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North West Fund backs B2B consultancy
Business-to-business (B2B) consultancy company Channel Intellect has secured venture capital from The North West Fund for Venture Capital.
Skilled Immigration
Jonathan Portes, director at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, looks at the economic benefits of immigration.
Pay growth remains well below inflation
Private sector pay remains stagnant in the midst of continuing sluggish economic conditions, research finds.
How to treat staff as a new MD
The appointment of a new managing director can be an unsettling time for staff. David Crabb, MD of IT services company Cambridge Online explains how to inspire trust while bringing in new talent.
Government boost for mid-sized businesses
The government has pledged an investment of £10 million to help medium sized businesses export in its MSB Growth Review.
CBI chief says exporting could give UK £20 billion boost
CBI director-general John Cridland has called for UK businesses to widen their export activity and for more investment from the private sector.
Management staff fear a shaky 2012
UK management staff expect skill shortages, company redundancies and economic instability to obstruct business growth next year.
UK temps see above-inflation pay rises
Pay for temporary workers in the UK increased this year by 9.6 per cent, more than double the annual rate of inflation.
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Duedil secures funding from Wonga’s Jonty Hurwitz
Duedil has finalised a second-round investment from Wonga co-founder Jonty Hurwitz and reveals it has rejected several acquisition offers.
Making pay between assignments work
The ‘pay between assignments’ section of the Agency Workers Regulations is controversial. Employment adviser Rehan Pasha has the lowdown.
Pay of SME bosses drops 15 per cent in 2011
The average annual pay of directors at companies with a turnover of less than £5 million a year has fallen by 15 per cent in the last year according to new research.
Top entrepreneurs garlanded at TiE Awards
Rahul Nanda, chairman of security group Topsgrup, was recognised last night at the inaugural TiE UK Annual Awards, accepting an accolade as Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year from former TV Dragon James Caan.
Entrepreneurs find going tough
Early stage businesses looking to attract venture capital attention are hamstrung by a ‘winner takes all market’ which results in VCs only backing market leaders, says Nigel Grierson, co-head of Technology Ventures at Doughty Hanson.
Growing financials: Richard Wright
Richard Wright grew financial recruitment firm Martin Ward Anderson’s turnover from £1 million to £50 million before starting again.
Creative impact
With 2.6 million people now unemployed, Michael Hewson, market analyst at CMC Markets, assesses the impact on business.
‘A new look’ resulted in more sales
Will Davies, managing director at property maintenance business aspect.co.uk, explains that giving his business ‘a new look’ has been his best business decision.
Oiling the wheels of behavioural change
Keith Brown, chief executive of mobile payments service Paythru, declares that his company is ‘not out to change the world’. Instead, he aims to alter consumer behaviour by ‘oiling the wheels’ of change.
UK growth picks up with Q3 GDP at 0.5 per cent
Economic growth in the UK fared better than expected in the third quarter, rising 0.5 per cent in the period compared with 0.1 per cent in the previous quarter, official statistics show.
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