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Deciding to recruit a second-in-command is a difficult choice to make – and finding the right person can prove just as trying. But, if you get it right, it can radically transform your business.
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Businesses don’t have to be based on global blockbusters. You can still make lots of money by in-filling and selling to companies too big to spot the gap.
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Bob Rontaler is CEO of jewellery firm Goldmajor, which he founded in 1985. Goldmajor distributes own branded collections as well as selected high street brands like Pierre Cardin. This year, Rontaler expects sales to reach £2.5 million.
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On 1 October the final phase of the Disability Discrimination Act came into effect, meaning that businesses with fewer than 15 employees and any that supply a service to the public are now included in the legislation.
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Nothing is more crucial than pricing strategy. Over-price and you will bleed customers. Under-price and you'll rack up losses. The key to getting it right is knowing the value of your product and your clients.
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Rewards retain staff: hardly rocket science but an area that more and more fast-growing companies are paying attention to in the bid to hold on to their competitive advantage: their employees.
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Brown’s Chauffeur Hire (BCH) is a London-based provider of chauffeur services, with customers ranging from blue chip companies and five-star hotels to celebrities such as pop and film stars.
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Whether it’s an informal chat or structured advice, an increasing number of business owners and CEOs are gaining a commercial edge from merely talking to someone.
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Brown’s Chauffeur Hire (BCH) is a London-based provider of chauffeur services, with customers ranging from blue chip companies and five-star hotels to celebrities such as pop and film stars.
Growth Planning
Whether it’s an informal chat or structured advice, an increasing number of business owners and CEOs are gaining a commercial edge from merely talking to someone.
Growth Planning
Cold cost-cutters, ruthless troubleshooters - company doctors have a poor image. But a turnaround specialist could save your job and your business.
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Doing good is now as important as doing business. In the past, companies such as Asda, Sainsbury and BT have put corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in place but it is no longer the preserve of large companies – the pressure is on for all businesses to behave better.
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Marks & Spencer, Midland Bank, Pearson, Regus, Ferranti - major blue chip organisations with something in common. They have all made disastrous investments in the United States. So here's my take on business life in America.
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Sunderland-based computer software specialist Techtonik has seen its sales burgeon from £750,000 to £30 million.