According to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), the financial pundits are now saying that London has fallen behind New York and could possibly be surpassed by Hong Kong in terms...
There are several terms in use today, which, to varying degrees, sometimes cause rage amongst traditional adherents to the King’s English. For example, how can a product be “New and Improved” – either...
We return to the subject of the significant savings enjoyed by corporates that use extended-stay apartments and must again ask the question – ‘why don’t corporates make more use of them?’ Between the...
To many, the extended-stay apartment is seen as the perfect accommodation solution for an international executive coming temporarily to London to work or to allow an inbound relocating executive to find time to...
If you collect reward points from a loyalty programme, you tend to have to either spend an absolute fortune with the company, or wait until your retirement in order to have enough to...
Hidden gem. Undiscovered beauty. Rising star. Shining example. These are just some of the superlatives that regularly creep into the conversation when people are trying to sell something that is neither hidden, undiscovered,...
A study was carried out during the summer of 2012 by the American Korn/Ferry Institute (an organisation producing research and viewpoints to illuminate how talent advances business strategy) that concluded about a fifth...
Despite the current economic climate with its rather unsure future outlook, it would appear that occupancy levels in the serviced apartment sector in London have held their own during 2012. There can be...
Part 2 – The case for doing it right first time In part one, we looked at the duty of care and due diligence obligations procurement departments in companies have towards their employees...
Part 1 – Employee welfare and company duty of care It is said that you tend to get what you pay for, and that the cheapest is not always the best – although,...