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Let’s restart the century
It’s a new year, new decade and the UK is stumbling out of recession. It’s...
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Meeting menaces: The Waffler
More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.
Meeting menaces: The Interruptor
John Cleese reveals how to deal with serial interruptors without giving in or getting into a fight.
Meeting menaces: The Dominator
Some advice from John Cleese about how to deal with people who throw their weight around in meetings.
Jamie's Kitchen part three
Jamie Oliver has to deal with a crisis in the kitchen as his team learn an important lesson about accountability.
Jamie's Kitchen part two
In the second part of this series on leadership, chef Jamie Oliver takes his team of volunteers through some early challenges.
Modernise and save money
Dragons' Den's Theo Paphitis and others discuss the help available to businesses to cut down on energy guzzling and trim costs.
Social entrepreneur: Fiona Dawe
Fiona Dawe, CEO of online-only young people's advice service Youthnet, explains how the internet has driven the social enterprise's success.
Social entrepreneur: Julia Ashley
Speed and ease of putting new ideas into action is vital for Julia Ashley, new business director at London-based housing association and care provider Central and Cecil.
Breaking into foreign markets
Jerome Couturier, associate professor in international management at ESCP Europe Business School, looks at how companies can expand overseas without overextending themselves.
Social entrepreneur: Tim Campbell
Apprentice winner Tim Campbell explains why his social enterprise, the Bright Ideas Trust, doesn't 'give money away'.
Social entrepreneur: Benita Refson
Not-for-profit enterprises have no excuse to be less efficient than conventional businesses, argues Benita Refson, chief executive of school-based learning organisation The Place2Be.
Interview with Nigel Lacy
Nigel Lacy, co-founder of young driver insurance specialist Young Marmalade, explains the concept of the business and its success in being completely web-based.
Social entrepreneur: Andrew Cameron
Andrew Cameron, chief executive of London’s Air Ambulance, explains how the organisation’s independence has helped it achieve its goal of reducing deaths from road accidents.
Q&A with Peter Jones
At BT Business Experience 2009, entrepreneurs and owner-managers were able to ask Dragons' Den supremo Peter Jones about technology, branding and how to start a business in a recession.
Social entrepreneur: Liam Black
Liam Black, co-founder of leadership development organisation Wavelength Communications, explains how the downturn is creating a harsher environment for social enterprises.
Social entrepreneur: Charlotte Di Corpo
Charlotte Di Corpo, funding manager of Save the Children, explains why the charity is investing in smaller enterprises.
Research
- Growth Company Investor, in association with the London Stock Exchange, presents the most wide-ranging and detailed examination of the AIM market: AIM in Review 2010.
M&A on AIM 2009
M&A on AIM 2009 research - carried out by Business XL, details all the latest acquisition trends on AIM.
Institutional Investors in AIM 2009
Big-hitting institutions are getting behind AIM companies, with a higher share in the market than they held two years ago. This report reveals the leading investors on AIM, providing an in-depth analysis of the junior market's changing landscape. Read more
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AIM Guide 2009/2010
The 2009/2010 AIM Guide contains essential information for anyone interested in the Alternative Investment Market.
Business XL
Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine is a fountain of inside information and knowledge, which can only be delivered by people who have started, bought and grown their own business.
M&A Magazine
M&A Magazine is the leading mid-market monthly corporate finance publication in the UK.
Events Calendar
Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010
25th February, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses
Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?
View now the ATG webinar with Forrester Research to find out how enterprise-class e-commerce can work for you. Click here to find out more
Entrepreneurship at London Business School
Develop your entrepreneurial capabilities with London Business School’s Entrepreneurship programmes. For innovators and investors, the Growing your Business and Financing the Entrepreneurial Business programmes allow you to build upon your skills, and provide you with the knowledge and frameworks to maximise your business opportunities. Find out more.
Barclays Business Start Up Account
Everything you need in one place from help with planning to getting more customers, to FREE seminars and a credit checking service to help you get paid quicker. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online
