growth Archives

Now is the time for business to engage apprentices

March 20, 2015

Having been ignored for decades, apprenticeships are back for good. According to the government, ‘over 2.1m people have started apprenticeships this Parliament, with a six-fold increase in higher apprenticeships started since 2009-10’. The number is planned to increase and there’s an apprenticeship voucher scheme on the way, scheduled for roll-out in 2017. In yesterday’s Budget from Chancellor George Osborne, the apprentice wage went up by 57p an hour to £3.30 – equivalent to an annual salary increase of over £1,000 for a full time worker.

CJAM strengthens its team with two senior appointments

February 24, 2015

CJAM is strengthening its team with two senior appointments. Yvonne Lidgate joins as business development manager to help generate new business opportunities for CJAM’s marketing and association management clients, while Lucy French joins as Account Director to develop and lead creative, high impact marketing campaigns.

North East conference aims to promote women in business

February 19, 2015

As International Women’s Day fast approaches, female hierarchy within British business is at the forefront of the political agenda.

Industry welcomes UK’s £6bn science strategy

December 22, 2014

The UK has committed £6bn to support the growth of its science industry in a move welcomed by both the pharma and biotech industries.

Charities need to recognise their worth and start thinking like businesses

April 17, 2014

Ethan Ohs argues that the sector needs to stop looking at themselves like charities and start to operate with commercial principles. An excellent article, if you would like to read more of Ethan Ohs story please click here.

UK manufacturing output growth fastest in nearly 20 years

September 12, 2013

The UK’s manufacturing industry continued to grow in August 2013 as output and new orders in the sector rose at the fastest rate since 1994. August was the country’s fifth consecutive month of expansion, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchase Managing Index.

FSB report reveals the power of small businesses in the local economy

August 2, 2013

Extensive new research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that 58 per cent more of the money spent by local authorities with small firms is re-spent in the local economy compared to that spent with large businesses in the same area.

Small business confidence reaches three-year high, says FSB

July 4, 2013

Confidence among small businesses rose to its highest level in three years according to the latest Small Business Index from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), with confidence rising across all parts of the UK and in most sectors.

Lord Heseltine encourages business to bid for share of funding for jobs and growth

May 12, 2011

Roadshow to promote the second round of the Regional Growth Fund