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Why Small Businesses fail to invest in HR Software in a Timely Fashion Business

If you are start-up or small business knowing when to invest in new tools and software is important. You need to do it at the right time. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of leaving things too late Read More...

A brief history of the troubled 42 year long relationship between the UK and the EU Be Inspired

After over a decade of dalliance and refusals, Britain finally joined the European Community in 1973. This was a time when the UK’s political landscape had an unfamiliar look to those accustomed Read More...

Being Self-Employed: How to be Compliant and Maximise Earnings Startup Topics

The term ‘accidental entrepreneur’ was first coined in America during the Great Recession, and it refers to a demographic of individuals who eschewed the traditional labour market in the pursuit o Read More...

Three of the Best Approaches to Training People for Leadership Growth

With the unemployment figures in the UK lower than they have been for over half a decade, it’s clear that people are finding work easier now then they have done for a long time. With more and more p Read More...
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What happens when interest rates rise? Finance

If you’re running a business enterprise of some kind – have you thought what is likely to happen to your business if and when interest rates rise? The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve have Read More...

Three Things You Need To ‘Flip Houses’ Finance

The principle of house flipping is very simple indeed, and there are many entrepreneurs all over the world that make a huge success of it even in tough economic times. Unfortunately, there are also a Read More...

Working on a project: how to collaborate with your team effectively Culture

We’ve all been there, perhaps at college, maybe for a work project, whatever it was – working in a team isn’t always the easiest process. You might have a few slackers in your group, or maybe ev Read More...

4 Ways to say no to non-payment and enjoy an influx of invoices Finance

Late payments, non-payments, missed payments, languishing invoices – if this sounds like the usual waking nightmare for your SME, you’re not alone. This type for payment misbehaviour is rife i Read More...

Family Business Growth

Today family businesses appear quaint, old fashioned and decreasing in number. Most bright sparks pursuing a business career these days are conceiving of hot start-ups and a possible big sellout befor Read More...

The Pursuit of Happiness: Start-ups in the US Culture

© Mari Smith “Facebook HQ – The Facebook Wall!” Though often derided, the American Dream is an incredibly powerful part of the country’s psyche, lying at the heart of its commitme Read More...

The Smart Future of M2M Technology Entrepreneurship

© OuiShare “OuiShare Summit 2012” M2M (machine-to-machine) technology is prolific in the start-up scene but can often be drowned out by the flashier innovations in social media and app cr Read More...

Dressing to Impress Culture

© Robert Sheie “Suits” Despite the fact that an increasing number of start-up companies are based around cutting edge technologies and advanced scientific theory, it seems that many of ou Read More...

A Bird in the Hand – Starting Up the Internet of Things Entrepreneurship

© Stiftelsen “Det händer på Internet 2013” Recent reports have indicated that tech-giant Google have acquired intelligent thermostat and smoke detector company Nest Labs in a take-over Read More...

Sustainable Efficiency Innovation

One of the key principles of continued and long term economic success is innovation in its broadest sense. It does not only concern the business strategy itself, which nonetheless, should constantly b Read More...

Green Innovation Innovation

Image Copyright © Petra Schmidt / pixelio.de In recent years we have been hearing the term ‘’sustainability’’ more and more, as the number of its advocates has continued to rise. But what doe Read More...