Management & Execution

How social networking could help your business and your career

2010-03-11 09:26
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Tweeting, updating your status, simples; social media has bombarded us with a host of hideous buzzwords - but use it properly and it can add real value to your personal and business brands. Chris Cathcart offers some advice.

Brown usurps Darling to announce Budget date

2010-03-10 11:46
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown couldn't resist it - the former Chancellor beat the current Chancellor to the starting gate to announce the date of the Budget.

Business Support Scheme tops £5 billion

2010-03-10 09:44
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HMRC’s Business Support Scheme, which offers businesses time to pay arrangements for tax liabilities in the recession has been running for 15 m...

Carbon strategies woefully lacking, finds S&P survey

2010-03-05 15:07
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The government’s CRC Energy Efficiency scheme comes into force in the UK next month, but a survey suggests that carbon management strategies are woefully lacking.

Mandelson: I feel your pain!

2010-03-02 09:55
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Lord Mandelson feels the pain of business people across the UK, but argues that trust in the finance sector must be rebuilt for the greater good.

Financial services complaints increase

2010-03-01 11:58
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Over 82,100 complaints were made against the financial services sector during the final six months of 2009, according to a new report from the Financ...

RBS records new multi-billion pound losses

2010-02-27 13:03
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has published its full year financial results for 2009, which has revealed the part-nationalised bank made a loss of &poun...

The annual report: throw it out and start from scratch!

2010-02-25 13:28
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Dull, disjointed annual reports mean that many organisations are missing out on opportunities to engage with stakeholders, and failing to address calls for great transparency in the way they conduct business, writes Rachel Fielding.

The Odd Couple in Downing Street

2010-02-25 12:03
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At war or the best of friends? Alistair Darling talks about the forces of hell while Gordon Brown compares himself to Winston Churchill. Meanwhile who's running the UK's finances?

The Balance Sheet : 2010 - the year of recruitment booms and pay rises?

2010-02-24 12:06
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Two in five employers are planning to shun the recruitment freezes that characterised 2009, and bring in new talent in 2010. But finance chiefs need to invest in high calibre staff to ensure their recovery as the economy picks up, says Lynne Hardman
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The Bottom Line: Britain still great for business

Political strategy needed to show that Britain is still great for business, says Richard Thomas

"Out of one side of his mouth, Gordon Brown is saying he will make Britain an attractive place to invest, but out of the other he is clobbering higher earners with 50%, which sends out the opposite message. Despite such political dabbling, Britain remains a great place to do business and we must play to our strengths in attracting investment. " Read more.