Nottingham named third most entrepreneurial city in the UK

Nottingham has been ranked third in a list of the UK’s most entrepreneurial cities according to a new study from global office broking service Instant Offices. Analysis of vast amounts of Companies House data and comparisons of population estimates with business growth helped determine an ‘Entrepreneurial Index’. While Brighton and Manchester held the first two …

How do crisis and opportunity work in unison?

“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change,” wrote Milton Friedman, economist and Nobel Prize winner, in his highly influential Capitalism and Freedom, first published more than 50 years ago. Was he right? Not really. Granted, crisis does produce change, if only because crises tend to be situations in which staying the …

Economy and politics usurp recruitment as greatest concern for UK businesses

By Alastair Campbell, founder of Company Check Recruitment is always a challenge, no matter what size your business or sector you work in. Finding the right people can be invaluable and for many business owners, the task of identifying, interviewing and securing talent is tough. Recent trends away from long term careers in one business …