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Hat Tip: Tech Sectors That Will Thrive in the Downturn: Even hitherto impervious tech companies are a bit more circumspect in their forecasting. But there are still opportunities to do more than survive the downturn, as Silicon explains. There are certain sectors of technology that could benefit from corporate belt tightening, says consultancy Frost & Sullivanâ€™s report,...; Tags: Benefit, Information And Communication Technology, Downturn, Outsourcing, Strategy, Pricing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Marketing, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-10-29
Undercover Boss: What One CEO Has Learned: Stephen Martin,Â chief executiveÂ of Yorkshire-based property development company Clugston, took part in Undercover Boss, shown on Channel 4. He jumped at the opportunity to work incognito as a labourer to understand the company at grass roots, but what happened once the cameras disappeared? HereÂ what he...; Tags: Training, Site, Clugston Insider, Baby Boomer Generation Workforce, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Corporate Communications, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Human Resources, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-07-01
Weekend Round-Up: Several big brands are beefing up their images as competitors steal a march on them: Vodafone's on the marketing offensive as the potential T-Mobile/Orange merger threatens to push it back to third, behind market leader O2. It is revamping its brand message, swapping its old "Make the most of now"...; Tags: Brand, Royal Bank Of Scotland, U.K., iTV, Mood, Royal Bank Of Scotland Survey, Branding, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-09-21
Weekend Round-Up: Sunday Times Alistair Darling acts on bank bonuses: The Chanceller of the Exchequer will be summoning the remuneration committee chairmen of the big four banks to a meeting this week to warn them they must adhere to guidelines established agreed by world leaders at the G20 summit...; Tags: Bank, Shareholder, Job, Private Equity, Twitter Inc., Retail Company, BA, Retail, Aerospace & Defense, Financial Services, Gender And Diversity, Financial Accounting, Investment, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Finance, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-09-28
Weekend Round-Up: Sunday Telegraph Former McDonald's director takes on Italy's historic treasures. Prompting jokes about McDonatellos, a former McDonald's director, Mario Resca, wants to shake up Italy's dusty cultural tourism scene.Â "I see visitors as customers, clients. When you come to one of my museums, you are a guest...; Tags: Chemicals, U.K., Wine, Director, Debt-for-equity Swap, Vinod Sekhar, Denbies Wine Estate, Entrepreneurship, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-10-05

Weekend Round-Up: Sunday Times Hedge fund heroines outdo men in City Mina Gerowin and Leda Braga are two of a small group of women holding their own in this male-dominated area of investing. But it's an uphill struggle with many women finding it hard to flourish in this testosterone-fuelled arena. Speaking...; Tags: Women, Director, Merkel, Noise Abatement Society, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-10-12
Weekend Round-Up: Telegraph Why bad bosses like Basil are also nastiest There's a reason Basil Fawlty bullied Manuel. Aggressive bosses who are overwhelmed by their own inabilities are more likely to lash out than competent leaders, says a study by the University of Southern California published in the Psychological...; Tags: Bank, Job, Women, Oft-lauded Sweden, Lovering, Investment Bank, Gender And Diversity, Mortgages, Human Resources, Finance, Capital Structures, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-10-18

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Best of British BNET: Welcome to BNET UK, the one-stop shop for busy managers in search of fresh thinking and practical advice on all areas of business. A week ago, you may have noticed the addition of our new UK blog, Sterling Performance, and the BNET UK team hopes you will...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Human Resources, Management, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Gender And Diversity, Team Management, Industry, U.K.; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Should UK Boards Follow Cameron's Lead?: Conservative Party leader David Cameronâ€™s promise to fill one-third of his Cabinet posts with women if he makes it to Number 10 has had employment lawyers up in arms. Positive discrimination, points out Glovers solicitors, contravenes EU discrimination laws. Anyway, affirmative action breeds resentment in the ranks and is seen...; Tags: Human Resources, Equal Opportunity Commission, Gender And Diversity, Women, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15
The (Big) Friday Round-Up: Web 2.0: Lessons in ROI from Threadless Plenty of businesses still don't see where Web 2.0 delivers a return on investment, says David Tebbut at SmallBizPod. Inc's profile of Threadless, the online community-led T-shirt retailer whose 2006 profit was an estimated $6m,...; Tags: Management, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Internet, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Retail, Productivity, Roi/Tco, Web 2.0, Neuromarketing, Inc, Threadless, Job, Marketing, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-20
The Summer Reading List: Online bookstore All Top Books has done a little survey for BNET on where it sells the most business books in the UK and what they are buying. The south east of England's by far the biggest business buyer, accounting for 40 per cent of All Top...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Workplace; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Brits are Ashamed to be in Sales: Bashful salespeople are failing to engage buyers, says a DDI global sales survey, "Is the Sales Force Delivering Business Value?" The French and British are most ashamed of being in sales, while the Germans are the least, says the survey. It also identifies the qualities buyers most...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Sales, Sales Strategy, Brits, DDI, Sales Force Management; Blog posts 2008-04-21
IT Needs More Female Role Models: Young women need more technology mentors and role models if the UK is to attract women to tech jobs, says BlackBerry's creators, RIM. Research for RIM found that 73 per cent of girls aged 11 to 16 believe the UK lacks women role models in the tech...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Women, Information Technology, Role Model, Humraz, MentorSET, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-08
HR Directors Earn Top Salaries: The UK's HR directors are the most highly paid in the world, according to Management Today's global salary survey. (Skip to the end if you just want to check out what everyone gets paid.) British HR directors take home Â£327,300 a year -- over Â£140,000 more than...; Tags: Director, Salary, Human Resources, Talent, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-05
The Apprentice Inspires Surge in University's Applications: Forget the business school rankings. Choosing a course is as easy as turning on the telly for aspiring students glued to the 'job interview from hell' that is TV's 'The Apprentice'. Aston University claims to have been inundated with enquiries about its BSc in Management and Strategy...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Apprentice, Business School, Sir, Workplace, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Aston University; Blog posts 2008-05-27
The West Underrates China's Managers at its Peril: UK managers underestimate the skills of their Chinese counterparts, says Management Issues, reporting on the Institute of Leadership and Management's report, 'Global Management Challenge: China vs the World'. The western perception of Chinese management is outdated, says the ILM -- we see China's as a place where...; Tags: China, U.K., Manager, Productivity, Telephony, Team Management, Strategy, Leadership, Networking, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Unhappy Londoners Hate their Work: Londoners are the most miserable at work, says a survey by HireScores, a recruitment agency-scoring website. Over 70 per cent of the capital's workers are already thinking about getting a new job from day one, while only 11 per cent of employees in the south west are unhappy in their...; Tags: Job, London, Survey, Londoners, HireScores, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-17
The Kids are All Right: UK skills are rarely out of the spotlight -- ever since Tony Blair promised to prioritise "education, education, education", the government's done everything skills-related in triplicate, to the extent that it's created a skills 'quangocracy'. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills, chaired by BT's Sir Michael...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Telecom & Utilities, Kid, Recruit, Skill, Phone; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Boards Failing to Penalise Poor Performance: Arun Sarin's exit from Vodafone has caused a flurry of retrospectives, many looking back in wonder at his near-dismissal just two years ago. It all turned out for the best, but if Sarin had been booted out for underperformance he would've been an exception, according to the...; Tags: CEO, Performance Management, Board, Performance, BNET UK Staff, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Blog posts 2008-05-28
The Guanteddymo Bay Backlash: The Revenue's had with the bear market. At least in one office. As Gregor Gall's Guardian blog reveals, the government's over-zealous uptake of hotdesking has gone a bit too far. Not content with banning people from keeping photos on their desks, one HMRC office...; Tags: Revenue, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-12