After last week’s column about Labour’s plans to decimate UK business by hiking the top rate of tax, there have been a few comments that entrepreneurs should keep their political opinions to themselves.
By Staff writer
Now the UK economy is in recovery, companies are feeling increasingly confident and looking to reduce costs and streamline their operations in different ways.
Time will tell whether the European Central Bank’s (ECB) €1.1tn quantitative easing (QE) package will have the desired impact on the real economy. Beating deflation is the paramount objective – how many times does the ECB have to reiterate its explicit mandate of maintaining price stability
The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all. However, the UK is still lagging behind. There have been numerous discussions about the potential for men to help achieve gender equality, but a First Women Summit debate asked what policies the next UK government should be prioritising in order to support women in business.
Building a business is like getting pregnant and falling in love even if it’s an ugly baby. At least, that’s what Sofia Fenichell, CEO and founder of Wonder Place said at the First Women Summit. Becoming an entrepreneur is all about having the confidence to transform ideas and let go when you know it’s a sinking ship, something which the panel agreed on.
Britain is open for business to foreign investors. But faced with a complex matrix of regulations and cultural sensitivities, overseas businesses seeking to internationalise their business to the UK need strong professional advice to ensure the journey – for both the business and its migrant employees – goes inwards and upwards.
The flexible working debate has increased in prevalence during recent years, as legislation involving parental leave and varied hours have emerged.
As a nation we’re naturally keen to make the most of the Chinese market, and now we’ll be jetting the good and the great over to the Far East for a kind of beauty parade.
Ander Michelena, CEO and co-founder of tech startup Ticketbis, shares his secrets on retaining key members of staff.
Entrepreneurship is under attack and the election will be the battlefield where Labour aims to stick the knife in to business owners, who are actually the saviours of the economy.
