The British Business Bank’s Bank Referral Scheme was setup in November 2016 to reduce the number of small businesses that fail because they fall at the first hurdle in attempting to secure finance to grow their business. Here, Daniel Bailey, Managing Director of the lender Arkle Finance, explains for CEO Today why this well-intentioned solution […]
Job fulfillment varies for different individuals; some measure success through their payslip, others their job title and others through the difference they make in people’s lives. If you’re feeling unfulfilled in your role, now is always the perfect time to take a leap of faith and move into social good. Below John Ramsay, CEO of Shift8, […]
Being a Social Media CEO became a thing around 2012, when creative and inventive share-aholics realised that an online following meant they could monetise their content while influencing the masses. Whether it’s Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or any other social media. Being an online, or social media influencer has now transformed what was once a […]
Online printer instantprint, held a Successful Business Panel this January, involving four accomplished business owners. The panel was held to inspire entrepreneurs across the country and to celebrate the success of small business owners. The panel discussion was filled with fantastic nuggets of knowledge and guidance on launching a business in 2018. Such as, how […]
Managing fast growth and keeping productivity consistent is a difficult feat, but there are ways of making company operations easier. Below Nakul Sharma, CEO and founder of Hostmaker, delves into some of the situations and challenges he has experienced, offering some solutions to the obstacles most business would confront in the face of fast paced […]
London, December 2017 - So what really lies ahead for the communications industry? It is fair to say that PR has experienced its challenges of late; it been dealt a million social media blows, not to mention the deluge of digital marketers who think it can simply and quickly replace PR completely. The nerve! The […]
Apple’s $400 million purchase of Shazam was among the many high-profile acquisitions that made the headlines in 2017. Leading corporate commercial solicitor, Richard Riley, takes a closer look at business acquisitions. There are all kinds of compelling reasons for making an acquisition. Perhaps to take advantage of economies of scale; to gain expertise or market […]
As part of our January Game Changers feature, this month CEO Today had the privilege to catch up with Renaud Dehareng - the CEO of the world’s largest global nuclear medicine company – Curium. Since becoming CEO in 2012, he has focused on developing Curium from a small European loss-making company into a successful global […]
Ragu Bhargava is not only a successful serial entrepreneur, he is probably the most optimistic one. In his view, there is no problem that cannot be solved. Ragu’s driving idea – the idea that animates his life, that guides his business and makes him show up to work at 4:00 am – is that there […]
Jack Ma wasn't born rich but now he is the richest man in Asia. This Bloomberg profile tells the story of how Ma started as a poor kid in China's countryside, learned English, got rejected from a job at KFC but then went on to found Alibaba, the massive e-commerce site. Video by Vicky Feng, […]
Baybars Altuntas, the Chairman of the World Business Angel Investors Forum, explains to CEO Today why the angel investment community may have a particularly prolific year ahead. Angel investment is far from a new concept, but in recent years, the number of angel investments taking place has grown exponentially, having now reached the point at […]
Below Martin Hester, Strategic Consultant at Nuvias, brings CEO Today the networking trends that will shape 2018. Security First Cyber threats are becoming ever more sophisticated and increasing in volume. In addition, remote working or working across multiple sites and multiple devices, together with an increasing reliance on cloud-based applications, have all served to weaken traditional […]
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