Taking clients to a new job: Know your post-exit rights March 30, 2016 Imagine this scenario: you’re in a job that you once loved, or at least enjoyed. But now you’re tired of it and particularly fed up with your boss. You start to look elsewhere, read your employment contract, and then you alarmingly discover that you’re somewhat stuck. Yes, you’ve got some rather nasty post-termination restrictions in your [...]
Millennials are so healthy they’ve started rejecting bacon, according to new survey from Glotech Repairs March 29, 2016 In a potential threat to the traditional English fry-up breakfast, new research suggests millennials are spurning bacon in favour of healthier alternatives. A survey of breakfast eating habits has found more than 25 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds have removed bacon from their first meal of the day. As well as shunning bacon, scrambled is overtaking [...]
“How would you get an elephant in a fridge?”: These are the 10 toughest questions asked at job interviews – including questions from Topshop, Network Rail and EY March 29, 2016 Job interviews are galling at the best of times – but imagine being asked how to squeeze an elephant into a fridge, or how many people named Gary were born in 2013. That's what candidates at, respectively, Gemalto and BT were faced with, according to jobs marketplace Glassdoor, which has put together the 10 toughest [...]
Corporate hospitality: The secret to getting it right March 29, 2016 In today's business environment, hospitality remains a vital part of building and maintaining client relationships. As an increasing amount of day-to-day contact with our customers and potential customers is conducted remotely, “face time” helps build trust, candour and forge stronger working relationships. It goes without saying that the need to demonstrate a return on investment or, [...]
Dints International’s Geoffrey de Mowbray talks crows, mines and why business is always the right tool for development March 29, 2016 School and me were never the best match. The problem was that I enjoyed breaking rules far more than I liked adhering to them,” says Geoffrey de Mowbray, founder of African mining supply chain provider Dints International, before adding, “I suppose my entrepreneurial nature shone through a bit even then”. By “a bit”, he means that, [...]
How innovation is transforming the property industry March 29, 2016 A wave of innovation is transforming Britain’s property industry. A younger generation of motivated millennials in their early to mid 20s is coming in, looking at the traditional ways that companies have been doing things and recognising that demand has moved on and people want something different – and increasingly more social – from real estate. [...]
UK entrepreneurs top 100: From Richard Branson to Edwina Dunn, these are the most influential business founders in the UK on social media March 25, 2016 Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or have spent years building a business, you could do worse than to hear the stories of those who've been through it all before. So we've put together a list of the UK's best and brightest at building businesses to get you inspired – from those who are near the [...]
Lessons from the US presidential race: How to spot authentic leaders March 24, 2016 With the 2016 presidential race in full swing in the United States, the candidates are gearing up for the final round of state caucuses and primaries in advance of each party’s nomination convention later in the year. The spotlight has increasingly fallen on the two Democrats and two leading Republicans still in the race, and any [...]
How to fund your Executive MBA – tips from top business schools March 23, 2016 Students starting London Business School’s Executive MBA (or EMBA) this year will pay £72,795 to take the part-time course. Given that it’s one of the world’s leading providers of executive education, this is not abnormal (the EMBAs of most top UK schools range from £50,000 to £75,000 for full or part-time courses) – but it’s also [...]
Fuel success: The tricks that will make you faster at work March 23, 2016 Entrepreneurs and business leaders alike seem to have developed an obsession with boosting their own productivity. From apps to manage our time to installing sleeping pods in offices, we’re all concerned about how to get as much done as possible. This idea of “hacking” productivity, to discover new shortcuts to maximise efficiency, can apply to [...]