I am as fascinated with the current global recession as the next guy, and ok yes I admit it. In my opinion to beat the 2008 Recession: look what everyone else is doing and go the other way… Although the current economic downturn is taking its toll on businesses large and small, there are many [...]

Rightly or wrongly recent history shows that franchise systems can grow strongly in recession. This is because as job losses and redundancies kick in many workers decide not to return to the workplace as employees. After many years of dedicated services many hardworking employees that loose this jobs decide to take their destiny into their own hands. Even in [...]

Running a business during a recession requires a special breed of entrepreneur: one who can adapt to a changing market, find creative solutions to problems, take risks cautiously, and demonstrate the courage to move forward. Long-term economic pressures such as those that this country has weathered for the past 18 months can spell disaster for [...]

The issues with the UK economy are to blame for the decline in the number of jobs in the UK. According to research by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, it is the fifth consecutive month of falls. The number of vacancies has decreased with a record demand for temp workers. The effects have also meant [...]

A recession can be like a volcano: to survive you have to move fast. As the economy becomes increasingly volatile,  Many of us have sat out recessions before – or tried to. For others, sustained turmoil in world markets and a threatened recession are prospects as new as they are unwelcome. With a global credit [...]

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