Insights & Opinion

Empowering The CPO To Invest In The Right Tools: Technology As An Enabler, Not A Panacea

September 15, 2021

A click here, a click there; technology has never made it easier for us, as consumers, to purchase what we need. For the corporate world, however, with a myriad of moving parts, this is a very different story. It’s easy to forget just how vastly the buying process differs for corporations versus consumers. For the […]

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How Business Leaders Can Help Their Staff During Uncertain Times

September 13, 2021

Nic Marks, Happiness Expert, Statistician and the CEO of Friday Pulse™, explains how business leaders can support their team throughout challenging times. The beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 was genuinely scary. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), nearly half of UK adults experienced high levels of anxiety — more than double […]

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7 Key Reflections From Navigating The Pandemic

September 10, 2021

Fiona Logan, Chief Executive of Insights Learning and Development, shares 7 important reflections from navigating throughout the covid-19 pandemic. Over the past 18-months, despite significant challenges, Insights has used the disruption caused by the global pandemic to engage more deeply with our communities and drive customer-centric innovation. Prior to March 2020, we had robust growth […]

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How Being A Family Business Contributes To Success

September 9, 2021

Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Rare Diseases at the Chiesi Group, explains how being a family business contributes towards greater success. There is an increased emphasis on the need for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to be adaptable and flexible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family businesses – often small or mid-sized privately held companies where decision-making […]

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How Can Smaller Property Developers Stay Competitive In An Unforgiving Market?

September 3, 2021

Hugh Gibbs, Co-founder of SearchLand, explains how small property development companies can keep up with the competition. The development and construction sector is one of the major pillars of the UK economy. GDP from construction in the UK reached £29,812 million in the first quarter of 2021, according to ONS data. As such, the Government […]

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How To Build Business Relationships That Last

September 3, 2021

Par Chadha explains how to build business relationships that will stand the test of time. Solid business relationships are the bedrock of organisations destined to succeed. They are intangible assets and harbingers of better things to come in the future. They do, however, require a fair amount of effort. It can be difficult for busy […]

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The Frugal Spending Habits Of 3 Billionaires

September 2, 2021

Image by Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy - Mark Zuckerberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72121838 Frugality or thriftiness might not be words commonly associated with the ultra-wealthy, yet a small subset of the world’s richest people are well-known for their penny-pinching habits. Arguably, it is this characteristic that has enabled them such huge financial success in […]

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How To Factor In The Pandemic In Your Retail Space Planning

September 2, 2021

As soon as businesses started going digital at the height of the pandemic, everyone’s left asking an all-too-important question: “Is the brick-and-mortar store dead?” It’s actually been an issue even before the pandemic hit in force, with one huge retail name filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019. Despite the lockdowns and the shift to […]

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The Rise of the Unorthodox Billionaire

September 1, 2021

Or perhaps the CEO of a huge internationally renowned company, a mega-successful investor or the heir of an ultra-wealthy family. In recent years, however, there have been more and more examples of celebrities reaching billionaire status through a business they started as a consequence of their career in entertainment. These are people who don’t wear […]

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Brands on a Mission – Sprout World

August 31, 2021

For our September Brands on a Mission feature, we introduce you to Sprout World – a Danish company dedicated to developing sustainable and plantable tools. We hear all about it from its founder Michael Stausholm over the next few pages.

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How To Grow Your E-commerce Business And Increase Revenue

August 31, 2021

When running an e-commerce business, your competition can be a lot tougher than selling at a physical shop. So, do not give potential customers reasons not to buy and start searching elsewhere.The most straightforward tip to encourage people to purchase from your site is to make buying simple and easy. Do not make checkout processes […]

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The Customer Is Not Always Right When Partnering With An M-BiTS Provider

August 27, 2021

Tarek Meliti, founder of TDM Group explains what an M-BiTS provider is and how it can benefit your business. When outsourcing IT departments, it is important to distinguish between organisations that act solely as service providers and organisations that go further by offering the capability to act as a strategic business partner. In fact, the […]

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