Results for 2004
Community interest companies
May 01, 2004 Roger Cowe takes a look at the government's latest plan to promote social enterprise and finds a potential new vehicle for corporate community investment Read more >
Improving organisational performance
May 01, 2004 Focusing on the people factor - whether they are customers, employees or shareholders - is the only way stakeholder capitalism will lose its 'anti-business' image, argues Professor John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Read more >
Oxfam brings fairtrade onto the high street
May 01, 2004 Oxfam is to launch a chain of fair trade coffee shops in what the charity claims is a UK first, it announced on May 13. Read more >
Profile: Microsoft – from the inside out
May 01, 2004 The largest subsidiary in the Bill Gates empire, Microsoft UK has earned itself an impressive reputation as a responsible employer. Briefing considers its progressive employment policies and the doors they are opening for a wider CSR strategy. Read more >
Marks & Spencer: on the move
April 30, 2004 Michael House in Baker Street has been Marks & Spencer’s head office for nearly 50 years. Recent times have not been easy for the great British brand, but it’s bouncing back. Together with new look collections and jazzy ad campaigns, Marks & Spencer is moving into ultra-modern offices in Paddington, North London. Briefing speaks to CSR director, Ed Williams, about the company’s plans for leaving one community and moving into another. Read more >
Mike McCann – advancing enterprise
March 01, 2004 Entrepreneurship is rightly recognised as a vital factor in the future of UK competitiveness. To build an enterprise culture, it will require schools and businesses to get involved - preferably together. Read more >
John May: stepping onto the career ladder
March 01, 2004 Widening access to further education represents a key challenge if Britain is going to have a competitive, diverse workforce in the future. Briefing talks to the head of the UK Career Academy Foundation, a non-profit working to make the door to university as wide open as possible. Read more >
Learning the lessons of the future
March 01, 2004 An educated, well equipped workforce is clearly in the interests for business. But it requires companies to bring their energy to the table if today’s young people are to contribute to an equal, prosperous future, argues WH Smith’s chairman. Read more >