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By Jack Peat, TLE Editor  When I first read that Cecil the Lion had been poached by US dentist Walter Palmer I wasn't immediately concerned about animal rights, cruel blood sports or even the protection of endangered species; I was concerned about freedoms. Individual liberty, after all, is what allowed Palmer to stand proud over his trophy catch with no thought about the aforementioned consequences. He had grabbed the very sustenance of life in a mockery to those choiceless beings...

By Eamon Jubbawy, COO and co-founder of Onfido An independent review into the UK sharing economy late last year found that 25 per cent of UK adults are sharing online in some way.  The sharing economy - already estimated by PwC to be worth £9 billion globally - has transformed how people interact and do business. It has made household names of the likes of Uber and Airbnb, upended service-based industries and changed how we think about employment and workers. The...

By Harry Bedford  The World lost a star when Cilla Black sadly passed away in the Spanish resort of Marbella. Aged 72, she is believed to have died of natural causes. The ultimate girl-next-door, Cilla was as likeable as she was talented and this gave her a career in show business spanning fifty years and fan-base spanning the entire country. Born Priscilla White in 1943 to a working-class family in Liverpool, she studied shipping management, though her passion always lay...

By Noy Shani @NoyShani One of Britain’s most prolific reality TV stars, Stuart Baggs, died yesterday, Thursday morning, in unknown circumstances in his home in Douglas, the Isle of Man. Baggs, who celebrated his 27th birthday just a few days ago, participated in the BBC show back in 2010, and is remembered for his witty one-liner catchphrases, including ‘I'm Stuart Baggs The Brand’ and ‘Everything I touch turns to sold’. He was fired during the semi-final of that season which...

By Fay Gibbin, Training Manager, Busy Bees Training Today, completing an Apprenticeship is a perfectly acceptable route to a stimulating and rewarding career or embarking upon a degree course, yet it is often wrongly assumed that those forgoing the traditional route of academic learning to pursue vocational training lack the aspirations or academic ability to achieve. Over 130,000 businesses across the UK offer Apprenticeship programmes because they recognise that they produce enthusiastic, dedicated individuals, who hold a company’s values and...

 By Ulrik Bo Larsen, CEO and Founder of Falcon Social What are your goals when you create content for social media? Engaging your audience, entertaining them, driving clicks, signups, and sales? How do you decide what will get people to pay attention (which is becoming harder to do, considering the volume of content being produced) and help you reach these goals? The immense amount of data generated by social channels can help guide you in content creation. Data on engagement...

By Paul Lindsell, managing director and founder of ThoughtSpark Over the last few years, new international banking regulations have made bank credit less available, resulting in a greater need for alternative funding. Private equity is proving an increasingly popular growth funding option for firms, whether as seed capital or at a second stage. However, buoyant business growth typically requires a set of key business skills – ranging across business management, financial management, new product development, HR, sales, product/service distribution, IT...

By John Newton, CTO and founder, Alfresco Software “It would be disastrous for the UK economy to leave the EU. That is why I am saying a firm ‘no’ to a UK Brexit. And now I will tell you why… Much has been written on productivity recently – the so-called ‘productivity puzzle’ as it has been tagged. George Osborne devoted a large part of his Budget to helping the UK move up the international league tables and has launched a...

 By Tom West from accounting firm Crunch @TomAlmeidaWest We spend all day being ripped off - whether it’s paying for that gym membership we never use, or spending £1.80 on a 99 Flake (the nerve!). If you’re running your own business, the last thing you can afford to do is rip yourself off. Of course modesty can get the better of anyone, but if your rates don’t reflect the quality of your work, you’ll be selling yourself short and hurting...