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Drowning in Debt? 8 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Research recently published by the Money Advice Service (MAS) gives a chilling insight into levels of personal indebtedness in this country. Tracking similar research undertaken by the financial Servi...
Business insights from women leaders 1 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
In an interview in Telefonica’s impressive offices in Slough, Zoe Hominick, head of SMB Marketing at Telefonica and speaker at the Women as Leaders Conference 2013, shares her business insights and ad...
Prepare to keep your business to sell it! 30 Jul 2013 | 03:14 pm
When it comes to selling a business many aspects can be addressed that will increase the transaction value. Careful preparation to increase multiple, creating a competitive market, identifying and up ...
Big Loves Small in the M&A World 19 Jul 2013 | 03:32 pm
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is without doubt picking up and not just at the upper end of the market. Smaller companies considering an exit/investment could take advantage of an emerging tr...
IoD and TUC agree – it’s too hot for shirts and ties 17 Jul 2013 | 07:32 pm
It’s no surprise that we don’t always agree with the Trades Union Congress (TUC), but as temperatures soar we’re inclined to side with them today – it really is too hot for shirts and ties. Whilst we ...
Taking the brakes off NEST 10 Jul 2013 | 02:34 pm
This week’s announcement that the restrictions on transfers and maximum contribution limits currently applying to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) are to be lifted in 2017 has been widely ...
Parliamentary Group to discuss opportunities and challenges in Chinese markets 19 Jun 2013 | 08:54 pm
The IoD’s recent report Ice Skates to Argentina showed that more members than ever before are looking abroad in the pursuit of sustainable growth – more than 57% of those surveyed had exported in the ...
IoD Netherlands Annual Dinner 14 Jun 2013 | 02:53 pm
On 5 June, the Netherlands branch of the Institute of Directors hosted its annual dinner at the British Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague for the second year in a row. The theme of the evening was “...
Automatic enrolment – the story so far 13 Jun 2013 | 05:40 pm
With the largest employers now having taken up their duties to automatically enrol their employees into pension saving, optimistic noises for the success of the policy are being made around the market...
IoD response to Evening Standard article 12 Jun 2013 | 07:26 pm
Yesterday’s Evening Standard ran an article based on our annual report which has just been published. It discussed the difficult time we have faced since the financial crisis. I knew when I took over ...
