UK Business News

The host nation has been under close scrutiny in the first week or so of the South African World Cup, but the international community is not only watching the action on the pitch; they are also witnessing a South Africa that continues to emerge as a competitive 21st century economy.
As outlined in Deloitte’s paper “2010 [...]

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The London Metropolitan Business School (LMBS) has recognised the need for teaching the latest Digital Marketing skills to its students by announcing that the Masters Degree course will be added to their existing degree courses starting from September 2010.
Students who enroll for the new course will explore the latest thinking on technology, digital marketing and [...]

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Anyone who has witnessed the aggressive nature of bosses, as depicted through television programmes such as The Apprentice, will have winced or cringed more than once at the way the panel of entrepreneurs talk to the budding business owners.
Of course without such ‘bully bosses’ the programmes would seldom be worth watching and everyone would win [...]

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Successful UK entrepreneurs like New Look’s Tom Singh, Cinnamon Club’s Rohit Chugh and eco-venture capitalist George Coelho have become involved in a project with the non profit networking group The Indus Entrepreneurs, that they hope will nurture a new generation of London business hopefuls.
The entrepreneurs will each be responsible for mentoring a GCSE or sixth [...]

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Small business owners are being offered the opportunity of  financial training for key accounts staff in the latest government initiative aimed at SMEs.
“Accounting staff really are the unsung heroes of the small business community,” said Adam Harper, Director of Professional Development at the AAT.  “Keeping on top of developments in legislation is a technical challenge [...]

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