A recent interview with music legend and Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger revealed that it was more than just his musical ability that made him his fortune. In an interview with the BBC Sir Mick admitted that it was more a case of timing and managing his finances saying: “"There was a small period [...]
Employment statistics from BRUSSELS in June 2010 showed that unemployment in the 16-nation euro zone held stable at 10 percent in May 2010, which indicates that the progressive increase in laying off of staff may have peaked. As we all know the economic outlook for the Eurozone and the UK looks bleak as across the [...]
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Do the new settings answer privacy concerns according to Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook was launched in 2004 on a simple concept – ‘to find and be found’ by allowing people to share information and connect with friends and business colleagues and associates connected with their work. Mark Zuckerberg stated: If we give people control over what [...]
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What are the greatest challenges facing business in the 21st century? New legal, accounting regulations or tax mitigation restrictions, pressure on operating margins, the volatility of leading currencies or the emergence meteoric rise of China, India or Brazil are new world economic super-powers? At the end of his ‘watch’ Peter F Drucker, perhaps [...]
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William Clement Stone was just 3 when his father died. Tragedy made worse because he also left gambling debts, consigning his son and widow to a life of poverty. They shared a Chicago apartment with relatives in the rough South Side district yet at just 6-year-old W.Clement Stone sold newspapers to help support the family. [...]
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As someone who has spent the majority of his career in DIY retail sheds, it is no surprise that the whole hub of the UK economy is based around housing and oil. As mortgages became harder to get with higher deposits and smaller multiplication of salary to monies borrowed needed to complete a mortgage application, [...]
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The latest google algorythmn change might affect internet marketeers and eBusiness strategy. Why? Unless consumers click disable, then the DEFAULT SETTINGS for (YOUR CLIENTS, AND YOUR) ……GOOGLE Web History will be Enable customisations based on search activity. What is the significance of this seemingly minor setting? It will distort what the consumers see on their screens. [...]
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Recently many ‘names’ in business (Robert Craven, Ken McCarthy and many many more) have declared in favour (UK Spelling) of Twitter as a business medium for ‘spreading the message’ (their business). I have been a raving fan of Twitter from the start. Heralded as a milestone in internet history and search engine optimisation, Twitter could best be [...]
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Thanks to Jasmine Birtles of MoneyMagpie in her article ‘The misery of Abbey Business‘I don’t feel so alone in my desperation and frustration of Abbey Business Banking. I ma grateful to her for sharing her personal experience. I too have had problems in accessing my money deposited with Abbey Business in the UK. Abbey is part of [...]
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Anthony Tjan in his Harvard Business Publishing article (28 Oct 09) entitled ‘Upstarts and Titans’ highlights 5 key facts that he has observed on the Net in the world wide web world: Explosion of websites – (2009 200m) 40,000 times increase since 1994 (spanning 15 years). 2009 1m blogs daily (the term blog first used by [...]
At the North East Business Road Show organised by Network North, Peter Roper of Positive Ground encourages all business owners to be natural presenters. We buy people. We buy relationships. So why do 80% of all presentations fails? Roper bases his claims on survey results of 350,000 businesses. WHY ARE YOU PRESENTING? I am here to [...]
At the Business Road Show North East (UK) Giles Johnson of SmartSpeed revealed how the wisdom of 10-year olds can help us manage our businesses better. Work ON your business, don’t fixate with the competition. Focus on YOUR priorities and make sure tasks happen. Be clear about the requirements of your clients and the value you [...]
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Speaking at the Business Road Show North East (UK) Richard McCann gave a rousing speech encouraging ALL entrepreneurs to find the opportunity in adversity. Richard McCann told his audience of business owners how he turned it round. (He) knows a thing or two about adversity. Brought up in poverty, on the ‘At Risk’ register, lived [...]
In my opinion, Robert Craven is one the UK’s leading authorities on UK Small and medium Sized enterprises. He runs The Director’s Centre which offers “been there, and done it” support for medium sized business that have hit a ‘glass ceiling’ and have run out of ideas, steam, or the will to carry on. What I [...]
If the current opposition party wins the right to govern the UK at the next election, they will have an almost impossible challenge. The present incumbents (presently on the Government benches of the house), will ‘hound’ every move by any Minister who advocates spending cuts. Obviously, the very best solution is not to spend it [...]
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Business is tougher than usual within the current climate with many that would rely on passing trade now needing to take their business to the world. This has meant that many marketing companies are busier than ever hopefully assisting getting the business message out. Top gear the popular car TV programme did a feature albeit [...]
This weekend (jULY 2009) saw a huge demonstration through the streets of Redcar, campaigning against the planned loss of 2000 jobs at Corus steelworks nearby. It seems that a 10 year contract had been cancelled and Corus can no longer guarantee the work. In one way it is a sign of the times and in [...]
Julian Rowe, Business Correspondent, Business Service Finder, reflects upon analysis by economist, Dan Ariely, in his interview with the BBC World Service concerning Predictable irrationality (regarding money). Regarding money, Ariely suggests we make repeatable, predictable mistakes – the recording of his interview is still available on the BBC World Service website. Ariely is a behavioural [...]
Unless you have been living on mars the last 18 moths or so you may have noticed that there is a recession on. The media is full of closures and redundancies, keen to sell newspapers of gain viewers. Where is much of this is true what is not been so apparent is that not all [...]
Richard Branson (RB) gives us a clear message as entrepreneurs i.e. Entrepreneurs CAN make a difference, and scale doesn’t matter (see RB video below). Think realistically and creatively. The entrepreneurial spirit can truly make a difference. Branson has launched ‘Virgin Unite’ to underpin this, and he says “working together we can change the world.” However, [...]
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Michael Dell of Dell Corporation – gives good advice – be prepared to experiment, and make mistakes. This is code for being preapred to spend money and to lose money, and no to get stuck on one thing. If it’s not working, change it until it does. Much of which SME Management is not prepared [...]
Being a great marketer and promoter. Fun should always be a part of it, according to the successful British marketer Richard Branson – the creator of the immesnely strong Virgin Brand. Losing my virginity is Branson’s autobiography. Branson’s says that in business it is one long struggle and only one word matters : “To survive”. Many [...]
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The UK Office of Fair Trading has a new website dedicated to raising awareness on scams in business. This is helpful, but falls far too short. The truth is legitimate business can just as much a commercial minefield as any scam, instead of instant financial loss with no opportunity to reimbursement, instead you may have years [...]