On the eve of chancellor George Osborne unveiling the government’s approach to improving the UK’s dire productivity level, Real Business is launching our new focus, which will examine what business leaders themselves can do to make their operations more streamlined and efficient.
After a Budget which provide those in the business world with slightly more than they were probably expecting, Real Business pulled together some of the more interesting comments from entrepreneurs and senior leaders.
Two Budget’s in three months, we are being spoilt. But can the business community expect much from a speech which is roundly considered to be dominated by austerity plans and welfare cuts
Economists have long proposed many channels through which education may affect growth, but with the UK’s universities being under threat from international rivals and global businesses starting to pick up speed, now might be time to start listening.
By James Lyons
With AIM now more than two decades old, Ashfords partner James Lyons analyses how much of a success it has been as a junior market, and just what goes into becoming a public company these days.
Russell Gould, COO at Everline and ezbob, crunches some numbers and looks at whether small businesses are being turned off of pursuing future growth because of a lack of expansion capital.
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans to pay down the UK’s deficit, which involves selling the government’s remaining 30 per cent stake in Royal Mail.
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld, notorious for being one of the key reasons for the 2008 financial crisis, has offered his own views on why the financial crisis happened and why Lehman was such a great business.
In light of upcoming strikes which could see our transport system descend into chaos, it’s time for voting laws to be taken further than business secretary Sajid Javid’s new plans to ensure the union’s voice is truly representative.
Despite the financial crisis and MPs’ expense scandals, our leaders often appear to have learnt little as they go from one crisis to the next, according to social entrepreneur Richard Wilson. One can’t help but wonder whether he’s alluding that we should no longer be surprised as they will continue to disappoint unless they change the way they lead.
