By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Business Seminar: Weathering the storm
Date: Friday 2nd March 2012
Time: 10.00 am to 12.30pm at,
Venue: Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH UK
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
This seminar is a must for all investors. In a challenging economic environment, investment choices can be difficult. Our panel of experts will look at a range of investment opportunities. In [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Economic Cycles, Essex, Financial Capital, Financial Resources, Legal Advice, Lending and Borrowing, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training | Tagged Alan Goggin, Birkett Long LLP, BlackRock, BNY Mellon Newton, Firstsite, Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited, Mark Hemsley, Mark Parry, Paul Faragher, Rafael Viñoly, Richard Bacon |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince’s Trust today to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people - who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work.
The new scheme will see young people, who have faced long-term unemployment and transformed their lives with [...]
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By John Walker on November 29, 2011
The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Banking, Business Continuity Planning, Commercial Property Services, Cost Management, Critical Infrastructure, Distribution Channels, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Financial Capital, Forecasts, Fundability, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Industrial Relations, Inflation, Insurance, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Monetary Policy, Morale, Organized Labour / Unions, Outsourcing, People and Players, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, UK Budget, Utilities | Tagged Air Passenger Duty (APD), Apprenticeship, Association of British Insurers, Autumn Statement, bank levy, Bank of England, Business Finance Partnership, Chancellor, Child Tax Credit, deficit reduction, enterprise, Enterprise Zones, free education, Free Schools, fuel duty increase, Infrastructure Investors Forum, infrastructure spending, Jobcentre Plus, Jobseeker’s allowance, Local Authorities, measures, mid-sized businesses, National Infrastructure Plan, National Loan Guarantee Scheme, OBR, Office for Budget Responsibility, Official Development Assistance, pension funds, Sector Based Work Academy, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), small firms, smaller businesses, Spending Review period, State Pension age, super-connected cities, tax relief, Work Experience, young apprentices, Youth Contract |
By John Walker on February 6, 2011
Drive, by Dan Pink - a YouTube video, first recorded on 8th April 2010.
If you are setting up a new business and trying to devise plans for staff remuneration packages this video might be of interest.
The presenter argues that the “carrot and stick” approach to staff motivation works well for simple, straight forward, mechanical work. [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Human Resources, Ideas and Innovation, Industrial Relations, Political and Economic Philosophies, Recruitment, Startups, The Work Place, Training, Worldwide | Tagged Dan Pink, motivation |
By John Walker on October 19, 2010
Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced) has announced the launch of www.csr10.com, a ‘one stop shop’ resource about the Comprehensive Spending Review.
The Comprehensive Spending Review 2010, which will be announced on 20 October 2010, will deliver significant public sector budget cuts, forcing Government departments and public sector organisations to make spending cuts of up to [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Notable Dates, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Product Launches, Public Sector, Public Spending and State Aid, Taxation, UK | Tagged Advanced Computer Software Group plc, Cloud Computing, Comprehensive Spending Review, Cost Cutting, cuts, finance, government reviews, trends |
By John Walker on March 4, 2010
Discussion of http://www.startinbusiness.co.uk/features/snowman-in-hell-guides/tips-to-be-refused-commercial-finance.htm
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Posted in Economic Cycles, Fundability, Loans and Finance, Startups |
By John Walker on December 6, 2009
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Economic Forecast - December 2009
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today published its latest Economic Forecast. The business group, which calls itself “the National Voice of Local Business”, has made downward revisions to its GDP expectations for 2009 and 2010, but is more [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, England, Forecasts, Lending and Borrowing, Political and Economic Philosophies, Public Spending and State Aid, Scotland, Taxation, UK Budget, Wales | Tagged British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), capital investment, double-dip recession, GDP, international credit rating, labour market, public spending cuts |
By John Walker on December 15, 2008
The only ‘crunch’ word at pet food manufacturers, Oscar, is for their pet customers to be tucking into a bowl of healthy food. Repeat business is just another strength of an Oscar franchise opportunity and for pet owners to cut back on vital necessities, at a difficult financial time, may eventually prove to be more [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Food, Drink and Tobacco Manufacturing, Food, Drink and Tobacco Retail, Food, Drink and Tobacco Wholesale, Franchises, Franchising Out, Industry Reports, Sales, UK |
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