Business and Economics

There is a huge difference between the job you do to pay your bills and the one that makes you feel complete and content. The moment you start feeling unhappy about your job and work, understand that it is the right time to switch over to a new one. It is crucial that you should enjoy the work you do because if you enjoy your work, it will no more be a burden for you. You will be excited to...

If you’re thinking of expanding your business internationally, then you’re probably envisioning new opportunities for business growth, market share, and corporate profits. While this is an exciting proposition, it’s not easy to go from a national business to an international one. Expect to take on significant risks and meet with unusual challenges. Your global business will need a large and diverse talent pool to keep things running smoothly. Besides an able management team in your home country to coordinate things,...

Brexit may be a topic that everybody has a strong opinion about right now, but with both major parties announcing that Brexit and an exit from the single market will take place if they win the newly announced June general election, it looks like the UK will definitely be leaving the EU and negotiating new trade agreements with other countries. Brexit is a difficult thing to predict the economic outcomes of, until we know exactly what the terms under which...

Some people travel to London for leisure. Others, however, travel to London for more serious reasons like taking care of their business. Despite the infamous Brexit and the Syrian refugee crisis last year, the United Kingdom’s economy has proven to be resilient and has even enjoyed a 1.8% growth according to the Office for National Statistics. Thus, it is still a hot spot for American entrepreneurs and corporate representatives seeking for business opportunities. Business travel could last a couple of...

The perfect London pub was described in a 1946 piece by George Orwell for the Evening Standard. Orwell named one pub, The Moon Under the Water, as the quintessential boozer. There was one catch, it didn’t exist. Since pubs in the capital continue to close at an alarming rate, it is unlikely that any pub come close to Orwell’s ideal today. This is especially the case in The City, where Lloyds, one of the most historic financial institutions in the...

GMB has criticised the Conservative Government for being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as worrying new figures show UK economy slowing down. The latest GDP figures released today show growth in the first quarter was down to 0.3 per cent - from 0.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2016. The service, retail and manufacturing suffered saw a particular sharp slow down. Meanwhile energy costs are driving up inflation - in March the energy component of CPIH was up 8.7...

In today’s fast moving technological world, it can often be difficult to decide what’s best for your business and your employees when it comes to office and meeting room technology. With both Microsoft and Cisco coming out and developing devices that allow you and your employees to meet, chat and share at the swipe of a button it only confuses the situation as to which is better for your business. Businesses are now focusing on more unified communications (UC)  as...

Nestle has announced it is going to move production of the iconic Blue Riband chocolate biscuit to Poland - just to ship it back to Britain. Some 300 jobs in Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland are now in jeopardy after the confectionery giant proposed cuts to their UK bases, despite raking in £21 billion from sales at a quarterly increase of 0.4 per cent. Blue Riband has been made in Britain since 1936 and is primarily consumed by the...

Public services provide for the welfare and wellbeing of the UK’s residents. Police and court services, medical care and the NHS, housing provision and local government administration are all vital resources, but some UK residents are being excluded from this support because of the language they speak. While there is a national requirement for public sector workers in the UK to possess English (or Welsh) language fluency, there is no explicit stipend to cater to foreign language speakers. Provision is...