By David Comyn
The world of business often has a tendency to come across as a rather hard-nosed sort of industry. Those outside of its boundaries can see businesses as elitist, uncaring, and only about one thing: making money.
Having been one of the most hotly-debated economic topics in recent years, companies throughout the UK could be rejoicing or commiserating after predicted changes to local business rates.
By Robert Yardy
The spotlight has once again been cast on the importance of apprenticeships with George Osborne’s autumn statement promising to raise £3bn a year to fund three million employer apprenticeships across the UK.
As regular Real Business readers will know, apprenticeships are at the top of my agenda. However, since the chancellor put the gloss on his Autumn Statement with the details of his apprenticeship levy, there is a real feeling that momentum is growing behind vocational training.
By Matt Singer
People want to make a certain impression and impact when it comes to their social media profiles, and that’s the same can be said when it comes to a job interview – although those impressions are probably worlds apart. As such, research has found you should think twice about that new selfie.
A week after chancellor George Osborne decided to shut the doors to the Business Growth Service and the schemes it ran, we have been in continued conversation with the business community to gauge its reaction – and it’s been pretty unanimously against the move.
By Kevin Mann
London is often the UK city grabbing all of the headlines, but as George Osborne pushes his Northern Powerhouse scheme, he’ll likely be pleased to hear that an entrepreneur from New Zealand set his sights on Newcastle ahead of the UK capital for his company’s debut on British soil.
A fantastic mentor doesn’t believe in a glass ceiling for women. As such, everyone should have a mentor throughout their career to guide them on their path to success.
By Gareth Fryer
Garth Fryer, director of WAE, a leading London-based global service design consultancy, talks about the difficulties of setting up an internal startup company
Do you remember it was just three years ago that the FSA was minded to make VCTS unregulated collective investment schemes Many of us rode forth to do battle. My contribution was to go and see them in their lair at North Colonnade with a fellow VCT director.
