It’s not exactly been a secret that Google has been in hot water recently, with the European Union accusing the US tech giant of cheating competitors. The company looks to be making an effort to fix that image with its latest move.
With a mother and father better placed than most to advise on why and where their children should ultimately find work, movements giving youngsters early exposure to the workplace are to be commended.
With Paul McCartney topping the Sunday Times Rich List of musicians with his £730m fortune, and only five of the top ten names dabbling in the business world, it shows that the music industry really is, as the government suggested, the “poster boy” of British exports.
Commenting on data which showed public borrowing for the last financial year came in lower than expected at £87bn, the Centre for Economics Business and Research (Cebr) said the latest figures were “nothing to be proud of”.
By David Craik
David Cameron’s pledge earlier this week to ensure that at least three out of every five new jobs are created outside of London and the South East raised some interesting points about regional strengths.
A few weeks back I attended a technology partners update session and was handed an intelligent power plug; one I could control from my iPhone and that would allow me to turn things on and off from anywhere on the planet. I became a fully paid up member of the Internet of Things (IoT) club.
By David Craik
We’ve seen a huge £100m investment in Funding Circle, the launch of new site Emerging Crowd targeted at SMEs in developing markets and the creation of SyndicateRoom’s “Investors’ Academy”.
Speaking to Real Business at the site of Croydon’s new business incubator, the shadow business secretary warned that more needs to be done to provide affordable business space. His comments came after new research showed small businesses were becoming increasingly put off from being based in central London.
Business leaders need to stay abreast of digital learning opportunities, in particular the benefits offered from the increasingly popular technique of “blended learning”.
The recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of Jetivia SA v Bilta confirmed that where a company is a victim of a fraud or dishonest act committed by its directors, the directors are not able to attribute their unlawful conduct to the company.
