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Medium enterprise and the low-carbon economy
Climate change, whether you believe in it or not, is going to change every business on the planet, either by force of regulation or by a competitive drive towards low-carbon business models. M Institute co-founder Jyoti Banerjee investigates the prospects for medium enterprise in a low-carbon economy.
Events
Strategy round-table: technology for medium enterprises
Strategy round-table: technology for medium enterprises
Understanding M
Mid-size enterprises are the powerhouse of the UK economy.
Despite their sterling performance, mid-size enterprises are nearly invisible.
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Flexible working works for business
Employers have given their backing to flexible working in a new survey. Carried out by the Institute of Directors (IoD), the survey of 500 firms found that 86 per cent of respondents operate flexible working practices and that 93 per cent reported they would use flexible working even if there was no regulatory requirement to do so. This fits in with an M Institute workshop held in June where a number of business leaders reported that flexible working was proving important in hanging on to good staff, and more efficient in terms of using resources such as office space.
Read more Visit news archiveM Institute to host two strategy workshops in June
Member newsOperating in a downturn, and dealing with the Green Agenda: two of the hottest issues medium businesses have to deal with in 2008. M Institute is leading two workshop events, with support from Microsoft, to help medium companies progress their thinking and to develop their response strategies to these two key challenges. Both workshops are being held on the 17th June, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. You can either attend one or both events, as they have been designed to be separate but complementary.
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Modernising business processes
A new research report from M Institute which focuses on figuring out which processes need to be formalised or modernised, and in what priority. This is a difficult task for leaders of medium organisations, but an essential one if they want their organisations to grow. This research study was supported by Microsoft.
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Business process outsourcing for midmarket companies
Business process outsourcing (BPO) has always been associated with large enterprises. A new research report from Phil Fersht of Everest Group shows how medium enterprises can benefit from, and exploit, BPO.
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Core Business
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The New World of Work
Increasing global integration, demographic change and technological innovation are the primary factors that will shape the UK workforce over the next ten to fifteen years, according to a new white paper from Microsoft. This article sums up some of the publication’s key points, looking in particular at how ICT is allowing a greater level of work flexibility.
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Which regulations are the most burdensome?
87% of UK businesses believe that reducing regulation should be on the government agenda, according to the ICAEW Enterprise Survey Report 2007. Furthermore, over a third of businesses think this should be the top priority for government action to improve the business environment. This article looks at which areas of regulation are particularly burdensome for medium business.
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