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3 tips on how to make your business stand out
Many business owners find themselves asking what makes their company different from their competitors. To help, two su...
Build Smart Homes and Playing the Climate Game
Building SMART homes will be essential to meet the UK 2050 Net Zero Target.
Four reasons why you are not achieving your personal development goals
Feel like you’re not reaching your full potential? Craig Jackson, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birmin...
How to prepare for digital innovation
With exciting new technologies available to most businesses, the very idea of innovation is only hindered by how fast b...
Transforming the landscape for business
When it comes to businesses in the West Midlands, many would not think of themselves as an integral part of the landsca...
Career progression pathways: How to improve employee engagement
Did you know 70% of UK employees feel that personal learning and career development keeps them more engaged with their ...
How to write business award submissions that win
Regardless of your level of experience, our insights will provide you with the strategies necessary to create a compell...
How do we support new talent into the electric vehicles industry?
As automotive companies move to increase their range of electric vehicles, we examine the shortage of UK talent facing ...
Keeping your business afloat
With more businesses having gone insolvent during the last year than at the height of the financial crisis, Dr Deniz Y...
As a business is it worth attending the party conferences?
The party conferences are the highlight of the political calendar but for businesses attending them they can be expensi...
Women make a major contribution to the economy but still face too many challenges
In light of Innovate UK's decision to fulfil its funding promise to its Women in Innovation awards programme followi...
Learning the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
The Grenfell Tower fire tragedy claimed the lives of 72 innocent people with Richard Millett QC, lead counsel to the...
The West Midlands National Park - a business opportunity
The West Midlands National Park is the first urban park and unlike traditional national parks has no fixed boundary. In...
10 steps to improve Business Performance
Focused on business performance management? We look at the five steps to assessing your business performance by using ...
Academics respond to house building challenge
In response to the new house building challenge set by government, academics at Birmingham City University's Centre for...
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