“A company is people.” That statement is one of many made by Richard Branson during his career that has placed employees front and centre. He, like many serial entrepreneurs, believes that people are the greatest asset of any business and, ...
Code First Girls, the largest provider of free coding education for women in the UK, has announced a significant milestone: teaching over 200,000 women to code. In the past year alone, the organisation provided over 80,000 learning opportunities, a stark ...
Note to the reader: This is the twenty-fifth and final in a series of articles I’m publishing here, taken from my book, “Investing with the Trend.” Hopefully, you will find this content useful. Market myths are generally perpetuated by repetition, ...
Ryan and Tho discuss recent European elections, the apparent collapse of the British Conservative Party, and how inflation and immigration are influencing a new generation of voters. ...
In 2023, sustainable toilet paper brand, Who Gives a Crap, struck the CSR jackpot when launching its first global brand campaign. With a mission to ‘uncrap the world’, Who Gives a Crap set out to raise awareness about their bottom ...
New data from the Business Barometer report, published by The Open University in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, indicates that nearly two-thirds (62%) of UK organisations continue to report significant skills shortages. Although there has been a modest ...
Peterborough has emerged as the top city in Britain for small business employment, according to new research from iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders. The study, titled ‘Top 25 Towns & Cities for SME Jobs,’ uses data from ...
Those who push the “wage slave” narrative claim that workers are “forced by hunger” to work ceaselessly without an opportunity to bid up wages. History has shown this is not the case. ...
As the UK gears up for the general election on July 4th, a new survey has revealed that nearly a fifth (17 per cent) of workers have clashed with colleagues or managers over opposing political views. The survey of 2,000 ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) may not be the comprehensive measure of the US economy it once was in the early 20th century. However, if you’re holding (or looking to hold) a position in a Dow-tracked index fund to ...