Business

Starting a new role can be tough for anyone. Making that leap into the unknown can be nerve-wracking enough, but thinking about joining an already close-knit team can give any new starter the jitters. As an employee or manager, the best thing you can do for a new team member is to help them feel at home, as quickly and as comfortably as possible, and what better way is there to do that, than with some team building exercises? Group...

As the UK crime rate falls, there is one crime that is on the rise. Recent figures show that shoplifting has consistently grown by an annual 6% against a wider backdrop of reduced crime. This statistic is surprising considering the vast amount of time, money and effort that goes into developing anti-shoplifting technology. So why isn’t it working? How does anti-shoplifting technology work? The vast majority of retail stores are equipped with several high tech security measures. CCTV cameras are...

As if Britain's local shops weren't beleaguered enough already with giant corporations showing up on every corner and the majority of people preferring to use online retailers than spend their money with small businesses, the government is about to deliver what could be the sucker punch for small shops when business rates are increased in April. That's right. As Amazon's business rates are cut at most of its warehouses our high street stores are been forced to pay more. The American internet giant,...

With A-Levels on the horizon, most students will have made their applications for university. For many, it’s the obvious next step after sixth form. But with fees rising beyond £9000 this year, is university really the only way to get a good job? University isn’t the only valid option, says a new study from credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com. A wide range of careers are available to those with a vocational qualification – and what’s more, only 33% of those with...

Billionaire Sir James Dyson who campaigned for Brexit on the grounds that it would "make us richer" has just announced he is creating hundreds of jobs - in Asia. The entrepreneur condemned Remain campaign claims before the referendum that British exports would fall in the aftermath of a vote to quit the union as “absolute cobblers”, saying Britain would actually be £18.5 billion better off every year if voters back Brexit. But following Dyson's decision to move 500 jobs to Malaysia in 2002,...

A third of Brits have had a relationship with a colleague at some point in their career – equating to some 8.85 million "cubicle courtships". With UK employees clocking in more hours at the office than ever before, the workplace has become a common environment for love to blossom, with 17 per cent of workplace couplings resulting in marriages or civil partnerships. However, cubicle courtships ended in tears for one in seven workers who have had to leave their jobs largely...

Staff at two TopShop sites are set to stage a walk-out after shamed BHS boss and head of Arcadia group Sir Philip Green denied them a living wage. Spectrum for Arcadia staff in Leeds and Solihull will walk out on strike for two days on Friday February 24 and Sunday February 26. The industrial action will throw Arcadia’s deliveries from Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Burton Menswear into chaos. The knight of the realm recently faced calls from MPs to seize his...

In a digital age when all consumer decisions start with a search query and all transactions are reliant on trusted familiarity, having a brand awareness strategy that transcends channels is crucial. Today, businesses have to fight tooth and nail to cover all bases in order to remain relevant. Gone are the days when brand awareness rested with the marketing and PR teams. Now companies must ensure that they spread themselves across numerous touchpoints in order to keep people ‘aware’ of...

Unless you have been living in a ‘content free’ cave (maybe those avoiding Brexit or Trump), it’ll come as no surprise that search significantly drives the buying decision making process. Search marketing, in the context of online searching via sites like Google, is a dominant touchpoint for researching and reviewing everything from cars to cats. According to ‘Search Engine Land’, Google handles at least 2 trillion searches annually. As search is so accessible (with rise to mobile) in providing a...