Is the gym sector too crowded to make money

By Debra Stuart

From the outside looking in, the health and fitness industry looks like a busy market place, with gym businesses targeting all levels of social demographics, jostling each other for a small sliver of the pie. In short, it doesn’t seem like a particularly attractive or wise business investment – and perhaps not the place to begin a fledgling business.

How cultural sensibilities in language can affect business negotiations

By Declan Mulkeen

Organisations working across cultures often adopt a corporate language in the belief that it makes business easier if their global employees speak the same language. In most multinational organisations, English is usually the chosen corporate language. But many organisations can be lulled into a false sense of security that, due to use of a common language, business communication should be easy.