A great example of how big data and 1,000 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) demonstrate how data-driven process improvement can drive strategic change.

There is much high-level enthusiasm for change, at a management and strategic level, but this enthusiasm is quelled or blocked when the realities of day-to-day marketing activities are faced.

MTC Apprenticeships has recently announced an extension to its existing partnership with Lloyds Bank allowing SMEs working with OAS to access the £1m annual fund to cover the training costs associated with having an apprentice.

"You don’t have to sacrifice profit for your principles, as data piles up to show that ethical investment really does pay."

It has become an expectation that businesses and communities should be ‘doing their part’ for the both the environment and for future prospects

More than 40% of young people recently told a poll run by The Independent that they felt ill-prepared for work and lacked the soft skills and confidence needed to go far in employment.