Thought Leadership

Selling your business

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...
Businesswomen using whiteboard

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...
Wallet In G Clamp, tough times illustration

Times are tough, but recession next year ‘unlikely’

THESE are challenging times for the global economy. While activity expanded at a healthy pace in the first half of the year, growth appears...
Playful office, connections with colleagues illustration

Let playful moments and spontaneity define your workplace

By KATE PHILPOT THE PANDEMIC remodelled the once-simple definitions of “work” and “home”. Employees at many organisations, including Getty Images and iStock, can now choose where...
website subscribe illustration

Sign me up, but don’t tie me down

By MATT ILIFFE AMAZON is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for purposely making unsubscribing from Prime as difficult as possible. It’s not an...
social media apps on mobile

Starting a business social media account — from scratch

By PETRA SMITH IF MARKETING success was built on simply creating a social media profile and posting content, there would be a lot more profitable...
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres

UN head backs new watchdog body for AI

UN SECRETARY-General Antonio Guterres is backing proposals for the creation of an international AI watchdog body. The rapid advance of generative AI like ChatGPT —...
Humphrey Yang

Are you under the ‘Finfluence’?

HUMPHREY Yang has been named the most popular finance influencer. Research conducted by online trading firm Investingoal gathered data on 50 finance influencers — also...
Woman in office, talking on headset. Sales matrix illustration

Submit to the matrix — and work smarter

By ROSS SLOGROVE IN THE 1930s, industrial engineer Allen F Morgenstern coined the phrase: “Work smarter, not harder.” So, what does that look like today? Effectively...
Skills, talent, training, development graphic

Using talent as a springboard for growth

By MARÍA BALBÁS IN TIMES of economic uncertainty, the challenge of the moment is to stay ahead of the digital transformation curve and tackle skills...