http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/ Get all the latest Business news in a convenient RSS feed. en-gb Sat, 17 May 2008 01:28:17 +0100 Copyright: (C) Play-2-Win Ltd http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/_furniture/gfx/logos/femalefirst.png http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/ A staggering 78% of the UK working population no longer take advantage of a full lunch hour, with 15% of those surveyed not taking a break at all, new research revealed today. In fact employees rarely step away from their desks, spending endless time queuing and at worst, are not even eating during their lunch break; a hungry 32% don’t eat at leas... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/lunch-413.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/lunch-413.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:21:58 +0100 Business Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group, was awarded a top Business prize last night. She was awarded this year's prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman award at champagne reception at London’s Berkeley Hotel last night. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/award-412.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/award-412.html Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:53:26 +0100 Business As the end of the fiscal year fast approaches, companies across the UK are taking stock and discussing new strategies for the year ahead. Now that all of last year’s paperwork has been tied up and Darling has delivered The Budget, it’s the perfect time to reassess what it will take to make 2008/2009 profitable in a less-than-encouraging economic c... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Investing+In+People-411.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Investing+In+People-411.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:45:31 +0000 Business Ellie Goss started her weaving business, Loominellie (www.loominellie.com) just a year ago after doing a degree and then a masters degree in weaving. Ellie designs and produces bespoke products aimed at independent department stores and has an unusual side line in combining pet hair with high quality wools so that you can now have a scarf made ou... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Loominellie-410.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Loominellie-410.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:23:23 +0000 Business The buy-to-let housing bubble looks set to burst according to a reprt by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The Institutes survey of the residential letting market has found the number of new instructions from landlords fell towards the end of 2007, for the first time since 1998, blaming recent restrictions on mortgage lending to would-b... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Buy+To+Let+Bubble+Ready+To+Burst-409.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Buy+To+Let+Bubble+Ready+To+Burst-409.html Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:10:33 +0000 Business Millions of British workers are still dreaming about what they want to do ‘when they grow up’….and they’re aged over 50. New research by learndirect Careers Advice has found that 46% of 50-pluses in the UK say they are not too old to start a new career or fulfil lifetime job goals. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Anneka+Rice+reveals+what+she+would+like+to+do+when+she+turns+50-408.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Anneka+Rice+reveals+what+she+would+like+to+do+when+she+turns+50-408.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:02:36 +0000 Business New York, NY February 20th, 2008 - It is estimated that at least 40% to 50% of business travelers are females compared to 1% thirty years ago. A new business travel network sees the majority of their online traffic is generated by women. SkyLounge concentrates on business travelers that want to network before, during and after their trips. Members ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Women+business+travelers+take+control+of+the+skies-407.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Women+business+travelers+take+control+of+the+skies-407.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:01:49 +0000 Business Career break mums would rather go back to school than back to work with 91 per cent stating that a job in education was best suited to working mums, according to a survey compiled by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). Mums with children under 16 were asked to vote for the jobs which they thought would be best for mothers returni... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Working+Mums+Yearn+to+Go+Back+to+School-406.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Working+Mums+Yearn+to+Go+Back+to+School-406.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:46:18 +0000 Business More than 10 million Brits1 dream of leaving their job and starting their own business, according to new research. Over a third (35 per cent) of workers have recently thought about setting up on their own, with one in five of those planning to make the leap into self employment in the next year. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Business+Brains-405.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Business+Brains-405.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:48:14 +0000 Business What do you with your handbags when you need it to be hands free? You probably put it on the floors of cafés, pavements, public toilets, the bus and tube. Then, when you arrive home you chuck it on the kitchen worktop or the bed! And that’s ok? Well actually it’s not! A recent heath study conducted in the USA found that 1 in 4 handbags, after... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Kitten+Kit+The+Clean+Kitchen+Table+Business-404.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Kitten+Kit+The+Clean+Kitchen+Table+Business-404.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:46:33 +0000 Business Have you ever thought about becoming a space scientist? Or working at the cutting-edge of technology creating gadgets that will become high street favourites? Or maybe you are looking to educate or employ talented people in this area and don't know where to start. In the post-feminist world such dreams should not be out of reach, and yet in the sci... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Hightech+toys+arent+just+for+boys-403.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Hightech+toys+arent+just+for+boys-403.html Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:02:39 +0000 Business Women are entering Britain’s boardrooms in increasing numbers and starting to change the face of business, according to the latest analysis of Britain’s 2.83 million directors by Experian®, the global information services company. Analysis of Experian’s National Business Database for the Female Directors Report 2007 has found that, for the first ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Number+of+female+directors+breaks+through+one+million+mark-402.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Number+of+female+directors+breaks+through+one+million+mark-402.html Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:15:28 +0000 Business Women are entering Britain’s boardrooms in increasing numbers and starting to change the face of business, according to the latest analysis of Britain’s 2.83 million directors by Experian®, the global information services company. Analysis of Experian’s National Business Database for the Female Directors Report 2007 has found that, for the first ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Number+of+female+directors+breaks+through+one+million+mark-401.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Number+of+female+directors+breaks+through+one+million+mark-401.html Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:00:14 +0000 Business UK businesses are increasingly prepared for disruption or disaster according to BSI British Standards’ annual Business Barometer, published today. The research found: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-400.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-400.html Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:46:04 +0000 Business Better Business For Female Entrepreneurs Everywoman co-founder offers some valuable advice to female entrepreneurs in latest Webinar. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-399.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-399.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:22:25 +0000 Business Going forward female owned businesses are expected to be the biggest growth sector in the next ten years, according to a range of independent studies. Female resignations hit a 30 year high according to the National Management Salary Survey, now in its 34th year. Based on a survey of 42,205 individuals the report finds that resignation rates for wo... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-398.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-398.html Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:10:06 +0100 Business Research shows female thinking shapes the workplace 'Right-brain' skills normally associated with women such as intuition and creativity are now more important in the work place than 'left-brain' skills associated with men, like logic and analysis. These are the key findings of the Living Britain report which reveals the growing influence that women are enjoying in the office. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-397.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-397.html Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:33:14 +0100 Business - Female Thinking Shapes the Workplace - The natural strengths of female thinking are driving new business models at all levels of corporate life. Intuition, creativity and the ability to collaborate are all associated with female right brain thinking and are becoming as valued in the business world as the more traditional left brain rational appr... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/women-396.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/women-396.html Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:58:15 +0100 Business Identification fraud victims are too fed up that most of them ignore it, doing absolutely nothing to prevent them being targeted again in the future, according to new research released yesturday wednesday (03.10.07). This 'don't care' attitude is leading to a growth in a new type of repeat victim that finds themselves scammed more than once for fai... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Identity+fraud-395.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/Identity+fraud-395.html Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:09:36 +0100 Business Training, recruitment and employment practices in London’s film and television companies are making it hard for workers from poorer backgrounds and from ethnic minority communities to embark on careers in the audio visual industry, according to a report released by the TUC today (Friday). Published to coincide with the latest ‘Move on Up&... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-394.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/business/business-394.html Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:54:46 +0100 Business