October 2008
You’re flabby, lazy and fat. You’ve had a decade when the living has been good and easy and now it’s showing. It’s time to sweat and do some real work for a change. Get down and give me 50 professional press ups. Now!
Finding the right insurance cover for your business can be a risky and time-consuming affair. There are so many packages out there that you have to be sure which one is right for your business and make sure you get it at the right price.
Who are the law lords of the Midlands? In our October issue Insider reveals who the fantastic firms and super solicitors of the region really are.
You’re good at what you do– probably better than the person who employed you. You reckon you could probably do better on your own. So why not do it.
Who’s been making rain in 2008? Well, you’ll soon be able to find out as Insider profiles the region’s leading dealmakers of the past 12 months and their most significant deals in our 2008 Dealmakers review.
Is now the perfect time to buy the business for which you work?
Remember the good old days when the only reason a reporter called your business was to get your professional opinion on a certain issue? Unfortunately, nowadays, that’s not the only reason a reporter may call on you.
Premium-fare passengers are the lifeblood of the global airline industry, but what does the credit crunch mean for the business travel market?
UK trade with Germany is worth 44 billion euros, and international companies consider it the most attractive place for investment in Europe. The quality of its infrastructure, the class of its products – particularly in manufacturing – and the standards of its well-trained work force is legendary.
People are a business’s most important asset, no more so than the most senior members of staff. But getting the right people into key roles is an area fraught with risk – financially, personally and legally.
It’s a tale of two types of city across the Midlands when it comes to city centre office space. Cities such as Birmingham and Coventry are enjoying a new-found wealth of space after years of a drip feed of fresh accommodation, just as the market is taking a tumble. Meanwhile, cities such as Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and Nottingham still lack quality office space at their cores and find their economies stifled as a result.
Regeneration is such a buzzword these days that it’s sometimes too difficult to see where the rebuilding of our towns and cities begins and ends.
Northamptonshire is a thriving county with a strong and prosperous economy, bolstered by a highly skilled and rapidly growing workforce. Its central location is served by the best infrastructure and communications links in the country.
The irony that looking after the old, infirm and disabled could be one of the most vibrant parts of the Midlands economy has not been lost on many observers. As an industry, care homes seem the be a sure bet long term - we’re all getting older, living longer and demanding more in our twilight years.
Within a modern economy knowledge is the true currency – and none is more valuable than that traded between academic institutions and businesses.
Wolverhampton has a vision: to rise from the shadow of Birmingham and the wider Black Country. Last year that came a step closer when Wolverhampton Development Company (WDC) was set up to oversee a £350m plan to make the town a place where people want to do business.
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