This eclectic city must overcome a number of obstacles if it's to challenge established startup zones and communities in Israel and the US, while also fending off competition for its European crown from Berlin.

For most of us the 80/20 rule provides an uncannily accurate measure of events - and the world of business is no exception. So I was expecting this effect, known as the Pareto principle, to rear its head as I was reading Goldman Sach's recent report on stimulating small business growth in the UK.

The opportunity for investment is huge, and we need only look to the international comparisons for a sense of the scale. Currently market penetration in the UK is less than 0.5 percent, compared with 14 percent in the US and 8 percent in Australia.

Every business has a hidden value that can be unveiled through a degree of self-assessment and re-evaluation. When people have been running a business...

As we start another marathon year, I'm sure you've reviewed the previous year and are spending some time planning to achieve more goals this year. I wanted to just quickly touch on the importance of keeping things real and simple in business.

As 2012 comes swiftly to a close, businesses all over the world are left reeling at the barrage of challenges brought about by stupendous technological innovation and seismic shifts in consumer behaviour. 2013 promises not to disappoint. In fact, and to quote the immortal words of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.

Every now and then, a bit of slang comes along that draws a line between young and old, in 2012, that slang term was "YOLO". For those of you who don't know; the term YOLO was popularised by US rapper Drake and it stands for "You Only Live Once".

British businesses are missing out on falling electricity rates because energy suppliers are rolling over their contracts, a survey has found. Stat...