Is Hill the UK's biggest party animal? Here he talks app developing, market research - and why Riga is the best place for a stag do.
09 Feb 2012
| by Stephen Maher
Apprenticeships are a nice idea but how do you make sure that your enthusiastic new recruit doesn't turn out a workshy drag on the business? Stephen Maher, CEO of MBA, has just launched an apprenticeship scheme at his comms agency. Here's how he sorted the wheat from the chaff.
With the announcement of an additional £50bn of quantitative easing, this morning's UKTI Export Asia event couldn't have come at a better time...
Quote of the day: 'My father set up his small business in 1968, manufacturing and selling home furnishings,' Chancellor George Osborne told the Federation of Small Businesses this week. 'Growing up, the rhythms of the business's life and the rhythms of our family life were one and the same. I remember...
08 Feb 2012
| by MT Staff
The Confused.com founder on why staying ahead of the technology curve is crucial to small business' survival.
Book shops, department stores, hell, retailers one and all, beware. Amazon is launching its first 'real world' store in Seattle - and it could soon be arriving in a city near you.
Virgin Media closes 2011 with its first ever full-year profit as its broadband and TV packages plump up margins.
Stat of the day: Charles Dickens generates £280m a year for the UK economy, according to research commissioned by the BBC.
These City boys turned tech entrepreneurs have just taken their new payment venture GoCardless out of closed beta. Here's why they're giving the credit card companies a run for their money.
This town is looking like a ghost town, sang The Specials - an increasingly common occurence reckons the Local Data Company (LDC).