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Career progression pathways: How to improve employee engagement
Did you know 70% of UK employees feel that personal learning and career development keeps them more engaged with their ...
How to write business award submissions that win
Regardless of your level of experience, our insights will provide you with the strategies necessary to create a compell...
How do we support new talent into the electric vehicles industry?
As automotive companies move to increase their range of electric vehicles, we examine the shortage of UK talent facing ...
Keeping your business afloat
With more businesses having gone insolvent during the last year than at the height of the financial crisis, Dr Deniz Y...
Learning the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
The Grenfell Tower fire tragedy claimed the lives of 72 innocent people with Richard Millett QC, lead counsel to the...
10 steps to improve Business Performance
Focused on business performance management? We look at the five steps to assessing your business performance by using ...
Academics respond to house building challenge
In response to the new house building challenge set by government, academics at Birmingham City University's Centre for...
Podcast Financial Strategy: From novice to next level
We acknowledge the complexity of your digital marketing budget, which must often cover various initiatives. We understa...
Developing the skills of the future
Marker Diagnostics, based in Birmingham’s Biomedical Centre, welcomed 10 students from Birmingham City University as pa...
Building smart homes to meet the UK 2050 net zero emission target
There are 29 million homes in the UK which consume 14 percent of the UKs energy consumption. Building new energy effic...
Implementing ESG in your business - 5 steps
Implementing ESG (Environment and Social Governance) is of growing importance to businesses but what is Environment and...
Local business leading in sustainable beauty and working with local student talent
Founded by Alix Samuda, Aura Lotus specialises in creating high-quality makeup products made from natural and organic i...
Business Case Study: Finding Gold in Data
This true-life case study tells the story of how a young graduate engineer generated a six-figure uplift in revenue for...
New series of informal networking sessions for businesses launches at BCU
Leading and emerging businesses from the region assembled at Birmingham City University (BCU) for the first in an enli...
University celebrates new £70 million innovation building
Hundreds of political, business and creative industry leaders came together yesterday to celebrate the launch of Birmi...
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