Thursday, July 29, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: links,
online,
BP,
sales,
advertising,
Elevate,
CEOs,
Zappos,
payouts,
Old Spice
Our monthly pick of the most popular web stories for business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing
| Tags: economy,
international,
M&A,
retail,
corporate finance,
Private Equity,
mid-market,
transactions,
Stephen Baker,
support services,
consolidation
Which sectors are experiencing an increase in deal activity? And what types of buyers are the most active? In an interview with M&A magazine, Grant Thornton’s Stephen Baker provided his thoughts on the current UK M&A market and also makes a few predictions
Monday, July 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: Francesca Lagerberg,
tax policy,
consultation,
Tax Manifesto,
tax reform,
David Gauke,
Forum for Tax Professionals,
UK, business
It’s great to see that Francesca Lagerberg has been appointed to the coalition Government’s newly launched Forum for Tax Professionals – not just because she’s our own Head of Tax, but because, ahead of the election, we were lobbying for just such a committee to give tax experts and businesses a voice on UK tax policy.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
media,
BBC,
Glasgow,
Manchester,
Media City,
Pacific Quay,
TV formats,
Monkey Tennis
Thursday, July 15, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
marketing,
My Big Decision,
crisis,
customers,
clients,
Seth Godin,
fired
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision
| Tags: innovation,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
marketing,
My Big Decision,
brand,
Seth Godin,
action figure,
purple cow,
doll
We’re pleased to announce that our next My Big Decision interviewee will be the world-famous marketer and blogger, Seth Godin – coming shortly on Elevate. Interspersed with him talking about a critical decision he has made, however, are glimpses of the Kewpie Doll and figures collection he keeps in his office - ending on shot of a Seth Godin ‘Mini-Me’. Yes, it seems the man has his own action figure! Here’s the story of the doll…
Friday, July 09, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Financing
| Tags: recession,
economy,
property,
survey,
data,
manufacturing,
construction,
British Chambers of Commerce,
sector,
service,
interest rates,
export sales,
BCC,
interet rat
The British Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey out this week (6 July 2010) saw the UK economy managing to keep out of recession in Q2 and build on the growth kickstarted in Q1. But, while predicting further growth, it seems the BCC is also seriously concerned about a relapse.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: governance,
report,
survey,
risk,
emerging markets,
compliance,
Bribery Act,
risk management,
competition,
bribery,
corruption,
anti-corruption,
liability,
ethics,
FCPA,
bribe,
hospitality,
criminal
The UK Bribery Act became law in April 2010 and will come into force later this year, creating a host of fresh risks to business and commercial organisations, and presenting a complex ethical conundrum. And yet, our survey suggests senior management frequently turn a blind eye to business conducted abroad at local or ground level in order to grease the wheels of industry.
So, exactly what are the risks – and more importantly how can you mitigate them?
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
CEO,
blog,
list,
Enterprise 2.0,
chief executive,
blogging
Bosses who blog are few and far between, but do it well and it can reap the rewards for your business. So for the toe-dippers out there, we’ll be looking at 10 chief executives who blog and look at their different approaches …
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
CEO,
blog,
David Cameron,
risks,
marketing,
leadership,
chief executive,
blogging,
Enterprise 2.0,
With entrepreneurship firmly back on the agenda, according to Prime Minister David Cameron, and Enterprise 2.0 seeing companies turning to social software to boost business, we ask: is it time to revisit the CEO blog?
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Environment
| Tags: India,
business,
links,
China,
property,
emerging markets,
magazine,
non-executive director,
social media,
yachts,
fund management,
Elevate,
rethink
Hot off the press and with a theme of The Big Rethink is Elevate Issue 3. We’ll be picking out some of the features here on the Elevate blog, but why wait – you can
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