Category: Advice

British SMEs are missing a trick by ignoring the importance of marketing. Research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), shows that only forty per cent of marketing activity is being implemented leading to billions in lost sales for UK SMEs.

Some of the UK’s top business brains tell us how they’re cutting costs in a stagnant economy. However some expenses are too good to keep…

Research released suggests a considerable number of UK SMEs are using unlicensed software and in so doing breaking the law related to Copyright.

Here’s how to find out what’s really happening inside your customer’s business.

We held a seminar the other week on saying what you mean without getting into hot water. We wanted to share some ideas with our clients about how they can recruit to their teams, speak to their staff and run their businesses without fearing discrimination and harassment claims in this ever changing, discriminatory legislative environment we call work.

Not every communication needs to be sent via email. Here are three types of emails you should never send if you want to be focusedon work and not your inbox

The days are get longer and warmer and you’re probably already counting how many there are left until the Summer holidays. But what could you do in the meantime to give your business bookkeeping its annual dose of polish, then make that task a regular part of your weekly hour spent on your books?

That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It’s not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire’s first day.

Nobody would ever intentionally sabotage their own based business, but oftentimes, we do things that we have no idea are going to hurt just that – our livelihood. Here are six things that you might be doing that you should re-evaluate. It’s never too late to stop, so, get back on track ASAP!

Stephen Archer, Business Analyst and Director of Spring Partnerships says, “The retention of your key talent is vital which means employees need remain engaged, motivated and therefore more loyal. Here are some tips for companies on how to do that successfully.”

During this tough economic time, it is crucial that businesses keep a tight control on costs to be successful. and taking out the right insurance cover is vital in order to be able to trade, but Paul Gardner, Sales & Marketing Director at Prescott Jones Insurance Brokers says that it is essential to seek independent advice from a reliable insurance expert to keep premiums as low as possible.

This may seem like a dumb question to many, but Stuart Cook suggests that he has encountered many businesses that exist and flourish very successfully without spending any of the managers’ time thinking about Strategy and its implementation.

If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth.

You’ve planned and prepared your presentation, or training workshop, in detail. You’ve anticipated every eventuality. You arrive early, get set up and are no more than five minutes into your presentation when it happens – someone in your audience starts to throw out unsolicited comments. These are the type of comments that aim to catch you out, to make you look bad. You’re being heckled. What do you do? How do you handle the heckler?