Some of the UK's biggest retail names and companies have launched the National Skills Academy for Retail, in the hope of creating the biggest network of retail training centres ever ...
A new poll has revealed some of the most annoying emailing habits, which we are all guilty of committing.Email may have taken over from verbal communication, but when it comes ...
Five of the UK’s leading female executives have today been announced on the short-listed for the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award for 2009. The winner will be announced at a ...
After famously re-mortgaging her house to generate money for the first MOBO Awards, entrepreneur Kanya King has teamed up with Thomson Local for her latest project.Kanya and Thomson Local are ...
As the economy continues to decline, there has been a rise in university applications, in particular those applying who want to be mature students.There has been a marked increase in ...
In a long over due admission official figures have confirmed that the UK is now in recession for the first time since 1991. Gross domestic product fell by 1.5% in ...
Every email in Britain is to be tracked by the Government in a bid to target crime and terrorist activity. The new scheme by the Home Office means that ...
Online shopping saw its busiest day of the year on Sunday, as Christmas shoppers recognised the benefits of shopping from home in a bid to cut costs during difficult financial ...
The UK economy shrank by 1% between September and November, according to data released by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). The fall comes on top of ...
In an impassioned cry for support from the engine room of British business, three out of ten SMEs fear they will not be here in 12 months time. However, the ...
Making up 99% of all UK businesses, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the driving force behind Britain’s economy. Against the backdrop of the current economic downturn, a new ...
Research shows in the last three years 8.4 million people switched careers, with 3.2 million planning on doing the same thing this year.It’s thought millions of adults want to “skill ...
Last chance for small companies to win up to £40,000The UK is the European hotbed in the innovation of low carbon technologies and attracts 41% of the total venture capital ...
When personal finance stories lead the news agenda, you know it's time for people to take their own cash crisis a little more seriously. New research has revealed that ...
Networks have oiled the wheels of commerce for centuries. From membership of ancient guilds through to the stereotypical old boys networks based on the school tie - close interlinked relationships ...
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has today announced his support for WEConnect, a new initiative aimed at connecting women owned companies with multinational corporations.WEConnect works to break down the barriers faced ...
This Sunday 7 September Google hits its tenth birthday. As it draws to the end of its first decade of existence the world’s biggest search engine is facing some unprecedented ...
The Federation Against Software Theft (Federation or FAST) and Investors in Software (IiS), two of the most respected, independent names in the UK software industry, have joined forces to strengthen ...
Join our small business clinic to answer all your business or start-up questionsIf you run a small to medium sized business or are thinking of starting one, you’ll know that ...
Will the capital’s VC community make London a rival for Silicon Valley?London is preparing to compete with Silicon Valley as the largest gathering of heavyweight technology entrepreneurs outside of the ...
All of them have taken vocational qualifications.Over 3,250,000 vocational qualifications were awarded in the UK last year according to figures released today to mark the first Vocational Qualifications Day (VQ ...
Google is currently facing an antitrust investigation by the US Department of Justice. This is only the beginning, as Google’s legal worries seem endless with a US court today ordering ...
As the owner of a small or home-based business you'll no doubt be working around a hectic schedule with little time for researching and implementing better working practice. With this ...