Highlights More than half of all job applications are completed on a mobile device, according to recruitment group Indeed Many recruiters do not have mobile-friendly career pages, but simple solutions for creating them are available With 4.4 billion ...

Retaining talent is an ongoing challenge for all businesses, but among small organisations high staff turnover can harm productivity. Small teams need nurturing to ensure that employees remain loyal. But this doesn’t mean simply offering extra money....

As companies grow, succession planning can be a vital but overlooked element of business strategy. Ensuring a smooth handover brings a number of benefits; from keeping staff members motivated, to maintaining continuity with long-term strategy, and ma...

Every new business needs the power of PR to make a splash, but where do you start, and how can you get it right without breaking the bank? Here are 5 ways to boost media coverage for your business. 

  Highlights  Intellectual property is a unique asset that you create, and can add value to your company Intellectual property can have more than one owner and is not exclusive to the originator When starting a business, ensure you are not ...

For start-up founders, loosening the reins can be one of the hardest parts of the job. When you’ve built a business up, empowering other people to make decisions can feel challenging; but delegation is the key to liberating a business. Charlie Mowat ...

Highlights   First impressions count with your business website, so make sure it creates the right image for your customer base   Look at who views your site and how – and market it accordingly   Ensure customer peace of mind by securi...

The next challenge for the entrepreneur is to grow beyond the borders and become a global business. Not everyone can manage to get into international business as seamlessly as they should, and to be fair, not every business is meant to be a global business. But if you have ambitions to go global here's what you need to know if you want to run a successful global business.

Highlights Cyber criminals can gain information via social media accounts and pose as managers using inside information Staff are best placed to recognise unusual behaviour and should be encouraged to question and double-check anything amiss It’s tru...

Payments through the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) supplement income for farmers, but are they fairly distributed? Farming can be a precarious way to make a living. Farmers are often at the mercy of volatile markets and bad weather. Establish...

The logistics sector is a vital component of the Irish economy. We look at the international and domestic challenges and changes facing transport and haulage. There were an estimated 48,800 people employed in core freight-transport, distribution and ...

Powering the leisure sector is expensive, but with a little strategy, hotels can decrease energy expenses. The hotel and leisure sector uses vast amounts of energy and with that usage comes huge opportunities for carbon reductions, but the task of re...

Uber and other transport network companies have transformed the global chauffeuring market. But opportunities remain in the sector for enterprising businesses that can offer a bespoke service. Uberisation – it’s one of those buzzwords that provokes a...

The world economy seems to be struggling a bit. The latest global PMI manufacturing survey figure was consistent with growth between 2% year on year and 3% year on year. That is weak. But it is also predominantly centred on emerging economies. The US...

The Bank of England’s surprisingly broad range of attempts to fend off a recession in the wake of the Brexit referendum has met only a half-hearted welcome from big business. The Confederation of British Industry said the unprecedented cut in the bas...