landscape ahead with confidence
By Andrew Moore
I was helpfully reminded the other day that recessions run in ten-year cycles and that, in theory, we are closer to the next recession than we are to the last. So as we enter 2016, we could be only a couple of years away from another trigger, as when financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2008.
Flexible working relies on trust and an “outcome” focus
By Andrew Moore
I was reading an article last month about a creative agency, Potato that has ditched the traditional nine to five model. There are no fixed working hours and staff are allowed to turn up and leave work whatever time they like – as long as the work gets done.
UK finance bosses cut risk appetite due to economic uncertainty
Corporate risk appetite and sentiment have faded in the face of weakness in emerging economies and global equity markets, suggested Deloitte’s latest CFO survey.
New York officially loses its title of leading financial centre to London
London has moved ahead of New York to reclaim the position of leading financial centre across the globe, according to the ranking system of think tank Z/Yen.
Booming confidence in UK service sector at highest point in 14 years
By David Craik
The latest quarterly CBI service sector survey showed the services sector is bouncing back after a weak start in 2015.
“March of the makers” being stalled due to lack of funding
By David Craik
British manufacturers fear they are falling behind their global rivals when it comes to dreaming up new products because of a lack of government investment.
Fortune favours the brave: Be confident in British heritage, says Cobra Beer’s Karan Bilimoria
Speaking at Value Creation, an event exclusively focused on unlocking growth, Cobra Beer founder Karan Bilimoria hailed Britain as “the little country that became the fifth largest economy in the world” – and Brits shouldn’t be afraid to flaunt it.