Have you ever wondered how your friend managed to get a personal Loan at a lower rate of interest, when both of you applied at the same time, and at the same bank? What’s more, even when your loan amount doesn’t get sanctioned in its entirety, your friend might be...

When it comes to cyber security, the biggest problem executives face today is the institutional failure to grasp the way hackers and identity thieves operate. While there seems to be a general understanding that email is a way people get hacked and it is imperative personal information be protected, somehow...

The power of social media within business – both for individual professionals and organisations as whole – is growing. It gives companies the power to amplify sales, win new contracts, update shareholders and influence audiences.  In addition, social media is now increasingly used as a recruitment tool, with both employers...

Today, age is no longer a detriment to success. In fact, about 20 percent of companies have hired executives as young as 30 and below according to a study conducted by CareerBuilder and Headhunter.com. Generation Y or millennials, as we call them, comprised of individuals born between 1980 and 2000 are...

No one gets to the moon alone. If you’ve ever wondered how the first astronauts landed in space, you’ll realize just how much the value of teamwork is. Teamwork makes teams work. So good coordination between departments is essential.  In an age where more and more companies rely on remote...

It’s time to liberate your work meetings. When meetings are a frequent occurrence in your workweek, they often become formulaic. Attendees arrive, mix and mingle for a bit, and then sit down and get to business. Someone is taking meeting minutes, and someone delivers catered lunch or coffee. The fluorescent...

According to a report by Statista, Instagram now houses 500 million active users and has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. Owned by Facebook, Instagram now allows entrepreneurs and online marketers to promote their business by uploading eye-catchy photos of their products or services....

Have you ever wondered why some people and businesses just never seem to struggle with their finances? It may be that they earn a similar amount of money to you and have similar turnover to your business, but for some reason they are able to afford a somewhat better lifestyle...

Whether you’ve worked your way to the top of an established concern, or you’ve found yourself running your own start-up with a skeleton crew of carefully selected employees, chances are you never envisaged yourself as a manager when you started out. Sure, some of us naturally feel the need or...

The British economic and political landscape has changed in the light of the Brexit vote and while politicians negotiate the exit from the EU the landscape will continue to change. Despite the fact that the FTSE 100 has regained all of its losses since the referendum result was announced and...