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Opinion

Business Negotiation Nuances

If people think about negotiating at all, they assume you should play it hard and reveal nothing.

Opinion

Opinion

Loyal to the last

From the past fortnight's events, you could be forgiven for thinking that the notion of loyalty is dead.

Opinion

Creative destruction

‘Every act of creation is an act of destruction,’ mused Pablo Picasso. Another way of putting of it would be: ‘You can’t make an omelette without cracking a few eggs.’

Opinion

Achieving steady sales growth

A few days ago I got involved with a manufacturing company that has been around for over 20 years and exports all over the world.

Opinion

The price of talent

I often wonder about how serious companies are about getting the best staff.

Leadership

The burden of leadership

When I started my own company there were days when it just wasn't happening.

Opinion

Decisions in Whitehall

The media hysteria over “swine flu” – what happened to bird flu and the millennium bug? – provides a distraction from a nasty first quarter for businesses.

Opinion

Death of the newsagent

Newsagents are being put out of business by supermarkets, but how much should we care?

Opinion

Decisions in Whitehall

The media hysteria over “swine flu” – what happened to bird flu and the millennium bug? – provides a distraction from a nasty first quarter for businesses.

Opinion

Death of the newsagent

Newsagents are being put out of business by supermarkets, but how much should we care?

Opinion

The PLUS side of flotation

PLUS-quoted is more than holding its own in a difficult market struggling to launch growth businesses, writes Jonathan Pearce of Marriot Harrison.

Opinion

How green was the Budget?

Riccardo Segat, CEO of cleantech-focused investor Amplio Partners, rates the Budget on its commitment to green issues.

Opinion

Springing back into action

Maybe it was Easter Holiday sun, spring daffodils, or the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' campaign, but business is proceeding somewhat normally.

Opinion

The morning after

There was a point this year when you could be forgiven for deciding to make yourself a placard, paint "The End is Nigh” on it, and start pacing the streets, exuding the resigned confidence of the damned.