Dragons’ Den star James Caan has completed what could prove to be his most significant investment to date through his leading UK staffing and real estate private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw (HB). The transaction, initiated and overseen by Tristan Ramus, involves HB combining with the ongoing management team led by CEO Imraan Ladak, to acquire 90% of highly respected medical recruitment specialists... 

Businesses with 5 to 250 employees in Milton Keynes are being offered a new grant of up to £1,000 to assist them in reducing the cost of business travel.    These are match-funded grants available from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and accessible through Business Link. Milton Keynes Council is working as a partner on the programme and will be conducting free staff travel surveys... 

Why would someone want to leave the glamorous world of football and replace their career with Window Cleaning? Swapping brushing shoulders with the rich and famous, to brushing windows for the masses? Simon Dodson, former Commercial Manager at MK Dons, has done just that! Having enjoyed a successful career in football, Simon was itching for a new challenge, with the lure of “being your own boss”... 

Crownhill-based Mirus IT Solutions have been acclaimed as one of the world’s ‘most progressive’ Managed Service Providers following their inclusion in the 2009 – 2010 MSPmentor 100 survey carried out by Nine Lives Media. The company received the recognition after being surveyed against managed services providers throughout the world, carried out between October and December 2009.  The criteria... 

A recent study by Cranfield School of Management suggests that employees given flexible hours by their employers tend to work more intensely than workers with rigid office hours. Published in the January issue of the journal Human Relations, management professors Clare Kelliher and Deirdre Anderson conducted the study. The researchers used a questionnaire to survey more than 2,000 employees at... 

Fewer companies went bust in the last quarter of 2009 than in the third quarter. Nationally, some 4,566 compulsory liquidations and creditors’ voluntary liquidations occurred in the last three months of 2009, a decrease of 1.7 per cent on the previous quarter and 1.1 per cent less than the same period a year ago. Brian Johnson, insolvency partner at chartered accountants HW Fisher & Co, says... 

The Pinnacle, Milton Keynes’ newest landmark building has had its official launch. The Pinnacle is the largest office development in Milton Keynes for over 25 years and occupies a prime location within the City’s Central Business District – it is also the tallest office building constructed in Milton Keynes to date. Hampton Brook, the developer of the spectacular 206,000 sq ft office building... 

With the recession “officially” easing, respected think-tank Centre for Cities has named Milton Keynes as “one to watch” alongside Brighton, Reading, Cambridge and Edinburgh as cities likely to prosper. The report said the cities had “the right ingredients to succeed”, and out of 64 cities surveyed, Milton Keynes was ranked at the very top for its growth of employment... 

Although the official launch of MK Commerce isn’t until Monday, March 1st, by checking our statistics every day we know we are already attracting readers! This gives you an opportunity to be an early bird and get your news featured RIGHT NOW. There is no need to wait until launch day! We fully expect to have hundreds and possibly thousands of readers by March 1st, so don’t miss out. Do... 

MK Commerce is the brand new online business magazine for Milton Keynes and we go live on March 1st! MK Commerce will be the ideal online platform for all types of businesses in Milton Keynes and North Bucks and we want your news right now! Are you celebrating a special milestone? Have you won any major contracts? Have you recently recruited key members of staff? Are you a start-up business? Send...