Elevate - for business leaders

10 strategy tips from Green & Black’s founder Jo Fairley

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneur, women in business, CEO, insight, advice, video, interview, leadership, Jo Fairley, Green & Black's, ethical

Jo Fairley co-founded a chocolate empire. Here she talks about what she learnt from launching Green & Blacks Organic Chocolate and growing it into a global ethical brand. We’ve also pulled out 10 tips based on her experience and insights.

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Jo Fairley on the business of starting Green & Black’s during a recession

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneur, women in business, CEO, insight, advice, interview, leadership, Jo Fairley, Green & Black's, ethical, organic

Chocoholic entrepreneur Josephine Fairley talks about how she co-founded Green & Black’s organic chocolate during the 1991 recession, built it into a global ethical brand and helped pioneer the modern concept of ethical business. “Which,” she says, “only goes to show there are opportunities as well as challenges for businesses in difficult times like these…”

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How the UK ranks for women in the top jobs

Thursday, August 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought Leadership | Tags: business, statistics, research, infographic, women in business, data, IBR, women, board, gender, diversity, International Business Report, female, map

‘Improve your organisation by helping more women to get into top jobs’ – this was the message sent out to UK business by the Home Office last month. So how does the UK compare to its neighbours, emerging economies and the global average when it comes to employing women in senior jobs in the workplace? We review the global statistics and rankings.

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Three entrepreneurs reveal their business drivers

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought Leadership | Tags: innovation, business, entrepreneurs, women in business, business models, magazine, management, marketing, car industry, franchise, automotive, advertising, Elevate magazine, elevate, psychology, business drivers

Elevate magazine interviewed three business leaders who are using fresh approaches to drive their business forward – from measuring emotions and optimising serendipity to implementing a return to human switchboards.

Our next issue of Elevate, Grant Thornton’s magazine for business leaders is out shortly. Read on to register for your free copy.

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Game layers, sharing, e-marketing – entrepreneur links

Thursday, April 07, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Technology sector | Tags: entrepreneurs, technology, women in business, marketing, tech, presentations, negotiation, e-marketing, gamification, games, SXSW, links, games, gamification, SXSW, entrepreneurs, tech, women in business, e-marketing, marketing, negotiation, presentation

What are the new trends that could benefit your business? We’ve picked up on a few on our internet travels and added them into our regular mix of business and entrepreneur-related must-reads.

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Happy International Women’s Day – but where have all the women in business gone?

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, statistics, research, women in business, CEO, IBR, boardroom, women, success, board, gender, management, equality, database, international business report, senior management, PHBs

Today marks the 100th International Women’s Day but it seems there’s still much to strive for when it comes to equality in business, as new Grant Thornton figures reveal the proportion of women in senior management has fallen back to 2004 levels.

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My Big Decision: Sahar Hashemi on why giving up Coffee Republic was a ‘great mistake’

Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, women in business, CEO, My Big Decision, Sahar Hashemi, founder, Coffee Republic

She’s the woman who plugged the caffeine cravings of a nation when, together with her brother, Bobby, she founded Coffee Republic in 1995. Now in Grant Thornton’s

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Best paid CEOs, social media demographics and why women are so good in the boardroom – April links

Friday, April 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector, Women in business | Tags: links, women in business, Twitter, boardroom, energy, social media, Facebook, LinkedIn, CEOs, demographics, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Digg, Ford, carbon emissions

Which business stories are getting the most hits on the web this month? Read on and discover Elevate blog’s pick of the links for big business – from benchmarking your chief exec’s salary to the high cost of leaving company PCs switched on, and more… 

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My Big Decision: Julie Meyer on launching a tech firm during the dot com downturn

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Financing , Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, investment, entrepreneur, technology, digital, women in business, CEO, financing, My Big Decision, Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital, First Tuesday, backing, dot com, Dragon’s Den

Setting up a technology-oriented investment firm just six months after the dot com bubble burst may sound like risky business. But as entrepreneur and BBC Dragon Julie Meyer explains, in Grant Thornton’s

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Women in the boardroom world map (infographic)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Infographic, Thought Leadership, Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, statistics, research, Ros Simmons, infographic, women in business, CEO, data, chart, IBR, boardroom, women, management, senior management, PHBs, discrimination

How many women made the C-Suite last year? Which countries are currently topping the list for employing female senior-level female executives? Find out in
Grant Thornton’s latest infographic, which maps figures from 24 countries. On a shocking note, neither the UK nor the US even makes the top 20…

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Naked entrepreneurs, CEOs on Twitter and the UK’s 100 smartest businesses – entrepreneur links

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: innovation, business, entrepreneurs, links, recession, growth, women in business, CEO, Twitter, women, charity, Richard Branson, social media, equality, iawards, Deborah Meaden, Michael Birch, Nude Tech Calendar, Bebo, Dragons’ Den

What are the most popular stories in business this month? From the London entrepreneurs who are stripping for charity to a mission to find the UK’s next big business, here’s what the Elevate team has been reading about this month…

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My rules for work-life balance in a 24/7 job

Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: entrepreneur, Ros Simmons, women in business, VIE at home, Virgin, flexible working, work-life balance, launch, consultant, mobile phone

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