Slacking and napping at work could lead to business success July 3, 2019 Want a killer app for making your company more innovative? Look no further than to your nearest nursery school. Here, the staff are trained to ensure that their young clients utilise a key innovation technique – the midday nap. As odd as this may seem, something similar may be just the thing to kickstart your [...]
A little more conversation, a little less technology please July 2, 2019 Profit is not just about how much money you make. It’s about how you make it too. And how likely you are to make that money again and again, so you create a sustainable business that will be around for the long term. This longevity will come as much from how you communicate as it [...]
If there are problems the government can’t solve, unleash the power of entrepreneurs July 2, 2019 Britain must soon learn to wrestle with more responsibility over its domestic policy than it has had since the 1970s. For decades, the country’s financial direction has been increasingly influenced at a European level, but with Brexit looming, our next Prime Minister and his likely-new chancellor must be prepared to grab both existing and newly-available [...]
Kim Kardashian’s business lessons for bosses July 2, 2019 Kim Kardashian West is no stranger to being in the news, but recent stories surrounding her have been a far cry from the usual headlines. For instance, after successfully fighting for convicted drug trafficker Alice Johnson to be granted clemency by President Trump, the celebrity has revealed that she’s studying for a law degree, stating [...]
DEBATE: Does it really matter who becomes the next leader of the Liberal Democrats? July 2, 2019 Does it really matter who becomes the next leader of the Liberal Democrats? Alex Deane, a Conservative commentator, says YES. It is all too easy in British political life to write a party off – and it’s usually wrong. I know Tories who thought in the Blair heyday that they’d never be in power again. [...]
Senior women in finance call for female-led IPOs to triple July 1, 2019 Senior women from top financial institutions have called for the number of female-led businesses going public to triple by 2025. Leading women from major banks, law firms and insurance companies gathered at the opening of the London Stock Exchange this morning to call for change as part of a campaign by the WealthiHer Network. Read [...]
FTSE 100 on track to hit gender target July 1, 2019 FTSE 100 firms are on track to achieve the target of 33 per cent of board positions going to women by 2020, however, 14 companies in the FTSE 350 still only have one or no women on the board. Figures published today show that 32.1 per cent of FTSE 100 board positions are held by [...]
Calling the data doctor: How Chronomics wants to educate you about your epigenetics June 27, 2019 How old are you? A simple enough question, you may think, but not for Dr Tom Stubbs, co-founder and chief executive of epigenetic testing company Chronomics. Epigenetics is (to quote the Chronomics website) the study of heritable phenotype changes that do not involve alteration in the DNA sequence. It’s essentially how environmental factors – from [...]
On-the-shelf idea: Time to get our libraries booked for business June 27, 2019 There has been much debate around the demise of the high street. Big brands are going under, and there is an increasing number of empty shops littering the retail landscape. As a passionate retailer and entrepreneur, I find this a depressing sight. But in all the debate around business rates, the threat of online, and [...]
Feeling lactose intolerant? A guide to office milk etiquette June 26, 2019 “Got milk?” The answer, if you’re reading this in the office or on your commute, is probably “no”. And if “yes”, it will be followed with “but not for much longer”. We’re all having a good laugh this week at the employee of Doncaster Council, who took the ingrained culture of petty office protectionism to [...]