Posted on June 22, 2010 by Nick
Dear public sector employees, I am writing this on the eve of what promises to be the harshest budget in thirty years, possibly in living memory. It certainly needs to be. And I notice that some of the more militant unions; Unite, for example, are already flexing their muscles ready for a summer of discontent. [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2010 by Nick
Is business the province of the Suits on Dragons’ Den, or is business actually an opportunity for many more people than you might think? I spent the first week of June in Barking, East London, finding out. I have been involved for three years now with a company called Yoodoo, whose website gives people bags [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2010 by Nick
It’s that time again. For four weeks, you can’t move for footie. Now, as it happens, I’m not a huge football fan. I’ll be reasonably interested in the England games, and I’ll almost certainly watch the semis and final games. But I wouldn’t break into a run to get anywhere in time for a match, [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2010 by Nick
The juggernaut that is the Apprentice rolls inexorably on; this time with the format franchised out to youngsters. Yep, it’s ‘Junior Apprentice;’ or, so far as I or any of my friends can tell, ‘Where The Arrogant Ones In Senior Apprentice Obviously Come From.’ You can probably tell, I’m not a fan. My issues with [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2010 by Nick
Entrepreneurship is cool. It’s going to stay cool, because in a recession, business is the most exciting way to turn things around. But how can we bring business to the masses? Rachel Bridge, Enterprise Editor for the Sunday Times is having a go… by taking a one-woman show about entrepreneurship to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival [...]
Filed under: business heroes, current affairs, sales, tips | Tagged: business, entrepreneurship, start a business, run a business, entrepreneur, rachel bridge, edinburgh festival, edinburgh fringe, how to make a million before lunch | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2010 by Nick
It’s going to be an exciting week. For me, election time is thrilling: a pivotal opportunity for us all to have some sort of influence over our immediate futures. I feel that anyone who squanders their right to vote by staying at home has no right to moan for the next five years. This election, [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2010 by Nick
Tomorrow, there will be an empty chair in our office. A stray tumbleweed will gently play across a desk. Sands will slowly envelop the three-tier trays. For Eamonn, my Producer, is stranded in Chicago. Like several hundred thousand other people, the Icelandic volcaninc eruption and subsequent flight embargo means he’s going nowhere; most likely until [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2010 by Nick
I wanted to scribble a few words down about the Budget, but this year that’s proving to be harder than usual. I should say, I’ve got some experience in this area – I have covered budget day for various press outlets and websites since 1995, so I’ve been down this road before. Since 1995, much [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2010 by Nick
A very amusing story caught my eye; covered in the business pages of several newspapers today. A property company called Drivers Jonas has been ordered by a French court to pay damages to the organisers of a property conference for what has been deemed to be ‘parasitical’ behaviour. Basically, rather than buy a stand at the [...]
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