There’s never been more pressure to optimize the workplace. Over the last few years, turbulent economic conditions have left many businesses looking for ways...

Perhaps your restaurant has lines snaking out the door. Or your tax business has identified a prime market in another city. Or your medical practice has more patients than the available space can accommodate. Maybe you just have enough capital to support immediate business expansion. Scenarios like these certainly indicate that another location would be great.  What should you look for when opening a second location for your business? We’ll address what you should consider, and how to identify the right location. Opening a second location for your business. Here are a handful of questions you can ask yourself to get a clearer picture of whether or not expansion would be wise: Is your business space limiting your ability to...

Artificial Intelligence will never replace the human element in financial and mortgage advice. This is  according to 360 Lifestyle commercial director David Smith who told the Mortgage Business Expo 2024 that AI could never replicate what the human adviser offers.  However, he stressed that those broker firms that did not harness the inherent efficiencies of AI would struggle to survive. MFS head of marketing Leah Brunskill agreed that in the current climate AI played an important role but one that complemented rather than threated the valued broker function. “Only 9% of a recent 2,000 consumer survey said that they wanted their mortgage journey to be totally via AI. That shows that the clear majority of people want...