Business

With the festive period now in full swing, London is full of Christmas cheer, with everyone flocking to packed shops, pubs and restaurants to celebrate the season. Life is set to be more hectic until the New Year rolls around, and no one knows that better than taxi drivers. With a constant stream of dinners, parties and one-off yuletide events, there will be scores of people in need of a lift. And whether you’ve been a taxi driver for years,...

One of the biggest recent shifts in corporate culture is the rise of remote working—otherwise known as telecommuting. “Clocking in” is now, for many, a figurative phrase, as technology enables more people to avoid the commute, and work from home instead. Research from IWG shows that 70% of people around the world work remotely at least once a week, with others predicting this practice will rival traditional offices by 2025. This way of working has numerous benefits, such as greater...

A single interruption, whether it’s a question that could have been saved until the end or a person just repeating your own idea to you in different words, can derail a meeting you’ve spent ages preparing for.

Only a third of 1,000 small to medium-sized enterprises surveyed said they had seen the Government’s Brexit ad campaign for businesses.

UK small business exporters are the unsung heroes of trade deficit figures

James Richman, the wealthy fund manager for his fellow ultra high net worth (UHNWI), has been one of the fastest growing superstars in the finance industry. For someone relatively young, the reclusive investment tycoon is known to have  successfully steered his private investment firm to a decade-long streak of profit returns for his clients.  With only a few far down months in between, the billionaire understands the importance of risk management and asset allocation to best protect his and his...

This year’s edition of the Harvard Business Review’s ranking of “best-performing CEOs” is most notable for who’s not featured.

Proper preparation is an obligatory stage before starting your own business. Both the psychological attitude and the careful collection of information are important.

Despite the fact it makes the world go round, over half of Brits believe that that talking about money is a bigger taboo than sex, religion, or politics. And unlike those in countries such as Norway and Sweden, where financial transparency is openly encouraged, we have no idea how much our colleagues are earning. This gives us a tough task when it comes to negotiating our salaries. There are tools out there that can help us estimate how much our...