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What life on a farm taught one successful growing business owner

October 26, 2015

By Simon Brooke

When Simon Conington, founder of BPS World, tells people what he used to do for a living before he founded the fast-growing global recruitment company, they can’t imagine that the two worlds could be connected in any way.

Healthcare to hiring: A small business that is expanding the role of technology

October 21, 2015

By Simon Brooke

As concerns continue about NHS funding, its leaders are constantly looking to see how they can utilise technology to provide better healthcare to our ageing population with its more complex health needs.

Challenges to the shareholder-centric company model are rising

August 3, 2015

By Shane Schutte

At the University of Edinburgh’s Corporate Finance Conference, Andrew Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, suggested that the public company model is increasingly being questioned.

There is now more than double the number of high growth businesses in Britain compared to 2013

July 16, 2015

By Shane Schutte

A new study by Citrix and YouGov, highlighting the growth of the SME sector, has found that some 426,000 businesses have grown by 50 per cent or more since 2013.

A CFO’s take on how to really value a SaaS business

July 15, 2015

By Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson, CFO at Software Europe, looks at the traditional measure of valuing a company though its EBITDA and argues that cloud and SaaS companies mustn’t be afraid to invest back into the offering to keep innovation flowing and customers happy.

What you can expect to earn at Facebook, Google, eBay and LinkedIn as a junior

April 9, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

New research has shed light on what junior employees at the world’s leading technology companies can envisage earning when starting out, with business social media platform LinkedIn coming out on top.

SME growth more likely to happen with effective time management

February 17, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

Effective time management could be the key to SME growth, as study finds punctuality makes it 20 per cent more likely that companies will achieve increased growth margins than those with poor timekeeping and organisation.

UK tech firms to grow four times rate of GDP in 2015

February 9, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

A fast growth survey from Barclays quizzed owners and chiefs of British tech companies to find that they’re set to grow four times faster than the GDP in 2015.

Malfunctioning technology causes quarter of UK employees to lose work data

February 6, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

A quarter of UK workers have lost work data due to glitch-riddled technology within their business.

2015 tipping point as British firms plan mass mobile tech adoption

January 30, 2015

By Zen Terrelonge

Companies in the UK are ready to truly embrace mobility this year, as IT leaders plan to invest in smartphones, apps, video conferencing and more, according to study from businesses communications firm Olive Communications.

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