British businesses risk losing custom by playing generic music on hold
The dreaded hold can drive customers away British businesses’ call handling standards have come into question as the result of a major new study into …
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Superdrug delivers 62% profit rise in 2015
Superdrug, part of the A.S. Watson Group, files accounts at Companies House for the 52 weeks ended 26 December 2015. The accounts show an operating pr…
Enterprising nation: One in 30 Britons a microbusiness owner?
Direct Line for Business reveals there are 2.17 million microbusinesses with fewer than nine employees across the UK. The South East of England and Lo…
Profiling Frank Khalid; Award winning entrepreneur welcomes 2016 with open arms
Frank Khalid, proud entrepreneur and owner of the Elbrook Cash and Carry chain, the celebrity hotspot restaurant Chak 89 and the West London Film Studi…
1 in 3 workers believe their boss ignores them
EVERY 1 in 3 British workers feels their efforts at work go unnoticed by their manager or boss. Research of 2009 UK workers by the One4all Rewards Spo…
Fashion entrepreneur Tom Cridland shares Brexit worries
Clothing brand entrepreneur Tom Cridland shares Brexit worries I started my sustainable fashion brand, Tom Cridland, two years ago with a governme…
ScaleUp Institute launch business growth initiative
The ScaleUp Institute, with the support of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and 10,000 Small Businesses UK, today announces the launch of a new initiative …
BrewDog launches Vegan Trademark across range
Craft beer revolutionary launches twenty three vegan beers Fish guts in your drink, anyone? Not for BrewDog, which has become the latest brewery to em…
Competition Is sweet for a darlington business
A Darlington sweet shop is going back to the future in a bid to be named the UK’s Independent of the Year in a national competition. Retro Sweetshop…
PR scam pelts businesses with fraudulent invoices
A gang of organised fraudsters is targeting PR agencies across the globe that utilise newswire services through a crafty false invoicing scam. Press…