“If you’re relevant you’ll survive, if you’re irrelevant you’ll go under, regardless of where we are the economic cycle. There are plenty of businesses started during a recession that go on to be successful.” 

If starting and growing your own business was easy, everyone would be doing it. And guess what? Not everyone is. - Start-ups have notoriously high mortality rates.  Most don't make it within the first couple of years.

Property prices are almost always a talking point in Northern Ireland. After all it’s the biggest purchase most of us will ever make.

Property prices are almost always a talking point in Northern Ireland. After all it’s the biggest purchase most of us will ever make. As Mark Twain observed they’re not making any more land, the quantity is fixed,

Now he’s partnering with a company in Ballymoney. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

Now he's partnering with a company in Ballymoney. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Steve Sarowitz set up on-line payroll software company Paylocity in 1997. It's now valued at $2bn. He believes there's an opportunity to build a similar company in the UK,

This week; we’re looking at the business behind the BT brand. On the surface, you could say, it is boringly familiar. But it’s been undergoing a period of radical change, with some swagger - taking on Sky with BT Sport and buying EE in a £12 billi...

When you can see the underlying business model start to change, you have little choice. What's probably crucial is timing; too early and you may not bring customers with you, or too late and your competitors have out-run you. -

It's often claimed that family businesses are the seedbed for our economy but is that really true? Economist John Simpson has done some research on behalf of the Ulster Business School and Harbinson Mulholland; he's come up with top 100 local/family o...

Do you struggle with strategy or get distracted by tasks and never have enough time? This week we’re talking to The Positive Economist - Susan Hayes Culleton - she’s got a few solutions including the Strategy Wheel for business.