‘With all this uncertainty around Brexit, businesses need to remain positive’
This week the MRF ran their Brexit seminar, hosted by Natwest in Birmingham. An impressive range of panellists were lined up and a number of subjects were discussed on the evening but the main theme coming out of the...
5 STEPS TO PERSONAL BRANDING FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Naeem Arif is a highly experienced customer-orientated leader, with over 15 years experience as director of multiple successful Private Limited Companies in the Retail and Management Consulting world. He the founder of NA Consulting, a retail and management consultancy,...
What is under the ‘Magic Money Tree?’
We have had several politicians talk about the 'magic money tree' as if it is a fantasy and believing in it means you are living in fantasyland.
And yet it is there, in plain sight: except we don't want to...
How have Customer Demands and Technology trends transformed the Restaurant Industry?
Naeem Arif is a highly experienced customer-orientated leader, with over 15 years experience as director of multiple successful Private Limited Companies in the Retail and Management Consulting world. He the founder of NA Consulting, a retail and management consultancy,...
The 7 Trends taking over the High Street – by Naeem Arif
Naeem Arif is a highly experienced customer-orientated leader, with over 15 years experience as director of multiple successful Private Limited Companies in the Retail and Management Consulting world. He the founder of NA Consulting, a retail and management consultancy,...
Kinkou put the wow into Aluna’s New Food Menu
Aluna’s new food menu is on fire! Now that it’s had the magic touch of London consultancy Kinkou.The team behind Kinkou have trained worldwide, in London, New York The team behind Kinkou have trained worldwide, in London, New York
The team...
We need young people who are employable at 16
The British Chambers of Commerce have impressed upon the government to ensure that the current apprenticeship frameworks are fit for purpose for small and medium sized businesses (SME). According to a statistical analysis of business in the UK conducted...
How your recruitment strategy might be destroying your competitive advantage
I have heard from many of my friends how difficult they are finding it to engage with companies with job vacancies. Many organisations (particularly in the public sector) don't even acknowledge applications and fail to provide feedback.
Obviously, I support...
BMA report warns that doctors under pressure and patients at risk due to gaps...
There are too few doctors on hospital shifts and those that are on duty are either taking on the work of more than one doctor or are inexperienced and without more senior support.
These are the findings of a report...
Meet Paul Cadman Our Business Columnist
Paul considers himself a ‘son of Birmingham’, spending his early years in the inner city areas of Bordesley Green and taking on his first job as working in the Birmingham markets.
Paul’s early school days were made more challenging due...
