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Despite miserable forecasts from the Bank of England on Britain’s economy; a record number of start-ups were established last year. The job climate is looking bright with employment peaking at its highest since records began. So what does this mean for entrepreneurs?

We’ve all seen this claim before, sometimes on a handwritten sign Sellotaped to the back window of a badly-parked hatchback, but this is no con. As a professional business coach, I have some tried and tested methods to share with you which will help you put cash on your bottom line before Christmas comes around.

"No!” chorused the government and the business establishment on hearing that the European Commission wants to force listed companies to reserve at least 40 per cent of their non-executive director board seats for women by 2020, or face fines.

October is here, and with the question of ‘Trick or treat?’ in the air, I thought I'd ask the question; is Business Coaching a trick or treat for smaller organisations?

In 2009/10 many companies survived, but far fewer coaching programmes did. Why? One reason is the way coaching training is delivered: the GROW model. It's the basis for pretty much all coaching training in the UK, and it's worn out.

After a summer of fantastic sporting achievement, I asked my colleague Bill Sanderson to write an article highlighting what we can all learn from athlete's successes.