Europe is in a mess. It’s not just Greece that’s up to the hilt in debt. With the exception of Germany and (probably) France, every one of the Eurozone countries is – or is shortly to be – in some sort of financial trouble. Indeed, the people of Germany are now wondering why they have [...]
Nearer to home – at least for Bob Little Press & PR - chartered accountants and business advisers firm Rayner Essex recently conducted a business survey in conjunction with the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The survey, which looked at economic trends, business confidence and the business environment in Hertfordshire and is available [...]
‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it’ and the corollary, ‘if it is broken, fix it’ are enshrined in folk law as complementary pieces of good advice. This good advice is often expressed in business meetings. Yet there’s also a case for the view that, ‘if it’s broken, don’t fix it’. After all, [...]
Having a client which uses learning technologies to teach English (goFLUENT) has prompted Bob Little Press & PR to do some research into language learning. This research has revealed that those who really want to master English – as opposed to just being fluent in English as a second language – need to take account [...]
Research by Bob Little Press & PR into the potential pitfalls in learning English as a foreign language has revealed the 11 English words which cause the most confusion to non-native students of the English language – particularly in a business context. When using any language, it’s vitally important to know what the words [...]
Having a client which uses learning technologies to teach English (goFLUENT) has prompted Bob Little Press & PR to do some research into language learning. Among other things (which may well be revealed later), the research has revealed the ten most common grammatical mistakes made by those learning English as a foreign language. They are: [...]
Bob Little Press & PR client Waste King (http://www.wasteking.co.uk) - the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company which, earlier this year, received a Green Apple Award as one of Britain’s ‘greenest companies’ - has teamed up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Salvation Army in order to help other people’s waste materials benefit [...]
Webinars offer the ability to learn something and interact with colleagues – and, sometimes, competitors – with the added advantage of not having to leave your home or office to do so. Consequently, in recent years, webinars have grown in frequency and popularity – much to the dismay of the hotel and catering industry, whose [...]
Hard on the heels of Lucy Kellaway’s research into CEO traits (see ‘Handed success on a trait’ below) comes some research from LinkedIn which appears to reveal that chief executives tend to have ‘boring’ first names. When it comes to the top job, being called Ed is fine but if your name is Tarquin [...]
According to Lucy Kellaway, a Financial Times journalist who has confessed to studying the traits of CEOs for the past 15 years, the seven most common ‘deadly sins’ of CEOs are: Being a control freak Being vain Being a ditherer Not listening Being a bully Being afraid of conflict Not being able to ‘do’ small [...]
