High staff ‘churn’ as a business model? The Wickes approach

February 28th, 2009

Listening to a recent Radio 4 Today programme interview with Geoff Cooper CEO of Wickes (and the Travis Perkins Group) it appeared that company was well-placed to ride out the current recession.
He was later quoted as saying ” We took early action in 2008 to deal with the increasingly tough trading environment and have set [...]

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Happy Birthday Facebook

February 4th, 2009

Social media site Facebook is 5 years old today. Facebook has taken the world by storm and offers far more than just a personal networking tool.
Politicans are quickly learning the value of Facebook. Barack Obama understood the importance of social media and his use of the medium had a huge impact on the race to [...]

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