The etiquette secrets for doing business in Asia-Pacific: Think twice before belittling a colleague or waving your card around September 23, 2015 Are you thinking about taking your business to other markets and expanding beyond Europe into Asia- Pacific? Taking the leap into Asian markets can be daunting – especially given the challenge of operating across very different cultures with specific rules and etiquette. Having acquired a Tokyo-based business, here are a few lessons I’ve [...]
Rugby World Cup: Wales have plans to combat rookie Burgess, says Howley September 23, 2015 Wales have hatched a plan to combat the unchartered threat posed by England rookie Sam Burgess when the two sides meet in Saturday’s pivotal Rugby World Cup clash at Twickenham, according to attack coach Rob Howley. Rugby league convert Burgess is set to replace the injured Jonathan Joseph in the crucial Pool A showdown despite [...]
Pressure mounts on boss Rodgers September 23, 2015 PRESSURE continued to mount on Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers after his side required penalties to squeeze past League Two Carlisle in the Capital One Cup third round at Anfield last night. Goalkeeper Adan Bogdan was the Liverpool hero has he made a hat-trick of saves in a shoot-out which the Reds won 3-2 after the [...]
Rugby World Cup: Australia shrug off failure to keep pace with Pool A rivals September 23, 2015 Australia coach Michael Cheika was unperturbed by his side’s failure to seize a bonus point after they made stuttering start to their Rugby World Cup campaign against Fiji at the Millennium Stadium yesterday. The Wallabies stormed into the ascendency courtesy of two first-half tries from No8 David Pocock, while prop Sekope Kepu also touched [...]
France keep up winning start September 23, 2015 FRANCE shrugged off a lacklustre opening to record their second victory at the Rugby World Cup with a bonus-point 38-11 win over Romania at the Olympic Stadium last night. Tries from full-back Sofiane Guitoune and flanker Yannick Nyanga – his first for France since November 2012 – gave Les Bleus a 17-6 half-time lead. A [...]
Patel drafted in for injured Ansari September 23, 2015 ENGLAND have recalled Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel from three years in the Test wilderness after Surrey youngster Zafar Ansari was ruled out of next month’s series against Pakistan. Spinner Ansari had been in line for a debut during the three-match series in the United Arab Emirates but dislocated his thumb on the day of his [...]
Tottenham need trophy to make them more than just top four also-rans – Trevor Steven’s Football Comment September 23, 2015 Two months in and it’s already starting to feel like another one of those seasons for Tottenham. Without Harry Kane’s exceptional form of last year, they have been struggling to score goals, and it’s hard to see this being the campaign when they break back into the top four. Spurs have not shown the [...]
Kevin de Bruyne on target as Manchester City thrash Black Cats September 23, 2015 Forward Kevin de Bruyne scored his second goal in as many matches as Manchester City recovered from successive defeats to dispatch struggling Sunderland 4-1 and surge into round four of the Capital One Cup last night. City ran riot in the first-half at the Stadium of Light as Argentina striker Sergio Aguero opened the scoring [...]
Smooth move: The right way to expand and quickly integrate a second office September 23, 2015 With success comes the potential – and often the necessity – of expanding your business, sometimes by adding satellite offices elsewhere in the country or abroad. Each new office brings with it new challenges, but it is the second which usually presents the biggest learning curve for most businesses. That said, opening a second [...]
The future of the FTSE 100: What next? The quarterly reshuffle has changed the complexion of the leading index September 23, 2015 The Bloodbath continued yesterday as mining shares plummeted further and the FTSE dipped below 6,000 points. Glencore, whose shares fell by 10.63 per cent yesterday, only graduated to the elite index in 2011, but the commodities supercycle has come to a juddering halt, depressing the internationally exposed FTSE. This week also saw one [...]
