business Articles

One element which constricts our economy, whoever is in power, is the continued refusal to acknowledge the economic potential of women. Only 17 per cent of FTSE 100 directors are women, and women account for only 33 per cent of all senior managerial positions. In...

Falling living standards are partly about the price of essentials, like electricity, gas and public transport rising faster than inflation. It is also about wages rising too slowly, and too many people – especially young people – being without decent jobs. There are...

One expects conglomerates to have the resources to protect themselves in courts and other places if they feel hard done by. But for years we have attributed the same kind of firepower to Britain's minnows. This cannot be right and Ed Miliband moved today to correct...

‘Skills’ – I’m glad that was the first word Liam Byrne said at the Business Breakfast recently held in Burton at the National Brewery Centre and hosted by Progress. The event was attended by a number of local businesspeople from both small and larger companies. Skills...