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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
Most hated phrases in business 2016
Buzzwords, management-speak, office jargon – whatever you call them, phrases used in the office often go from time-saving wonders of language to tired and worn clichés in no time.
Are the best bosses the ones who put off difficult decisions?
How good are you at making the right decision quickly? It has long been the perceived wisdom that a good leader is a decisive one.
How to better manage your cash flow
A recent study showed that 49 per cent of UK professionals believe that managing cash flow is the largest challenge facing start-ups. We asked Richard Morris, UK CEO, Evans Easyspace, for some tips to help you ensure your liquidity doesn’t dry out.
How to use simple & cost effective technology to get your business growing
If you have a computer, or even just a smartphone, there are innumerable ways in which you can enhance your business.
Bricks and Mortar Businesses Need to Embrace a Variety of Finance Options to give their customers greater flexibility in the Digital Age
The last 12 months have seen great shifts in the business model of UK bricks and mortar retailers. Consumers are demanding greater flexibility in purchase power, with channel-choice becoming a huge factor in spending power outcomes.
Too small for wellbeing? How SMEs can roll out successful health schemes
Britain lost 23.3 million working days due to ill health last year, according to official statistics. For businesses large and small the financial implications of that are huge. But the impact doesn’t just stop there, ill health costs the UK economy billions each year.
Smaller businesses still struggling with pensions
Employers are still failing to implement the appropriate auto-enrolment processes in the UK.
Why plastic pallets are the best choice for your shipment
Ship almost anything on a pallet, as long as it’s not the neighbours cat. Pallet shipping is an affordable and reliable method of sending your goods to an Amazon Fulfilment centre.Pallets come in many sizes, and are made of different materials to best suit a variety of delivery needs.
Collaboration software & the triple bottom line
Just about all businesses have at their core a simple concern: to improve their profitability. And this simple truth is reflected in the fact of the traditional bottom in businesses big and small.
Will I lose my business if I plead guilty to drink driving?
A drink driving conviction can come about easier than many realise. Just one or two drinks and you could be over the limit for a whole evening; three or four drinks and you could be over the limit the following morning. And should for any reason you then get stopped and breathalysed, a chain of events is put into place whose results can be truly devastating.
What to do when an employee discloses mental health issues?
Deciding whether to talk with your boss about a mental health issue is a really tough decision and with one in every six workers being affected by conditions such as anxiety, depression and stress every year, it’s an issue that employers need to take seriously.
Digital transformation is here to stay, so how do we navigate a path forward?
In 2015, global economic growth slowed to 2.4% according to the World Bank and 2016 has so far seen a rocky start with volatility in global stock markets, oil prices continuing to decline and growth in emerging economies flat lining amid troubling economic data from China.
How to Benefit from Brexit and the GBP
If you have even the slightest inkling of what’s going on in politics, you will be aware that the UK will be holding a referendum on their membership of the EU. Regardless if you’re a passionate Brexiter, or firmly for the IN campaign, or even just on the fence, there’s a great opportunity to profit from it whatever the result.
Five Business Lessons from the Leicester City Football Club Fairytale
As Leicester wakes up to life as home of the newly crowned Premier League champions, what can businesses learn from the fantastic Foxes’ amazing success?