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Is Your Company Cloud Ready? 10 Factors for CIOs to Consider

Vala Afshar | Posted 05.12.2013 | Technology
Vala Afshar

One technology that promises to help improve IT efficiency and enable the CIO and her staff to be more strategically focused is cloud computing.

Charity Shopping: Six Tips On How To Unearth Hidden Gems

Hannah Shuckburgh | Posted 04.22.2013 | Mydaily
Hannah Shuckburgh

In 20 years of dedicated thrifting, I can say with complete confidence that I have never knowingly passed a charity shop without going in. I often miss trains and am late for lunch dates because I've happened upon a British Heart Foundation. I just can't help myself. I am obsessed.

Gartner Group Vice President: The One Question CIOs, CMOs and CEOs Must Ask

Vala Afshar | Posted 04.08.2013 | Business
Vala Afshar

How will technology support growth is the fundamental question that must drive strategy. Desperate strategies across the different lines of business will not produce a realization of how technology can holistically benefit business growth.

The Age of Muscular Regulation

Karan Chadda | Posted 01.16.2013 | Business
Karan Chadda

The change in regulation hasn't just been seen in the actions of regulators. There is a new boldness in the comments they are willing to make to, and about, the industries they regulate.

FATCA: The U.S. Flexes Its Waning Economic Muscle Abroad

Giles Gibson | Posted 01.06.2013 | Business
Giles Gibson

Typical of the taxman's inimitable use of the English language worldwide, the title doesn't exactly sound particularly menacing. However, the shockwaves from this recent piece of legislation are being felt around the financial world.

Are Women Less Entrepreneurial?

Steven Bartlett | Posted 12.17.2012 | Small Business
Steven Bartlett

The fact remains that there are far less female entrepreneurs than male. I believe the reasons for this are largely socially constructed; women's lack of confidence in their abilities, their fear of failure, and their cautiousness are all relics of many hundreds of years of patriarchy.

Co-Op To Create 3,000 Jobs

PA | Posted 05.24.2012 | Home

The Co-operative Group is to create 3,000 new jobs in the legal sector through a continued expansion in the range of services it offers. The group ...

The Innovation Generation

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 04.28.2012 | Technology
Sir Peter Westmacott

Just when governments are - admirably - looking to invest in high-speed broadband so that no-one is left behind by the digital revolution, here are these twenty-something CEOs saying it might be better to skip fibre optics altogether and go straight to mobile.

Why Connectivity is Creating a New Class of Female Leaders

Tracy de Groose | Posted 01.24.2012 | Business
Tracy de Groose

We are witnessing a shift in the nature of leadership. The command and control structures we have inherited from traditional leadership are making way for styles characterised more by empathy, partnership and collaboration than by ego.

Arcadia Could Close 260 Stores As Profits Slide By 40%

PA | Posted 01.23.2012 | Home

Sir Philip Green said his retail empire has seen a near 40% slide in profits as chains including Top Shop and Miss Selfridge chose not to pass on incr...

Sympathizing With 'Occupy' Protests, UK Business Secretary Would Consider Limiting Executive Pay

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.14.2011 | Business

In a sign that the Occupy London protests might be having some effect, a prominent member of the British government recently signaled that he would be...

British Growth Figures Narrowly Beat Expectations

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 01.01.2012 | Home

The UK's growth figures have shown a surprise rise in the third quarter of 2011, with the country's gross domestic product (GDP) rising 0.5%, defying ...

New Marketing Is About Building Assets

Grant Leboff | Posted 11.27.2011 | Business
Grant Leboff

It is time for the message to reach Small Business Owners and Corporate Boardrooms alike. Marketing should no longer be seen as a net cost to a business. Today, marketing can create real value in its own right.