Extract . . .
“It might not sound a radical move but, after more than a decade of the brightest engineering talent dispensing with their mortar boards and heading off to the City, the 33 year-old's decision to make the return journey (and not end up wearing a woolly hat running an organic catering business in rural Dorset) is something of a revelation.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/7434573/City-engineer-transforms-his-prospects.html
Tuesday, September 21
How not to provide IT support
Extract . . .
“Jeremy Turner spent four years learning how not to run a business, working for a company that provided IT support. "They did everything wrong. The customer would be sold one thing and end up with something completely different because the original item hadn't been ordered. There was bad planning, bad management and increasingly unhappy clients," he says.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/startingout/7832171/How-not-to-provide-IT-support.html
“Jeremy Turner spent four years learning how not to run a business, working for a company that provided IT support. "They did everything wrong. The customer would be sold one thing and end up with something completely different because the original item hadn't been ordered. There was bad planning, bad management and increasingly unhappy clients," he says.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/startingout/7832171/How-not-to-provide-IT-support.html
Technology allows digital nomads to work anywhere
Extract . . .
“Online digital storage devices and innovative internet connections mean working from anywhere in the world while travelling has never been easier. For the 20% of UK workers who spend three hours or more commuting each day living as a digital nomad could be more than just a dream.
Link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8941048.stm
“Online digital storage devices and innovative internet connections mean working from anywhere in the world while travelling has never been easier. For the 20% of UK workers who spend three hours or more commuting each day living as a digital nomad could be more than just a dream.
Link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8941048.stm
Banks' report aims to blunt lending row
Extract . . .
“Britain's six biggest banks have commissioned a report to profile the creditworthiness of their business customers in a bid to break the deadlock with the Government over lending levels.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7983176/Banks-report-aims-to-blunt-lending-row.html
“Britain's six biggest banks have commissioned a report to profile the creditworthiness of their business customers in a bid to break the deadlock with the Government over lending levels.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7983176/Banks-report-aims-to-blunt-lending-row.html
New chapter for independent book seller
Extract . . .
“Three independent bookshops are closing every week, according to the latest figures from the Booksellers Association, apparently hit by the recession and the growing use of new technology.
However, anyone who claims digital books herald the end of more conventional paper ones should visit Jaffe and Neale in Chipping Norton, a winner of the Best UK Independent Bookshop Award and the hub of the Cotswold town's social life.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/startingout/7489107/New-chapter-for-independent-book-seller.html
“Three independent bookshops are closing every week, according to the latest figures from the Booksellers Association, apparently hit by the recession and the growing use of new technology.
However, anyone who claims digital books herald the end of more conventional paper ones should visit Jaffe and Neale in Chipping Norton, a winner of the Best UK Independent Bookshop Award and the hub of the Cotswold town's social life.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/startingout/7489107/New-chapter-for-independent-book-seller.html
Joss Kent: How I pack my bag
Extract . . .
“Joss Kent, 40, is president and chief operating officer of Abercrombie & Kent, the luxury experiential travel provider founded by his father, Geoffrey Kent, in 1962. He is responsible for 2,500 employees in 60 offices in 32 countries, and travels to a destination that could be anywhere in the world for a week to 10 days every month.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/businesstravel/7512916/Joss-Kent-How-I-pack-my-bag.html
“Joss Kent, 40, is president and chief operating officer of Abercrombie & Kent, the luxury experiential travel provider founded by his father, Geoffrey Kent, in 1962. He is responsible for 2,500 employees in 60 offices in 32 countries, and travels to a destination that could be anywhere in the world for a week to 10 days every month.”
Linkhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/businesstravel/7512916/Joss-Kent-How-I-pack-my-bag.html
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