2017-02-18 09:00
DESPITE the relative convenience of earphones and earbuds, the more substantial on-ear headphone has made a big comeback in recent years. This is due in part to millennials-driven retro fash… Read More
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2017-02-17 14:30
Aidan Rushby is the cofounder and CEO of Movebubble, and is passionate about property: not about building it or developing it, but renting it. The foreword and preamble to first chapter of t… Read More
2017-02-17 09:00
Staying up to date with the social media world is no easy task. Where do you start? That’s why I’ve prepared this list of my top 5 social media sites. It is one answer to the dil… Read More
2017-02-16 15:34
Are you feeling fatigued more than usual lately, even if you’ve been going to the gym or otherwise staying active? You might even have been sleeping more in a bid to combat tiredness… Read More
2017-02-16 11:37
For Drazen Toic, business is everything, and opportunities are everywhere. This explains not only his entrepreneurial record, but also why, far from his native Croatia, he is making wav… Read More
2017-02-15 15:00
The world’s most expensive car models are usually positioned in the high-performance, sports or even specialist utility categories. These are the ultimate in driving, whether for high… Read More
2017-02-14 12:31
If you are curious about how to use time effectively, you’ve come to the right place. But first, we have to go to the movies! We’re here to see a very particular film. In the fut… Read More
2017-02-13 09:33
SITUATED in the English north-west, Liverpool is a fiercely proud English city whose contributions to culture, not only in the UK but globally, were recognised in 2008 when it was named the… Read More
2017-02-12 09:00
For top and mid-level managers, Edward M Hallowell has the most concise and coherent arguments for answering the question of what makes a great place to work. Hallowell’s book,&nb&hell…Read More
2017-02-11 09:00
IF YOU’RE a fitness ‘newbie’—and if so, congratulations!—it’s important to remember, when shooting for a sustainable healthy eating and exercise plan that… Read More
2017-02-10 11:43
4YFN Barcelona (Four Years From Now) is not just another startup event. It’s a manifestation and expression of Mobile World Capital Barcelona (MWCB), a public- and private-se… Read More
2017-02-09 15:11
It’s very fitting that a company named My 1st Years should be co-founded by two guys who’ve been best mates since the age of three years. Johnny Sitton and Daniel Price always ha… Read More
2017-02-09 13:30
KEEPING your hair healthy and well-styled can have the most significant effect on your appearance. But where to start in finding the best hair products for men?
Hair is probably the key elem… Read More
2017-02-08 15:33
Forex trading is seen by many as a get-rich-quick scheme. In fact, many brokers benefit from customers’ naivety by selling it as just that. A lot of new traders, with much potential, e… Read More
2017-02-08 11:54
IT’S TIME once again for Workplace Wednesday so join us at AGENT for a look at what your Change AGENT peers have been getting up to lately in their places of work i… Read More
2017-02-07 14:40
HERE on Wall Street, Winter will soon be gone, and soon, fashions will bring the streets to life again with pops of colour—the style equivalent of the green shoots of Springtime… Read More
2017-02-07 11:31
Before getting in to sharing and explaining my single-sentence platform guides and social media tips for business, the most important thing to say is not only are there numerous benefit… Read More
2017-02-06 09:00
IT’S often said that you should start as you mean to continue. The successes of many leading entrepreneurs stem from attention to detail and focusing on the things that most people tak… Read More
2017-02-05 09:00
‘BUSINESS is a performance sport’. I read that slogan once, while buying new shoes. I can’t see the relationship between the slogan and shoes, but I do agree that it relate… Read More
2017-02-04 09:00
When considering the question of how to get a loan to start a business, it’s interesting that in the UK and elsewhere, there has actually been an increase in borrowing from banks… Read More
2017-02-03 16:29
Ian Dowling, owner of Ian Dowling Physiotherapy Limerick, knows everything about the wisdom of Teddy Roosevelt’s famous Man In The Arena quote, having been a professional rugby-playing… Read More
2017-02-03 14:02
AT THE helm of the viral content empire, Dose, which has raised $35m in funding, 29-year-old Emerson Spartz is a true king of viral content marketing.
Emerson Spartz is also a walking a… Read More
2017-02-02 09:00
IF YOU are a digital marketing entrepreneur, professional or startup, Adobe Summit 2017 is the networking and industry showcase event that you just won’t want to miss. Taking place ove… Read More
2017-02-01 13:40
IT COMES as no surprise to learn that from an early age, celebrated speaker, author and business consultant Robert Craven knew that he could not be told what to do by someone else… Read More
2017-02-01 10:49
IT’S TIME once again for Workplace Wednesday so join us at AGENT for a look at what your Change AGENT peers have been getting up to lately in their places of work i… Read More
2017-01-31 15:29
THE name Alan Price will be most familiar to people in the UK and Ireland for his expert commentary on human resource management and employment issues for a huge span of leadi… Read More
2017-01-31 12:09
I recently fired two clients. That’s right. I fired the clients. They didn’t fire me. If your gut response was to say “Why on earth would you fire clients? They’… Read More
2017-01-30 14:06
AT ONLY 19 years old, Solomon Ian-Sangala had already endured and surpassed a succession of tough business and life challenges to head up his own bespoke clothing company AttireX&n&hell…Read More
2017-01-30 10:59
BEFORE I share my tips for successful business with you, I think it’s useful to formally introduce myself, tell you where I am at now, and then use my back-story to illustrat… Read More
2017-01-29 09:00
UNLESS for the past half-decade you’ve been somewhere beyond the reach of social media, you’ll know that the Selfie has become one of the social networks’ mo… Read More
2017-01-28 09:00
MOST people these days store their music on their phones, and although this is ideal for listening through earphones on the go, it can sound tinny when amplified and certainly can’t fi… Read More
2017-01-27 16:52
WORDPRESS is one of the most revolutionary communication tools in history, enabling even untrained individuals and businesses to disseminate information to and build commercial relationships… Read More
2017-01-27 09:00
POLAR Bear Pitching is literally the coolest stage on the globe for startups. Startups enter a whole that is cut in the frozen Baltic Sea, and pitch for as long as they can, in the free… Read More
2017-01-26 14:16
NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) is a monthly event hosted by the NY Tech Alliance , and has become the go-to occasion for members of the city’s tech community to see emerging companies demo… Read More
2017-01-26 10:56
THERE is no great mystery to performing effectively at a job interview. It’s all about preparation. This is easier to say in theory than to carry out in practice, but job int… Read More
2017-01-25 09:00
Roll up! It’s time for AGENT’s weekly celebration of what Change AGENTs across the world have been getting up in their places of work. This week on Workplace Wednesday… Read More
2017-01-24 14:25
I have often heard it said, “Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur.” I’ve always been skeptical however, and since a recent encounter that I had with one entrep… Read More
2017-01-24 11:32
Justin Matthew, influential founder of social media marketing company iBoom Media, is an energetic high achiever who was so successful in his first career as an investor that he was hired du… Read More
2017-01-23 16:10
Because of the way in which the visual and verbal, the audio and the visual, has superseded text in the modern business world, business leaders or those assigned to represent the p… Read More
2017-01-23 09:00
IF THERE is one thing common to all successful people, it is their awesomely focused attitude towards time. For the successful entrepreneur, time is measured in units, and every unit co… Read More
2017-01-22 08:45
NO LONGER a flashy tech ‘bolt on’ halfway house between the Smartphone and the Desktop/Laptop, tablets are now well established as important business tools in their own right. Th… Read More
2017-01-21 08:45
THE best quality earbuds deliver an immersive sound experience while remaining portable and discreet. Early incarnations of earbuds give the devices a bad name, and many people continue… Read More
2017-01-20 09:50
JORDAN Daykin is most widely known to the public at large for his successful appearance on BBC Dragon’s Den in 2014. His age at the time was widely remarked upon.
Just 20 years ol… Read More
2017-01-20 09:00
FROM the building blocks of entrepreneurship to the human side of tech… in February 2017, in the snowy Latvia capital of Riga in the heart of the Baltics, TechChill will explore… Read More
2017-01-18 14:10
WHEN companies let staff members go in order to secure survival, it’s difficult for employee and employer alike. The employee must find a new job, and the company is ack… Read More
2017-01-18 14:00
One of people’s greatest fears—a dread that is understood by any nationality, either gender, anywhere—is the fear of public speaking.
“All the great speakers were bad… Read More
2017-01-18 09:00
JOIN AGENT, for another Workplace Wednesday roundup of the activities of your Change AGENT peers worldwide, via this fantastic office selfie selection from workplaces in the US, Fr… Read More
2017-01-17 15:00
RENEW The Book is a startup event with a difference. Not only is it one of the newest startup events, and a competition for startups in the publishing industry: it’s also an entir… Read More
2017-01-17 09:54
THE entrepreneurial story of Heidi Zak was born out of a frustration she felt in common with millions of women across the world, when shopping for bras; or more accurately, the tim… Read More
2017-01-16 15:40
Are you sick of starting and stopping when you have really wanted so desperately to achieve your goals. I totally get that, because I used to be that person—always starting o… Read More
2017-01-15 10:00
THE startup phase is not for the faint of heart, but a fundamentally simple approach is likely to see new business startup entrepreneurs through. Efficiency is the key, as is trying to… Read More
2017-01-14 09:00
MODERN professional life can play havoc with the diet, thanks to frequent meetings and many phone calls that can’t be ignored at lunchtime. But while grabbing a sandwich at the de… Read More
2017-01-13 14:04
THE Royal Suite at London’s Lanesborough Hotel is aptly named: with a location on Hyde Park Corner in upmarket Knightsbridge,the Royal Suite is accommodation that is truly fit for… Read More
2017-01-13 13:33
CAREY-Ann Lordan is the owner of Red PR, an Irish PR, Marketing and Event Management company, established in 2010. Carey-Ann and her team manage client accounts across a diversity of se… Read More
2017-01-12 16:12
AS A private yoga instructor to celebrities and corporate business clients in one of the world’s busiest cities, Los Angeles, CA, Danielle Cuccio knows a lot about the importance of se… Read More
2017-01-12 09:41
IN RECENT years, there has been a significant increase in numbers of people who choose to abandon traditional employment in favour of taking the reins of their own destiny to becom… Read More
2017-01-11 12:42
NUMEROUS managers over the years have sought my services as a business coach, but don’t actually realise what their biggest problem is: that their business team is not operating a… Read More
2017-01-11 12:15
Rami Rahal, co-founder and now managing partner at the New York-based investment business, Blue Cloud Ventures, is a textbook example of the entrepreneurial spirit, pushing the envelope… Read More
2017-01-11 10:23
IT’S TIME once again for Workplace Wednesday so join us at AGENT for a peek at what your Change AGENT peers have been getting up to lately in their places of w… Read More
2017-01-10 17:35
Flexible and affordable business phone packages, offering value for money across all communication modes—voice, text and data—have become vital for startups and small and medium… Read More
2017-01-10 11:29
ResolveTO is one of those startup events with a name that seems to be made for this time of year, when New Year resolutions are firmest on our mind and our focus on the year ahead is at its… Read More
2017-01-09 15:25
What can be said about networking in business that hasn’t already been said? Personally, I think that the importance of networking in business cannot be overstated. It’s cru… Read More
2017-01-08 09:30
THE appeal of modern television shows—and the most popular TV characters—often stands or falls on how well the producers have researched the fashion sense of the characters. &hell…Read More
2017-01-07 09:30
OUT of respect to our four-legged friends, we take a look at workplaces that make a special effort to accommodate dogs, and the needs of their owners, during office hours. Here are &hell…Read More
2017-01-06 16:43
CARL Reader is a walking advertisement for the virtues of pragmatism. A man who left school at the age of 16 to train as a hairdresser, he subsequently returned, then trained in accountancy… Read More
2017-01-06 14:30
RETIREMENT—it comes to us all. So what plans have you made for the latter part of your life, when the big work has been done, the long-term goals achieved, and the children flown the n… Read More
2017-01-06 09:31
The new BMW i8 lives up to the car-maker’s promise to deliver one of the most innovative sports cars of our time. Beyond the immediate impact of its breathtaking gull-wing door design… Read More
2017-01-05 16:45
In many ways, Galway is like Ireland’s love letter to the world: this bijou but culturally and economically thriving hub on the Irish west coast has given us the Claddagh Ring, an… Read More
2017-01-05 11:19
The subject of mindfulness and mindful thinking was very much on the radar during 2016. Despite some cynics regarding it as somewhat of a new, novelty fad, mindful thinking as a conscious te… Read More
2017-01-05 10:00
The south western English region of Reading has emerged from a decade-long business regeneration programme to become one of the regional economic powerhouses of the UK. This thriving to… Read More
2017-01-04 15:03
Chris Owen is a Director at global PR firm M&C Saatchi, looking after a variety of clients in the B2B and tech space.
“Be yourself, believe in yourself, write what comes naturally… Read More
2017-01-04 10:00
IT’S TIME once again for Workplace Wednesday so join us at AGENT for a peek at what your Change AGENT peers have been getting up to lately in their places of w… Read More
2017-01-03 16:09
REGULARLY named as one of the top 10 cities in the UK to live and work in, Leicester is one of the most vibrant urban centres in England. It’s a true destination city, with everything… Read More
2017-01-03 12:15
KEEPING to-do lists is one of the secrets to a really well run business. These business to do lists are particularly important in smaller enterprises where personnel and management tend to o… Read More
2017-01-03 09:00
THE sheer range of fashion choices, even for the modern business man, can be quite bewildering for some. The most sensible choice is to go for a seasonal capsule wardrobe that has sufficient… Read More
2017-01-02 09:00
HAVING paid handsomely for your new iPhone, you will want to ensure its longevity. The best iPhone case brands offer maximum protection for your investment, while retaining its ultra cool im… Read More
2017-01-01 11:00
IT SHOULD never be forgotten—by entrepreneurs and the wider world—how important it is to save cash regularly. Being suddenly deprived of earnings is an unpleasant prospect; and w… Read More
2016-12-31 09:00
IF YOU’RE heading off on a business trip, make sure that your suitcase contains at least one of these 10 great business traveller essentials. Our list contains products that will… Read More
2016-12-30 09:00
WATCHING archive YouTube clips of the late Steve Jobs pitching products scarcely does justice to the effectiveness of his style. The iconic Steve Jobs presentation skills &hell…Read More
2016-12-29 09:00
Lets take a look at the 10 Coolest Offices in London.
1. Red Bull, London
Image Source: Jump Studios Photography: Bill Jenkins
RED Bull’s London headquarters are as energetic a… Read More
2016-12-20 12:34
AGENT™ is for the Change AGENT – Entrepreneurs & Career Professionals globally who are driven by their business passion. Counting down the days to Ch… Read More
2016-12-20 09:30
EMPLOYERS and business leaders in the current climate who believe their employees should be happy to have jobs and so should just get on with it and never complain need to think serious… Read More
2016-12-20 09:15
Fiji, is a spectacular country situated in the South Pacific, that consists of more than 300 islands. It’s famous for rugged landscapes, palm tree-lined beaches and… Read More
2016-12-20 09:00
Even by the formidable standards of Lotus car makers, the Lotus Evora 400 is formidable. Packing an incredible performance punch of 400hp, with an incredible top speed of 186mph (299kmh), th… Read More
2016-12-20 08:50
WHILE beards have become increasingly popular, it’s important in the business world to keep facial hair trimmed and neat in appearance at all times. It’s just possible that the v… Read More
2016-12-20 08:35
“THERE’S a book in that!” The thought might regularly occur to anyone, especially someone who has a way with words, and enjoys writing on themed topics, but there are impor… Read More
2016-12-20 08:20
A HEALTHY eating regime is absolutely vital to keep your business brain focused, and your productivity working to the max. However, it can be a little off-putting when considering the a… Read More
2016-12-20 08:10
DEIRDRE Ui Chathmhaoil is the founder and director of Ri na Mara, a family-owned and operated seaweed cosmetics company based in Spiddal, County Galway, on the west coast of Ireland.
&l&hell…Read More
2016-12-20 07:55
WEBSITE security threats are among the most discussed web design topics, and that is unsurprising, particularly in the world of business and e-commerce websites, and other sectors… Read More
2016-12-20 07:40
IF YOU’RE a public transport commuter, chances are that the amount of time you spend on a bus or train with other commuters is quite significant. But in a world awash wi… Read More
2016-12-20 07:20
IT’S TIME once again for Workplace Wednesday, but this time with a Christmas twist, so join us at AGENT for a peek at what your Change AGENT peers have been ge… Read More
2016-12-20 07:00
KENNETH Buchholtz is the founder of the global human resources consultancy Campbell International. A contributor to AGENT, Kenneth is an experienced, multi-lingual human resources (HR)… Read More
2016-12-19 10:12
IN THE end it was Lord Sugar’s instinct for entrepreneurial adventurousness—“I’ve got to follow my gut”—led him to crown Alana Spencer as queen of Th… Read More
2016-12-16 10:47
IF THERE’s one thing unifying the five candidates who remained in this season of The Apprentice UK until this week’s gruelling interviews process and three consequent boardr… Read More
2016-12-15 14:37
Celia Sawyer is a self-made millionaire who has earned her fortune through property investment and an interior design business with a particular focus on sourcing, buying… Read More
2016-12-15 14:00
Fife, the natural peninsula on the east coast of Scotland, bounded to the north by the Firth of Tay and to the south by the Firth of Forth, is one of the treasures of Scotland, and the entir… Read More
2016-12-15 09:49
TO OUTSIDERS, Bradford is one of England’s most overlooked cities, but it’s a thriving centre of commerce, culture and heritage that ensure a steady inflow of gues… Read More
2016-12-14 12:00
IT’S that time of the week again—Workplace Wednesday! Why not take 5 and join AGENT for a look at what your Change AGENT peers have been getting up in their places… Read More
2016-12-13 17:00
WITH more relaxed professional dress codes, wearing a tie is no longer mandatory in many workplaces, but it’s still important to retain a neat appearance. These 8 great alter… Read More
2016-12-13 12:30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a southern Caribbean nation, composed of the main island of St Vincent itself, and an archipelago of smaller landmasses. Among those famili… Read More
