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Job Interviews: 3 things NOT to ask!…
During an interview you want to find out everything you can about the candidate. There are, however, some questions that you should never ask.
Young people urged to Break Through to enhance job prospects…
Young people unsure what to do after receiving their exam results are being encouraged to embark on a new practical course aimed at helping them realise their potential.
Break Through is a five day programme spread …
Ten innovations to shape the next ten years…
Product innovation is crucial to societal and economic development within the UK. Paul Tranter, Managing Director of Pera Technology, discusses the technologies that are already close to hitting the market and the innovations that he …
Things you thought you knew about batteries…
They are the most readily available source of power for our army of portable devices. They provide us with precious energy, right down to the last milliamp. They are invariably unavailable in your local garage …
Students enjoy vegetable week menu…
With the recent announcement that it’s not five, but seven portions of vegetables or fruit a day we need for a healthy well-balanced diet, Holy Trinity School chef, Simon Quill of MiQuill Catering, decided to …
Local engineering firm embarks on apprenticeship drive…
A Midlands engineering firm has launched a region-wide apprenticeship drive as it seeks out the best local talent to help it retain its status as a world leader in engineering excellence.
Coventry-based TA Savery & Co, …
Key transport services safeguarded despite budget cut…
Transport chiefs today (Friday Feb 14) voted to keep half-price bus fares for children and free tram and train travel for eligible people despite implementing a £7 million budget cut.
Councillors serving on Centro, the region’s …
MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES ARE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE RECOVERY…
MSBs contribute £300 billion to UK economy
CBI launches #MSBMonday to boost recognition
New CBI research published today (Monday) shows that medium-sized businesses (MSBs) are the unsung heroes of the economy, having done much of the heavy …
Breakfast Means Business at De Vere Venues Colmore Gate…
De Vere Venues Colmore Gate, Birmingham will be hosting a breakfast meeting with a difference on Tuesday 5th November, opening a one off pop-up restaurant experience in St Phillips Square.
Hungry business professionals will be treated to …
Companies face staff exodus if they fail to nurture their entrepreneurial workforce…
Research looking into the state of the UK workforce by beauty giants L’Oréal has revealed we’re anation of burning entrepreneurs, and that companies face losing their employees if they aren’t willing to embrace their workers’ ideas and innovations.
The …
Accountant goes above and beyond the call of duty….
Satwinder Toor, a Senior Audit Manager from Deloitte , showed what it means to go above and beyond the call of duty for her clients.
Satwinder Toor has been an auditor for over 7 years. Until …
Celebrity Master Chef and Comedian, Heralds Success for Birmingham’s first ever Curry and Comedy…
Birmingham, 2 July 2013 - Celebrated comedian, broadcaster and former finalist on Celebrity Master Chef, Hardeep Singh Kohli descended upon Birmingham with an exceptional performance of tales from India to hilarious encounters of how he became a Comedian-turned-Chef , …
Why a pay rise won’t motivate you…
As the furore over a planned hike in MPs’ wages threatens to engulf the House of Commons, a leading employment expert said today that an increase in pay was not a good motivator.
Indeed, research of …
Retail sales fall at their fastest rate for 17 months – CBI…
Retail sales fell at their fastest rate in more than a year in May, according to the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey.
The survey of 69 retailing firms saw the steepest monthly fall in …
Education Sector the Most Optimistic About the Impact of Technology Led Change..
Ricoh UK, London, 08 April 2013 – The education sector is more optimistic than its peers in Financial Services, Healthcare and the Public Sector when it comes to the impacts of technology. 90 per cent …
A new lease of life for VAT? …
They say life begins at 40, and as VAT celebrates its fortieth birthday we wonder whether there could be a new lease of life for this much-criticised tax. Originally introduced as a flat rate ‘simple …
NATWEST EVERYWOMAN AWARDS …
The UK’s longest-running programme for championing female enterprise, the NatWest everywoman Awards is welcoming entries for 2013.
These awards, in their eleventh year, differentiate themselves by recognising business success at every stage of maturity – from …
SMEs turn away business to fight back against late payments…
Over a fifth of small and medium sized businesses (22%) have declined future business from customers in the last year in an attempt to tackle late payments
In total, UK SMEs are currently …
Make 2013 the year to get your finances more organised…
With less than three weeks to go until the deadline for filing Self-Assessment returns online, and the end of the current tax year looming in the not too distant future, many people …
