Long term supplier relationships are achievable, workable and profitable as this case study from the automotive sector shows.

In a recent report on the role of the Training Adviser commissioned by the Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board there was some detail and discussion of relationships between training advisers and clients in the industry. The job of developing and maintaining relationships with employers in...

The Manpower Consultative Group for the Hotel and Catering Industry has for the last 18 months shown a serious concern for the critical manpower situation faced by that industry. The Group's Chairman, in a recent statement entitled ‘Manpower weaknesses hamper industry's efficiency and restrict...

It may be reasonably argued that the advent of modern communications technologies should manifest itself to some extent in a change in the behavioural patterns of their users. Indeed, if no such changes occur it may prove difficult to justify the introduction of these technologies. Particularly,...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Notes -- Introduction -- Notes -- PART I THE PERFECT INVESTMENT -- Chapter 1 How to Value an Asset -- Three Primary Components of Value -- Gems -- Notes -- Chapter 2 How to Value a Business -- Defining Cash Flow -- How to Calculate...

This report discusses how public policy should change to bring about better outcomes in retirement for employees through their accumulation of private pension wealth. In doing so, we draw on new modelling undertaken as part of the Pensions Review (O'Brien, Sturrock and Cribb, 2024) as well as...

Accurately valuing storage in the electricity market recognizes its role in enhancing grid flexibility, integrating renewable energy, managing peak loads, providing ancillary services and improving market efficiency. In this paper we outline an optimal trading problem for an Energy Storage...