With analysts predicting an end to the recession, The Drinks Business Conference, Bounce Back: Get Your Business Ready for the Upturn, attempted to gauge what this will mean for the industry.

Handled with care, conflict at the top of a company brings rewards. But powerful leaders who sweep away challege can cause division and damage performance

A roundup of the latest appointments and promotions in the global market research and consumer insight business.

Cognosis strengthens Board following success during 2009

When it comes to filling vacancies, employees whose talents may have been overlooked can often be a better and more cost-effective bet than external candidates...

An almighty row in the workplace could help creative thinking if properly managed, according to new research. So does a consensual attitude strangle what you're trying to achieve?

We need to talk about strategy...

We were asked by the then Secretary of State for Business in the autumn of 2008 to take an in-depth look at employee engagement and to report on its potential benefits...

Thanks to the recession, budgets for planes, trains and accommodation are being slashed as never before. The good news is that technology is on your side, and you give the planet more breathing space...

Patience Gould looks at the brand movers and shakers in the 2008 Brand Champions league. But in the backdrop of the global recession—brands, particularly premium and super-premiums will have to rework their proposition...

In an economy as tough as this, it pays to question the received wisdom...

Retailers should engage consumers emotionally, not just give them the hard sell, according to research by Cognosis...

As whole sectors come crashing down and consumer confidence hits an all time low, how are brands trying to get the public to believe in what they have to say?...

Big dreams are fine, but a pragmatic approach is more useful...