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Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
Ten ways to keep your energy levels up when surrounded by negative people at work
At the end of a working day we all feel tired but if you are finding that you are often close to exhaustion then there may be some hidden reasons for this.
How prominent is business fraud?
According to business experts and a 2014 global fraud study from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the typical business suffers a 5 per cent loss of profits every year due to corporate fraud – a global loss of trillions.
Top speeches to get you motivated
Monday has returned, along with the urge to gain some motivation for the week ahead. We’ve got arguably the top motivational speeches to help you out.
Ten tips on resolving conflict in the workplace
Avoiding gossip, remembering to count to ten before retaliating and minding your language are all simple strategies to avoid conflict in the workplace.
Guide to business expenses and knowing when to make a claim
All business owners want to see a return on investment. However, they also want to be sure their accounts reflect both their income and expenses.
Five ways to learn more, faster
Today, business is inherently more complex than it has ever been. Yves Morieux, senior partner at strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has developed an index to show how business complexity has increased six fold during the past sixty years alone.
The rise of the conscious consumer
Consumers are expecting more from the companies they do business with. They want to go further than just a transaction, they want a relationship; a human, authentic experience.
Mindfulness as an organisational strategy
Whether it is Newton and the apple or Fleming and mould or Roentgen and the X-Ray, ground breaking results are gained by intelligent people being conscious of their surroundings and applying a new perspective to observations.
How to set up your business in the UK post-Brexit
The Vote-to-Leave has created an uncertain economic environment for many foreign businesses looking to establish themselves in the UK.
How to avoid common CRM pitfalls
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions are nothing new; the market was estimated to be worth $26.3 billion in 2015, a 12 per cent increase since 2014. However, many businesses simply see checking off the CRM box as job done.
Share what you know and doors will open
Have you found a work-around for a common issue in your field? Are you just back from an industry conference, with some insights on the latest trends?
10 ways for SMEs to save money on banking
“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”, as the philosopher Lao Tzu said. But that first step is also one of the hardest to make, because we have to overcome our inertia. Perhaps this explains why over 90 per cent of SMEs get business loans from the bank where they hold their current accounts, and don’t look around for better deals.
3 reasons you should keep your business and personal bank accounts separate
When you’re starting out in business, it can be tempting to run all of your finances through your personal bank account, rather than going through the hassle of setting up a separate account for your business.
The changing landscape of SME lending
According to the Federation of Small Businesses, 99.9 percent of the 5.4 million businesses in the UK are SMEs, and they generate roughly half of the total turnover in the private sector and employ approximately 60% of the UK workforce.