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...

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,...

SME News Award and more charitable endeavours cap off a great year for Birmingham’s...

Bootcamp Media has been recognised as “Birmingham’s Best Marketing & Web Design Agency” in the 2018 SME News UK Enterprise Awards. Based in Birmingham’s beautiful Jewellery Quarter, Bootcamp Media is a team of creative, driven individuals who excel at web...

‘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...

Carillion Placed into Liquidation

Wolverhampton based Carillion one of the UK’s largest construction companies was placed into liquidation on Monday 15 January after struggling with debts of £900 million and a pension deficit of £590 million. The company  has over hundreds of public sector...

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,...

New Expansion For Indus Foods

A Birmingham food company is set to create a manufacturing and production hub after securing £1.5 million in new funding. Indus Foods, which is based in Sparkbrook, is a wholesale supplier of products to the food and drink industry. Indus Food,...

The Muslim Pound

Muslims in the UK spend approximately £20.5 billion a year on products, halal products in particular which are permitted under Islamic law. The BBC will be airing an insightful documentary ‘The Muslim Pound’ (working title) exploring the growing number of...

RATIONALFX BECOMES PATRON OF IOD WEST MIDLANDS

RationalFX are proud to announce that they have become the latest Patron for IoD West Midlands. Jaspaul Bains, Foreign Exchange Strategist for Rational FX based in the Midlands, will be working closely with the business organisation to deliver tailored...

Leicester Curry Awards 2019 – THE WINNERS

After months of voting, planning and judging, the winners of third annual Leicester Curry Awards 2019 were announced at a glittering ceremony on Monday 8th April at Athena. Hosted by ITV Central News Presenter, Sameena Ali-Khan, the ceremony was attended by more than 400 guests...