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- Feb 10, 2017
How do you turn a good idea into success? This is something I’ve been practicing from the age of 12, and believe me I’ve had my fair share of failures, but which successful entrepreneur hasn’t? Take Colonel Sanders for instance; having lost four jobs by the age of 17, being washed out of the army and finally retiring from a cooking job at a small café when he was 65, h...
UK bosses have revealed the most ludicrous reasons given by employees when calling in sick. The research, conducted by Powwownow, found that one in five (21 percent) employees in the UK are likely to give an outlandish reason for not coming in to work, compared with only seven percent of Dutch workers and 11 percent of French workers, who are more honest. The survey found the to...
2017 is set to be an exciting year for marketers. Last year saw disruptive technology being implemented into all sectors of business, changing the way we as consumers, learn, transact and interact. 2017 will see an acceleration of this, with clear implications for those of us in the marketing department, as we embrace the data we acquire through technology such as AI and IoT and use it to crea...
Amazon recently announced that through its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service, the company delivered more than two billion Marketplace items worldwide. The FBA programme has helped growing businesses accelerate and handle the work of packaging and shipping orders to customers over busy periods such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 2016 was indeed the year of the seller and Amazon has hel...
Maintaining market leadership in the tech sector is hard. Very hard. There are several factors at the heart of long-term leadership but innovation is the single most important characteristic.Without it, even the largest companies get wiped out, quickly. Sustained innovation in large companies is rare and only lasts if ingrained in both the culture and company’s organizational s...
Deciding where to locate a business has never been more important. Location plays a huge role in attracting and retaining the best employees, many of who are keeping a close eye on where they're based in order to optimise work-life-balance. Good location decisions can significantly boost a company's long-term performance. Poor ones can cost millions in lost talent, productivity an...
Manufacturing giant Unilever has committed to ensuring that all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025 as it called on the entire fast-moving consumer goods industry to accelerate progress towards the circular economy. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), just 14 percent of the plastic packaging used globally makes its way to recyc...
From disruption on Southern Rail to the impact of Brexit, much is expected to happen in the UK’s transport sector this year. James Stamp, UK head of transport at KPMG, highlights that a number of emerging factors in the transport sector means business-as-usual will not be an option in 2017, and business models will need to change. He said: 1 Local power “ As polit...
If you’re a budding entrepreneur considering going solo in 2017, Danish interiors and a resurgence of jive dancing could make big business according to a new study by Yell Business . The digital marketing specialist combined business predictions made in early 2016 with end of year research from their online business directory www.yell.com that identified other services in high demand ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s November victory over Hillary Clinton raises the question of whether we should take seriously his threats to ‘rip up’ the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. But - as with several other measures proposed by Mr Trump - there is significant ambiguity around his stated approach to the JCPOA. It is unclear at this stage whethe...
The use of powerful technologies is increasing in firms of every size as prices falls and access becomes easier – particularly using online Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. These can make high functionality software applications and services available to even the smallest of firms for a relatively affordable monthly fee – thus enabling them to compete with larger and better ...
Employee engagement is a vital part of succeeding in today’s fast-paced, highly competitive business world. Engaged organisations benefit from reduced staff turnover, more productive employees, improved efficiency and higher customer retention and are ultimately more profitable. With these benefits within grasp, senior executives are making employee engagement a business priority an...
Recent data released from Gatwick reveals that less than 10 per cent of all business travellers actually travel in business class, meaning more and more business passengers are flying in economy and expected to be fresh and ready for work as soon as they’re off the plane. Furthermore, the data also reveals that business passengers will fly on average no less than 10 times pe...
When I look back at 2016, I realise how spoiled we have been with a bumper year of sport. The sheer hard work, determination and dedication required by each athlete to succeed is extraordinary and the sense of pride, celebration and inspiration that this instils in observers is second to none. This made me think about the power of health and fitness and whether or not businesses should be doin...
Intrapreneurship – where staff are encouraged to be in-house entrepreneurs – has been slow to take off in professional services but this is set to change as firms seek agile new ways to drive growth. The concept is simple. Your firm empowers employees to take the initiative and solve problems. In effect, the employees become entrepreneurs from within. They take risks, lead-on ...
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