L&D needs new skills to engage senior leaders in the learning process
L&D practitioners must develop their strategic and commercial acumen if they are to convince senior leaders to engage with L&D and to champion learning
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Cohabiting couple? Don’t trust your business to luck
Cohabiting couples who run a business together need to cut out complacency and take appropriate measures to protect themselves and their business should the relationship break down.
Cameron’s enterprise advisor: UK plc must match US growth rate for start-ups
The Prime Minister’s enterprise advisor Lord Young is urging Government to facilitate a fast expansion of flexible business space, to foster the same levels of entrepreneurship in the UK as in the USA.
£50 million Business Angel CoFund invests first £7.2 million in five SMEs
The Angel CoFund has announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs.
Taking business rates “begging bowl” from councils ‘worth £10bn’
Plans to allow councils to keep a share of the business rates they raise will add £10bn to the economy over the next seven years, the Government has estimated.
Enterprising students to discover new route to employment
A new Government led initiative to boost enterprise will see up to 4,000 entrepreneurial university students and graduates in England connecting with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Get your company logo on the Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes F1 cars
Vodafone UK is offering one small to medium size business customer the chance to win its own piece of F1 glory and the chance to put your brand in front of a global television audience.
Business doesn’t need government to crack the whip to get growth going
In a speech to senior business leaders and politicians at the CBI Annual Dinner in London this evening, the organisation’s President, Sir Roger Carr, made clear that business didn’t need ministers to “crack the whip” to get growth going.
Mary Portas set to run hotel with Gordon Ramsay training unemployed service staff in new Channel 4 show
The retail expert Mary Portas is joining forces with the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to focus on the hotel industry taking on the challenge of running a hotel for a new Channel 4 TV series.
Growth and fairness at heart of business legislation
Creating the right conditions for businesses to grow and succeed is at the centre of new business legislation announced today in the Queen’s Speech.
