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1 september 2010

How good are you at coping with change?

25 August 2010

Board diversity should be much more than counting the men and women at the table.

6 August 2010

According to the CIPD’s research, overall standards of living are dropping and levels of job satisfaction are down. The only indicator that’s up is job insecurity.

23 July 2010

Are TV entrepreneurs the new chefs, or will the appetite to start businesses remain long after Dragons' Den is gone?

19 July 2010

If the manager is responsible for victories, surely he is equally to blame for the flops?

16 July 2010

Creating the right environment for small firms will be critical to the future of the economy

13 July 2010

Maintaining morale and high performance is an important part of any leadership role

1 June 2010

If someone had told me when I was younger that I would one day be able to carry a phone around in my pocket, I would have laughed

25 May 2010

What effect will Nouriel Roubini's double-dip recession have on our fragile coalition?

17 May 2010

Britain's young talent

6 May 2010

If the political products are the same, all that's left is the brand.

1 May 2010

Entrepreneurs want enterprise education to be boosted

8 April 2010

This election offers a good deal of petty politics, but no real leadership

1 April 2010

There is a real desire to create business confidence

31 March 2010

Social enterprises can help create a broader collection of stakeholders

25 March 2010

How do we make the UK the best place in the world to both start and grow a business?

22 March 2010

Direct objectives don't always deliver

10 March 2010

We should all celebrate our ability to start something, politicians included

4 March 2010

Disillusioned entrepreneurs should sign up to the Enterprise Manifesto

1 March 2010

Translating political ambitions into actions and policies hasn't always gone so well

24 february 2010

The deficit debate would be easier to resolve without competing cabals of economists

16 february 2010

Leaders often become as stale as the products they are selling

11 february 2010

Spyker's purchase of Saab provokes a fascinating clash of cultures

8 february 2010

Management pay packages are reaching ludicrous levels

1 february 2010

While the latest evidence suggests that last year wasn't nearly as catastrophic as expected, few seem overly optimistic about 2010

28 january 2010

Too many research projects are designed to benefit the sponsor

21 january 2010

Kraft's purchase of Cadbury is unlikely to proceed without job losses

11 january 2010

UK workers are still addicted to commuting

1 january 2010

Predicting the future is tricky but it seems a safe bet that this will be another tough year

21 december 2009

For many, 2009 was about survival

17 december 2009

A better sort of networking

10 december 2009

The Pre-Budget report offers stimulus now, but pain later

25 November 2009

The Walker Report is a light-touch solution

18 November 2009

Help for dyslexic directors

11 November 2009

The EU must avoid a popularity contest

6 November 2009

The automotive sector must innovate to survive. Thankfully, this year's crop of engineering students agree

1 November 2009

The age of "managerial politics" lives on. But is this such a bad thing?

29 october 2009

Could more women make a difference to industrial relations?

20 october 2009

Is now a good time to start a business?

14 october 2009

Welcome to the era of macroeconomics

7 october 2009

Are the Tory's ideas all that different to Labour's?

1 october 2009

"This recession has knocked some of the wind from generation Y's sails"

September 2009

"Having just got out of intensive care, few banks are keen to jeopardise their wellbeing for others"

July/august 2009

"Banks may be hiring traders on fat salaries but many small businesses are struggling"

June 2009

"At some point people will have to stop moaning about being in a crisis and start looking for ways out of it"

may 2009

"This year, in theory, is a golden chance to put the UK back on the tourist map"

April 2009

"A reality TV series about making people redundant on live TV is an alarming prospect"

April 2009

"It's entrepreneurs that will pull us out of this recession, however big and dark those clouds may be"

march 2009

"When was the last time you had an upbeat conversation about work?"

February 2009

"The UK economy is in for some kind of beating"

January 2009

"There's more to business than returning a financial profit "

December 2008

"A recession may present dangers and difficulties, but it also offers opportunities"

November 2008

"People want to buy an Audi at the moment, because it is a sexy brand"

November 2008

"Anecdotal evidence suggests that the coming Christmas trading period will be the worst for 30 years"
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