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Category: Advice
Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Have you become too productive?
There is such a thing as too much productivity and efficiency, say neuroscientists, at least when it crowds all play out of your day.
Employee Benefits
Impressive employee benefits packages that are offered by big businesses can help them to attract good staff, and, the positive news is that today it is no longer the case that the best benefits are reserved only for the domain of large companies.
Increase your company productivity: Tell staff to stay at home
If your employees don’t work from home you’re missing out on huge benefits, including increased productivity, reduction on your overhead cost, as well as a happy workforce. Why I think every small business should have a work-from-home program work.
Employee Engagement is the Key to Success
Gary Cattermole and Jaime Johnson are joint Co-Founders and Directors at The Survey Initiative, a leading staff survey provider. Here they discuss how employee engagement can lift profitability and improve staff wellbeing.
Watch out for the new pay figures
The Government announced at the end of 2012 that it planned to increase the various levels of compensation and employment wage rates on February 1 2013. Cat Macdonald of Threedom Solutions Ltd runs you through what you need to know.
6 things every customer wants
Contrary to popular belief, customers are less interested in price than in these six things.
Tips for setting budgets
Budgeting is far from an exact science, but is a crucial task which provides a detailed roadmap to keep a business going in the right direction.
Should employers do more for retirees?
The act of ceasing work, and taking retirement, is a huge cliff-edge for many employees. Virtually everything changes overnight: income, expenditure, friendships with colleagues, home relationships and health issues are all suddenly thrown into flux. Often the retiring employee is left to navigate through this tsunami of change without any help from their former employer.
Quick guide to invoice trading
Christopher Shaw, CEO of Platform Black tells us what you need to know about invoice trading
Snow joke for employers: A guide to your legal position in adverse weather
The latest episode of snowy weather will leave many employers facing problems around pay and absence caused by the adverse weather. Solicitor Hugh Hitchcock, Managing Partner of DJM Solicitors, says that now is the perfect time to review your ‘bad weather’ and business continuity policies to make sure your business can cope the next time a crisis occurs.
Snow Days & Fridays are Prime Time for Selling!
Don’t let the snowy weather and prospect of lazy Friday afternoons distract you from bringing in the sales, as this could be the prime time to pick up some your best deals of the year!
Things extraordinary people say every day
They’re small things, but each has the power to dramatically change someone’s day. Including yours.
The role of management in business
Management in all business and organisational activities is defined in dictionaries as the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organising, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organisation (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.
Ways to improve your email marketing
Email marketing is one of the oldest online marketing techniques, but it’s still one of the most effective. The Direct Marketing Association estimates a return on investment of over £40 for every £1 spent on email, nearly twice that of search marketing.
