Energy Efficiency: The key to competitiveness in a changed energy environment
UK businesses must alter the way they work to keep up with the competition, writes Tony Slade, Head of I&C Energy Solutions at RWE npower In recent years the subject of energy efficiency has forced...
View ArticleTransfers from defined benefit pension schemes – the aspiration and the reality
Malcolm Small, a Senior Advisor on Financial Services Policy at the IoD, discusses the practicalities of transferring from a Defined Benefit pension scheme to a Defined Contribution scheme. The...
View ArticleThe importance of innovation
Ian Dormer, IoD Chairman, reflects on the central message of this year’s Annual Convention: innovation in business. When I told my 15 year old daughter that I had met Will Hayward of Buzzfeed at the...
View ArticleAutomatic Enrolment – the story so far
Automatic enrolment schemes are working but there still may be challenges to come, writes Malcolm Small, Senior Advisor on Financial Services Policy at the IoD. As we move towards the end of 2014, it’s...
View ArticleThe question of airport expansion
Addressing the UK airport capacity problem is crucial for the future success of the economy, writes IoD Chairman Ian Dormer. We all want the economy to grow, but sometimes we do not want it to grow too...
View ArticleThe future for business banking?
The banks may not be lending enough to business, but other sources are plugging the gap, writes Malcolm Small, Senior Advisor on Financial Services Policy at the IoD. It is almost possible to feel...
View ArticleIs employee ownership an option for your business?
Companies like John Lewis have shown employee ownership can boost staff engagement, and may even help profits. The government thinks a wide range of company models is good for the economy, and has...
View ArticleIs bank lending really holding up the growth of the SME?
In recent years, bank-bashing has taken many forms. One example is that the perceived unwillingness of banks to lend to SMEs was holding up their growth or recovery. But is this really true? Certainly,...
View ArticleThe guidance guarantee – a “second line of defence”?
The FCA has announced it will be bringing in new rules to protect pension savers from making poor decisions about their pension funds. But will it work, asks Malcolm Small. With just 10 weeks to go...
View ArticleDo you know if mental ill-health is affecting your business?
Mental health has long been a taboo subject, seen as a stigma by those that suffer, and a ‘sensitive issue’ for employers. And this is only when the problems have been recognised. Individuals that do...
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