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Robert Stiff is the Management Today Expert this month

February 8th, 2012news0 Comments

If you are starting a business in 2012, try and do it against no borrowing, says entrepreneur Robert Stiff. When I launched my healthcare recruitment firm Team24 back in 2005, I had a clear vision of where I wanted it to go and how quickly I wanted the business to grow and develop. I sat down with my start-up management team and we put together the business plan for what Team24 was going to be. Most of the people in who were in that room with me as part of start-up management team are still with me today. The key was to start ...

Robert Stiff wins Entrepreneur of the Year Award

February 8th, 2012news0 Comments

Surrey based entrepreneur Robert Stiff has won a prestigious business gong at this year’s Insider South East Dealmakers Awards, held at the Copthorne Effingham Park Hotel in Gatwick. Stiff, 51, was named Entrepreneur of the Year and was praised for the £24 million sale of his healthcare recruitment firm, Team24 to outsourcing giants Capita in June 2011. Team24, which has three offices in Banstead, was founded in 2005 by Stiff and quickly grew in to a business employing 80 staff with a turnover of more than £32 million. The company has 4,000 doctors and nurses registered for placement. Clients include the NHS, ...

Michael Jarman’s retail forecast for 2012 in Management Today

January 18th, 2012news0 Comments

Equities trader Michael Jarman sifts through the retail figures and gives his market predictions for the big players on the high street. The past fortnight’s slew of economic and corporate data has led to continued market uncertainty and mixed emotions for traders and investors alike. Everyone is hyper aware of the fragility of our economy and the scepticism that blights the UK consumer. Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s have all reported on their trading activity over the Christmas period. The results had one major theme: consumers are driven by what we call "heavy couponing". Sainsbury’s faired the best of the three, reporting a 2.1% ...

Robert Stiff’s Soundbites for Entrepreneur First

January 11th, 2012news0 Comments

Robert Stiff in the 'So you want to be an entrepreneur' video for Entrepreneur First.

Felicity Gerry on BBC Breakfast

January 4th, 2012news0 Comments

Felicity Gerry discussing the Stephen Lawrence Murder Trial, before sentencing, on BBC Breakfast.

Robert Stiff in The Daily Telegraph

December 20th, 2011news0 Comments

Robert Stiff discusses the sale of Team24 to Capita in May 2011.

Michael Jarman writes in Management Today

December 15th, 2011news0 Comments

'David Cameron's euro opt-out was a triumph' The UK is divided on David Cameron's so-called veto on the EU treaty. But was it a smart stratagem or an act of short-sighted stupidity? Michael Jarman, equities trader at H2O Markets, presents the view from the City. Imagine that the Chinese demanded they be given the legal right to override the US budget legislative process. Hu Jintao says that he should have the right impose tax hikes and spending cuts on the American people as and when needed. There would be uproar. I’m adamant that if Cameron had returned to the UK after agreeing to the treaty ...

Felicity Gerry writes in the Evening Standard

December 8th, 2011news0 Comments

Creche at Bar 'would help women to be top barristers' Mothers need this useful change LONDON'S barristers were today urged by their own watchdog to set up a nursery in the heart of the capital's legal world to help more women reach the top of the profession. Baroness Deech, chairwoman of the Bar Standards Board, said that she was "really very annoyed" that no crèche had been provided to help mothers combine childcare with their demanding working lives. Leading criminal barrister and mother of three Felicity Gerry called the absence of a nursery in the centre of London's legal world "outdated". She said: "A nursery in ...

Blokely in New Media Age

November 8th, 2011news0 Comments

Men’s lifestyle magazine Blokely.com has put up a paywall and dropped display advertising as it looks to “invest in talented writers and continuously innovate” to evolve its products. Blokely, which launched in January this year, has introduced a range of payment methods, including £2.50 for a week’s access and £3.95 for access to the site for a month. It said discounts will apply for those signing up for a longer period. The website will offer one story outside of the paywall every day, as well as a rolling news panel, which will be available to all users. Blokely founder James York, ...

Blokely in Press Gazette

November 7th, 2011news0 Comments

Men's website Blokely drops ads and raises paywall Online men’s lifestyle magazine Blokely has put its content behind a paywall and dropped all display advertising from its website, in a move its founder believes will help writers and journalists "already getting a raw deal from the digital revolution’s ‘Age of Free’". Blokely.com, which launched in January and claimed to have more than 60,000 "unique page views" last month, will from today charge for all website content with the exception of one free story per day and its rolling news panel. The Blokely Membership Pass will offer a range of options from weekly rates ...