Leave your CV at home: the business leaders who do things differently

When we assess the success or otherwise of a business we usually base our view on its profitability. This week, E2E, the business networking and mentoring organisation, held a dinner to launch E2E Job Creation 100, tracking Britain’s 100 most successful small to medium enterprises based on the number of jobs they’ve created. “In all,” said Shalini Khemka, the dynamic founder of E2E, “the 100 listed firms were responsible for adding 60,000 jobs nationwide. Not only is this a remarkable total but they achieved it, don’t forget, during a period of great business uncertainty; in an economy struggling under the burden of the Covid pandemic.” To put that in context, when was the last time you heard of any new venture creating that many posts? Britain is sending out mixed messaging, saying it is very much “open for business” but then putting increasing obstacles in the path of businesses that want to recruit the best, which can mean heading abroad.