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Pawnbrokers are in the news at the moment with recent pieces in The Telegraph, The Guardian, Metro and The Herald. The latter carries a sobering report about small businesses resorting to pawnbrokers as credit from more conventional sources dries up. The piece quotes R3, the trade body
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We’ve all seen the headlines. In the current economy, many businesses have tried unsuccessfully to raise finance. Their experiences have varied with lots of “flat no”, some “protracted maybe” and very few “definite yes” responses from lenders. The financing prospect for many businesses looks very bleak:
- Banks continue to strengthen their balance sheets. Lending is available, but is much tougher to achieve with higher rates, more security needed and more ‘setup’ or ‘consultancy’ fees than ever before.
- Government l
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Prospering in the New Business Landscape. At Vistage, our role is to make our members better leaders. Below you will find a white paper that we’ve produced that suggest what business leaders should be focused on to succeed in The New Economy. I hope that you will find it valuable in planning the future for your business. I welcome your thoughts, comments and suggestions.
One of Vistage's top speakers is Roger Martin Fagg who also provides our members with economic updates throughout the year to help our members get an understanding of the economic outlook and the impact on their business. Roger focuses on how the economy really works and on the links between FT100 reward systems, the behaviour of banks and economic instability. He also researches his clients trading environment as a necessary component of his teaching. His book ‘Making Sense of th
Recent good news on Jobs is welcome, but more pain to come?
sgilroy, Jan 11, 2010
Economy, UncategorizedYou may have seen the revelation earlier this week by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG, in their latest Report on Jobs, that the rise in permanent placements in the UK during December was the highest for nearly two-and-a-half years. The report also said that December was the fifth successive month in which hiring of permanent employees grew and that temporary staff placements also rose during the period, to a 30-month high. So have we really turned the corner, and is UK PLC now into hiring mode again? I don’t think so. I’m as happy as anyone at the good news, but I think it’s impo
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Vistage Presents Seven Keys to Sales Success at CompTIA EMEA 2009
sgilroy, Oct 26, 2009
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Last week I was a speaker at CompTIA’s EMEA 2009 member conference. The audience was a mixture of IT resellers, training and certification organisations and some colleges and universities. There were several tracks to the event including Business, Training & Education and Sales & Marketing. The event was also opened by James Caan of Dragon’s Den fame, who talked about how he became successful and what he looks for in entrepreneurs. His view was very clear – it’s all about the people. It’s people who have the idea, take the risk, have the passion to
