« December 2018
Someone on your team just isn’t pulling their weight. Their colleagues are grumbling and it’s bringing down team performance and morale. Even your customers have noticed this person doesn’t deliver the service they expect. How are you going to turn the situation around? Spel... [read more]
The benefits of technological advancement have traditionally gone straight to the business bottom line, but some companies are starting to share the payoffs – with impressive results Had John Maynard Keynes been right, we would have been working 15 hours a week by now. In 1930, the economist ... [read more]
Project management is frequently seen as a bolt-on to the day job – but as these projects often drive business strategy, it makes little sense to manage them part-time All too often a project manager is seen as a costly expense – an option rather than a necessity. Some companies fail to... [read more]
Record fundraising levels are forcing private equity firms to change tack on origination and exit strategies as competition for investment targets hots up Some of the numbers surrounding today’s global private equity market are nothing short of eye watering. In 2017, the global industry raise... [read more]
In a consolidating market, Jersey-based fiduciary business Fairway Group has remained what it describes as ‘consciously independent’. Co-founder and CEO Louise Bracken-Smith tells Businesslife why the company isn’t up for sale and how she plans to take it forward What’s your... [read more]
Patisserie Valerie is just one of several recent high-profile corporate governance failures – and that’s putting board directors under increasing pressure to go beyond their statutory duties towards the companies they oversee It was the latest case of a boardroom malfunctioning. The par... [read more]
Channel Island businesses have long seen China as a growth opportunity, but as the country seeks to take a bigger role on the global stage, is it time for a renewed focus on the Middle Kingdom? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the global stage has witnessed growing tension betwe... [read more]
A year on from the introduction of major tax changes in the United States, it is becoming clear how significant they may be for individuals and businesses in the Channel Islands Running to More than 1,000 pages of dense legalese and tax-speak, experts in the field are calling the Tax Cuts and Jobs ... [read more]
Experts from across the Channel Islands share their predictions on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for key sectors in the next 12 months FUNDS Mike Byrne, Chairman, Jersey Funds Association As we enter 2019, how would you assess the general health of the funds sector in Jers... [read more]
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