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With commerce drying up and the entire service economy grinding to a halt in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that business leaders, from the captains of industry to mom and pop bakeries, take pains to navigate this crisis carefully and deliberately. This is not the […]
Quotes About Collaboration “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” – […]
GlobalData says: “…another unwelcome dampener” Following today’s (Thursday 2 August) increase in UK interest rates, Patrick O’Brien, a leading data and analytics company, “While the Bank of England believes that the UK economy is in strong enough shape to withstand an interest rate increase, UK retailers will be scratching their […]
Recently released figures have shown that UK parents will help 316,000 grown-up children purchase their first home in 2018 – making up a quarter of all new home purchases. UK-based First Mortgage – which provides free advice services to prospective homeowners – has been assessing the figures and what this […]
Water bills have gone up 40% in real terms since the industry was privatised, now we know where that cash is going – the pockets of bosses, says GMB Union Senior management in England’s nine privatised water and sewerage companies were paid more than £175 million over the past five […]
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted: ‘Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don’t know where I am.’ The man below […]
Nicola Sharp and Syedur Rahman explain the value of internal investigations and the importance of carrying them out correctly. In business, self-examination may be an option when it comes to enhancing performance, reviewing activities or examining opportunities. But when a company suspects it has been involved in illegal activity, it […]
HMRC has announced that in the last year its enforcement teams have successfully recovered £15.6m for some 200,000 workers not paid the national minimum wage. These figures compare to recoveries in the previous year of £10.9m for 98,000 workers. Commenting on the latest figures, Bill Longe, RSM’s head of employer […]
NEWS COPY – By Astrid Hall The number of feet in a yard, how to wire a plug – and working out multiplication without a calculator are among the things older people are more likely to know than millennials, a study has found. Researchers also found over 55s are less likely […]
The closure of more high street shops has highlighted a transformation in the retail industry and the way that consumers are choosing to shop for fashion items. Thanks to a rise in the popularity of internet shopping and a weaker pound, shoppers are choosing to spend less time in their […]
