Business

Insolvency group KSA provides tactical advice to those thinking of expanding by buying a troubled business at a knock down price.

What can we learn from Apple’s late, lamented genius Steve Jobs? After his death, many eulogisers – like Eric Jackson and Gene Marks at Forbes magazine – quoted his famous address at Stanford University in 2005, as did Megan McArdle in The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/follow-your-bliss-sort-of/246350/) when she rebuked him for advising students to “follow their bliss” – i.e. pursue their dreams. Good advice if you are the next Steve Jobs, McArdle noted tartly, but most people aren’t.

Is it time to face the fact that you could use some management training? 

Learn a thing or two about boosting sales and beating your competitors from Jerry Della Femina, author of the book ‘Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor’ that inspired the TV series Mad Men.

The Forum of Private Business is calling for small firms’ patent rights to be better protected amid concerns that many cannot afford to sue companies which steal their ideas.

New work-based QCF NVQs have been developed for the print industry by print professionals. So will you be using them?

Should you get involved in textile print and will iT boost business? Here’s what some already involved in the process have to say about its impact on their operations.

Could Hollywood Monster’s links with design students bring a new energy and focus to large-format print?

Dispute resolution is becoming an increasing problem for print companies. Here, Philip Thompson, head of BPIF Business, explains what you can do to prevent problems from arising, and how to manage them once they have.

Get yourself noticed via this DIY guide to how to make your business known from the Forum of Small Business.

The Drupa innovation park 2012 presented by digi:media (‘dip’) will focus on particularly young companies, start-ups and players with groundbreaking solutions and applications.

The British Bankers’ Association provides pointers in how best to work with your bank to secure the finance you need in light of new guidelines.

Think Big, Act Smart

Employment solicitor David Regan explains the implications for employers of the abolition of the default retirement age which has just started to kick in this spring.