Selling your business: Are you thinking ahead?
By JOHN FOUNDLING
CHOOSING the right time to sell a business can be a challenge. There's often a temptation to wait and see whether organic...
The bots, the bots! Brits fear AI workplace takeover
ALMOST five million Brits worry about losing their jobs to AI.
Research by Forbes Advisor found that the most “anxious” industry is the business consulting...
Are employees ‘grateful’ for quiet hiring? Shhh!
By IAN NICHOLAS
QUIET hiring — aka stealth recruitment — is the new office controversy.
It boils down to this: organisations are looking to acquire new...
Amazon’s free AI training courses to be rolled out
AMAZON will provide free AI training to two million people by 2025 in a bid to boost proficiency.
The firm’s AI Ready commitment aims to...
Awards, inclusive policies, ESG and philanthropy attract talent: Report
MONEY isn’t always the biggest lure when people search for their dream jobs, research shows.
Nearly half of adults canvassed — 46 percent — say...
A gender seeking lenders: Go, girls!
IT MAY once have been a man’s world, but the Department for Business and Trade and the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs aim...
Either OR: From war room to boardroom…
By SEB HARGREAVES
OPERATIONAL research (OR) is a hidden gem for competitiveness in an evolving business landscape.
Sometimes termed “the art and science of decision-making”, it...
Sounds like a nice job; what does it pay…?
ONLY half of UK organisations include salary information in all their job adverts; 29 percent include it in some.
The findings reflect the ongoing pay...
Hope springs eternal — and seasonal — for UK retailers
SMALL and independent retailers in the UK have high hopes for the coming year.
Confidence in business growth came from 89 percent of those canvassed...
Lessons in leadership, from Bihar to Buckingham Palace
RAFAAT RAHMANI recounts the life journey that took him from poverty to a top job — and a King’s Award for Enterprise
ALL START-ups face...