Manufacturing in the UK is a touchy subject. The very word can conjure up bleak images of factory closures, dole queues, strikes and desolated towns outside of the South East. I know this only too well having grown up in ...
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Every politician wants to ally themselves with the small business community.
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Why would anyone ever want to be self-employed?
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The UK’s microbusiness community has grown enormously in recent years. At last count there were over 4.8 million of these small firms, up 500,000 since 2010 and nearly a 6 fold increase on the number we had in the early 70s. ...
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We tend to think in absolute terms – not least when assessing the labour market. How many people are running their own business? And how many are employed by others in a typical job? Or are they unemployed entirely?
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Where are we now, and where are we going? Twenty or fifteen years ago we could rely on mainstream institutions to answer these questions for us. Westminster, Fleet Street, Big Business - they told us what the good life really ...
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Careers fairs are false advertising. By that I mean they present an image of the world of work that is heavily skewed towards big business. PwC, Deloitte, Rolls Royce, Bloomberg – all are present at nearly every university ...
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It goes without saying, but it’s worth reiterating: the health of our economy and society depends upon a skilled and capable workforce. The question is, who’s responsible for making it happen?