It’s not a bad time to be an entrepreneur.”But is the end of an MBA course the best time to put a good idea to the test? “It depends on how willing you are to go back into a large company,” says Hedley Walls, now 18 months into his new life as chief executive of [...]

But there is also a desire and a need for women’s only events.”Yet others see the women-only network as an anachronism. “If we have a speaker or discussion about work/life balance, then it’s healthy if men come along and hear what’s going on in the heads and hearts of women at work. The Sa?Women in [...]

“We are deliberately aiming at an international market,” says president Derek Abell “Everything is in English We are going for a global reach. This January the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), in Berlin, embarks on its first full-time MBA course. Like leading programmes around the world, the aim was to take in high-quality [...]

I went to Morocco a few years ago with a very clich?notion of female Asian body language in mind. And these days, many are either choosing to throw off the shackles of this symbolism by rejecting their faith completely, or are embracing it with open arms.Last year Shabina Begun took her school to court for [...]

We must, he advises, start with the lamb chops (£4.80) and chicken tikka (£2.80) The chops are large, splendid, wonderfully spiced The chicken tikka comes in fat, juicy chunks Charles loves this place. More miraculous still, the prices have stayed lower than you would believe possible.”The place is absolutely heaving A small plate of salady [...]

He says that in an increasing number of situations – such as multicultural events – alcohol is inappropriate. Last week, a colleague ordered some wine and I was actually shocked.” Today, most business managers believe not only that you shouldn’t drink, but that you shouldn’t even offer alcohol.Professor Khalid Aziz, chairman of The Aziz Corporation, [...]