01 Sep 1995
| by Andrew Yates.
UK: BIG IS BEST - BEST IS BRUM. - Companies are on the move again, according to a survey carried out for Management Today and Black Horse Relocation. And when it comes to deciding where to go, the skills level of the workforce and standard of the infrast
01 Sep 1995
| by Malcolm Brown.
UK: REGIONAL REINVENTION. - Thanks to the selling skills of development corporations whole areas of the country are being regenerated. And it's savings on operating costs rather than grants that has encouraged companies to relocate.
01 Sep 1995
UK: CAN'T PAY, WON'T PAY, MUST PAY. - We've been taxed in all manners of ways - on cattle, land, dogs, servants, even windows. Today's system may be simpler, says Rhymer Rigby, but the rates are still historically high.
01 Sep 1995
| by Lorna Bourke.
UK: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF PENSION TRANSFERS. - For anyone considering leaving a company pension scheme and transferring a lump sum to another policy, the key is to aim for a time when interest rates are low.
01 Sep 1995
| by Ken Banta.
UK: A SMOKE SIGNAL TO THE INVESTOR. - The tobacco giants are nervous: increasing aversion to smoking and stricter EU legislation threaten to curb their sales. Some are turning to advertising to reassure investors that they are defending their interests.
01 Sep 1995
| by Richard D Lewis.
RUSSIA: HOW TO HANDLE THE RUSSIAN BEAR. - Though Russia is a society in transition its approach to business is largely the same. How do you deal with it? Focus on the person, be firm and, if you can, have a drink.
01 Sep 1995
| by David Morton.
UK: BACKBITE - THE CASE OF THE MISSING ELEVEN. - The problem with these new management types is that they just don't understand the basis of our financial system,' complained one number-crunching type at a recent number-crunching convention. 'I mean they
01 Sep 1995
UK: ROBB BACKS HIS OWN HORSE SENSE. - John Robb, the racehorse-owning head of the new nuclear utility, is his own man when it comes to placing bets. Racing correspondent Julian Muscat joins him at Newbury.
01 Sep 1995
UK: TAILOR-MADE FOR THE MASSES. - Will customers be satisfied by one-to-one marketing methods?
01 Sep 1995
UK: THE ADDED VALUE OF PLANTS. - Indoor greenery is spreading through the business world.