Commercial decisions

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MDA Training announces partnership with {embrace} worldwide

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Enhancing learning, personal engagement and business growth MDA Training, one of the world’s leading learning and training companies, has announced a strategic partnership with {embrace} worldwide limited, Asia’s premiere leadership coaching and consultancy. Established in Asia Pacific, the partnership addresses the increasing demands from organisations to enhance employees’ technical skills – and more important than […]

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The market has not yet recovered from the fall out of Thomas Cook Plc. Not all holidaymakers have received reimbursement. Also, we have not satisfactorily resolved the issue of how Thomas Cook could still offer holiday packages, twenty-four hours before going into administration. This morning we wake up to the rumour, rather than hard news

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Statistics on the future of the modern workplace in 2024 and beyond

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The modern workplace is continually evolving and adjusting to the demands and expectations of employees at all levels of seniority. While the traditional working environment was structured in a linear fashion, there are now more corporations than ever choosing to adapt their methods in order to boost morale and productivity, following the rise of flexible

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Business leaders assessing performance

Would even the most experienced and confident underwriters struggle in this situation?

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Recently we were talking about the benefit of hindsight when assessing company under-performance. We considered the recently reported challenges confronting of C&J Clark (Clarks Shoes). Today we have learned about a potential £25m overstatement of inventory by Ted Baker plc. Ted Baker is a very successful business, generating sales of over £600m. The balance sheet

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Financial planning and underwriting

Have underwriters lost the confidence to override credit decisions made by a computer?

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There has been a plethora of company failures, profit warnings and strategic shortcomings reported in the financial press over the past few months. Many who have read these articles will have thought to themselves that hindsight is a wonderful thing. Hindsight does allow analysts to comment with authority. The challenging aspect of credit assessment is

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What is a commercial decision?

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Commercial decision making is one of the current business buzzwords surrounding HR, recruitment and training. But what is a commercial decision, and why should organisations, regardless of whether they are a commercial enterprise, government department or not-for-profit charity take an interest? What is a commercial decision? A commercial decision is any decision that creates value for

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