A look at Boris Johnsons record as London mayor
As the enigmatic and divisive Boris Johnson enters his final full calendar year as London mayor, Real Business analyses his accomplishments ahead of a move into Westminster politics.
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Taming the fragmented sales beast: Should Apple Pay excite UK retailers
By Emma Crowe
Considering mobile payments are expected to hit £149.1 billion globally this year, you would expect Apple Pay to excite British retailers. Apple’s enormous market share throughout the UK makes it seem like an even more perfect fit. However, there’s more to the story.
Charlie Mullins: Good entrepreneurs look forward, not back, at this time of year
Having seen what has worked well during the last year and period of current government control, I know exactly what I’d like to see during 2015.
Is your business card payment friendly
Self-employment figures in 2014 have been higher than at any point over the past 40 years. Such is the significance of this growth that the think tank IPPR2 has even dubbed the UK the ‘self-employment capital’ of Western Europe.
Forget cautious optimism , 2015 is apparently all about tempered optimism
It’s one of the business world’s more annoying sayings, revealing little and very much sitting on the fence. But fear not, “cautious optimism” is on its way out!
Make time to rest and recuperate as a business owner
By Jan Cavelle
As Christmas approaches and brings to an end a very busy month and year, make a point of switching of mentally, digitally and physically.
Calling all female business builders Have your say ahead of the 2015 general election
The coalition government has placed business at the heart of many recent policy changes and introductions, but are the voices of senior business women and professionals being heard
There’s no formula for surviving, but employers each have their own recipes
By Jo Haigh
It’s my 25th year in business, a quarter of a century, just over half my life, and almost all my working life. To say there has been the odd crisis would be a monumental understatement. Frankly, sometimes I have felt I have lurched from one crisis to another. But still I have survived.
Is the Financial Misconduct Authority a regulator unfit for purpose
Clifford Chance partner Simon Davis’ 225 page study of the FCA induced major fall in Insurance Companies’ share prices and the ensuing false market, on the 28th March this year, is a devastating insight into how unfit for purpose our financial regulator is and why this is so.
The biggest digital breakthroughs of 2014
We’ve tracked down the biggest movements in the technology and digital space from across the year, which the markets will only look to experience more growth in 2015. How will you incorporate the platforms into your business