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Your Small Business And Efficient Staff
As a small business owner, you may never have been in the position of managing and motivating employees before. Even if you have, chances are it was in a very different environment to the one you work...
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How To Get Recruitment Right
Whether you are recruiting for your first employee or your hundred and first, making sure you choose someone who is a good fit for your business is a huge decision. Employing a person who isn’t...
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How To Spot When Employees Are Stressed
We’ve previously published a few articles relating to employees in your small business and how to manage them. Dealing with problems and less than satisfactory employees is one thing, but how do you...
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Want To Win Government Contracts? It’s Time To Invest In Skills
Those in the construction industry looking to bid for major government infrastructure contracts will be required to make an investment in skills, according to an announcement made on 24th March. The...
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Fit For Work – New Government Scheme
With an average of just under one million UK workers having been on long term sick leave, defined as absences of one month or longer, each month between October 2010 and September 2013, the government...
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A Simple Guide To Selling Your Business
If the time has come to consider selling your business for whatever reason, you’re bound to have a lot to think about it. Aside from the practicalities of preparing the business, having it valued and...
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Why Small Businesses Fail and How to Defeat the Odds
Anyone who has even vaguely considered setting up in business will be all too aware of the risks involved in going it alone. Not only are you taking a risk on giving up a steady, regular income and the...
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Buying A Business – What To Ask
Making the decision to go into business rather than working for an employer doesn’t necessarily mean you need to start from scratch. Buying out an existing business can be a great way to become your...
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How to recruit the best staff for your business
Whether you’re a seasoned pro at interviewing and recruiting staff, or you’re about to do it for the very first time, it can be a daunting prospect. Not only will you need to sift through applications...
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Managing Employees in a Small Business – Holidays, Pay and Leave Entitlements
If your small business has grown and you’ve found yourself in the position where you need to employ staff, it can be a daunting prospect. Many small business owners have never managed employees before,...
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Managing employees in a small business
If your small business has taken off and you’ve found yourself in a position where you need to employ staff, it can be a time of mixed feelings. On one hand, it’s absolutely fantastic that your hard...
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Flexible Working – What It Is and How to Approach It
Since 30th June 2014, all UK employees who have completed at least 26 weeks’ service have the right to request flexible working. Prior to this date, the right was only awarded to those who had caring...
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Consumer Contract Regulations – Updated Distance Selling Rights
For many of us, online shopping is one of the best uses of the internet. Between that, telephone ordering services and mail order catalogues, there’s no longer any need to feel isolated or to miss out...
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15th Anniversary of National Minimum Wage and Some Amazing Excuses…
The National Minimum Wage was introduced fifteen years ago this month, in a move by the government to ensure that all workers were paid a fair wage. The minimum wage, which currently sits at £6.31 per...
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Adopting Best Practices in Business
As your business grows, you may be tempted to adapt to the inevitable changes that growth brings, experimenting along the way with what seems to work best. This is a more haphazard approach to growth,...
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Going Green: A Guide for SMEs
As we all become ever more aware of the negative impact many of our actions have on the environment, a growing number of businesses are implementing plans to become more eco-friendly. Aside from the...
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Telephone Hacking and Your Business
While the massive improvement in technology over the past decade or so has brought many benefits to both our business and home lives, it has also introduced new channels in which fraudsters can...
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Why and How To Make Sure Your Employees Are Happy
When running a business, it is all too easy to focus on your external customers and forget about your internal ones; that is, your employees. Happy employees can have a considerable effect on the...
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Creating a Business Strategy
To make a business truly successful, a sound business strategy is essential. As well as outlining the goals and direction of the business, a strategy serves to motivate the staff to work together. With...
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The Benefits of CSCS Cards and How to Apply
While you may be confident in your ability to do your job, prospective customers may not be willing to take your word for it. To demonstrate that you are good at what you do in order to secure a...
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