Exactly how you make work “work” is something many entrepreneurs will have pondered and was certainly at the forefront of my mind when I was working as a lawyer in a magic circle firm in the noughties.
George Osborne revealed during the Autumn Statement 2015 that he will enforce an apprenticeship levy by April 2017 as part of the Spending Review in order to create three million apprenticeships – all of which will be “high quality” as overseen by a body led by business secretary Sajid Javid.
It’s said that The Queen only carries cash on Sundays for the church collection basket. This was confirmed by an airport sniffer dog trained to sniff out wads of cash earlier in 2015 – her search of the Queen’s bag was decidedly unrewarding. However, even though The Queen does not carry cash this is not to suggest that society is ready to part with it.
Michael Beaven, director of digital at Methods Digital, looks at his experiences when he was part of the Government Digital Service (GDS) team and how it will need to be prepared for the next wave of transformation in government.
Having seen the UK tech sector’s paced growth for almost a decade, George Mathew, president and COO of Alteryx, warns that Britain may be in danger of too closely following America’s lead, creating “sub-prime unicorns”.
By Peter Ewen
Peter Ewen, managing director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, charts the evolution of asset-based lending as part of a new Real Business digital guide looking at the finance option.
By Dave Palmer
When we think of cyber security threats, we almost always visualise an outsider threat: a competitor, a hacker, or some other third-party adversary. However, when we look at the cyber security breaches that have done the most damage, we repeatedly see inside jobs as well— from the recent breach of Ashley Madison to Edward Snowden’s release of NSA records over two years ago.
By Ross Cocker
An increasing number of UK businesses are turning to mergers and acquisitions as a vehicle for growth.
Today’s companies are coming to terms with the era of “big data”. At some point today, you’ve likely come face to face with data. Whether big or small, in a desktop excel file or the cloud, the influence of data on daily life cannot be ignored.
By Simon Brooke
As more new market disruptors and mould-breaking businesses emerge, the law has been increasingly slow to respond and catch up – but new businesses shouldn’t be put off innovating.
