Now the recession is apparently over, global companies are back to thinking about the future...
Those who shout loudest don't always perform best, and this is as true of businesses as it is of people.
While all forms of bullying are unsavoury, it's sometimes hard to distinguish between firm leadership and oppression.
Here's a clear case of Whitehall bureaucrats going about things in a way which no-one in business would ever have dreamed of.
Now the recession is apparently over, global companies are back to thinking about the future again.
It’s a new year, new decade and the UK is stumbling out of recession.
It’s 6am at King’s Cross Station which, much like the government's low carbon policy, is still unfinished after a decade of constant redevelopment.
It's more important than ever for those selling their business to think about the key points the buyer will find attractive.
In the 1980s, my old company, Sage, produced its first £99 accounts package on the Amstrad.
Recessions bring about change, and that’s the perfect environment for a new business.
A love of football starts in childhood and, in a sense, never really leaves there. Footie is pure fantasy where club owners, players and fans lose themselves in the pursuit of the next win.
A recent study of employees at an investment management company found that they were interrupted 20 times an hour.
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Jos White, who sold his company MessageLabs for $695 million, on why it's so important to act like a bigger business than you really are.
More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.
Ian Cheshire, chairman of B&Q, explains how the store has saved 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
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