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Legal

Managing staff sickness absence

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) published their eighth national survey of absence management policy and practice in July.  According to the survey the average…

Opinion

Make ‘your’ voices heard

Businesses are the lifeblood of communities, and collectively they are the economic engine of the country. Business opinions matter greatly, and to ignore this voice would…

Advice

No longer a great job

The directors of Britain's companies are feeling the pressure from the growing risks and responsibilities they face – to the point where a majority are seriously…

Marketing

Taking action

Many small business owners will be used to copping flak for addictions to their ‘crackberry’. The tell tale symtoms are all too common. Exasperated partners railing…

In Business

Energy saving website launched

Opus Energy – a leading independent electricity supplier to businesses – have just launched Opus Evolution, a real-time online energy purchasing system that gives customers direct…

In Business

Free relocation guide for UK businesses

Windsor Telecom Plc, UK's 2nd largest provider of 0845 memorable phone numbers and inbound call solutions has published a free guide to relocation aimed at UK…

In Business

Search for investment just got easier

A new website is set to provide an easy boost for anyone seeking venture capital or private equity funding.  Investor Search is a specialist search engine…

Advice

Standing out from the crowd

With an average annualised turnover of £25 million, The Commercial Group is the largest independently owned office services company in the UK. In its 17 years…

News

The return of the formal office wear

The White House recently made the headlines by banning flip-flops. 83 per cent of UK businesses agree, saying that these are not suitable work attire. 70…

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News

Staff exaggerating expenses

More than five million people - 30 per cent of all employees who claim, or have claimed employee expenses in the past & admit to exaggerating…

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Advice

The ‘It’s not easy being green’ myth

A belief, held by many, that ‘It’s not easy being green’, still seems to prevail for many small-to-medium sized businesses.

Legal

The end of the office affair?

Office affairs are classic television comedy fodder. Think of any office-based 1970s sit-com and you will undoubtedly recall a male boss incessantly flirting with his pretty,…

Technology

Round the table

The emergence of the latest generation of internet applications, dubbed Web 2.0, has meant a renaissance for many technologies that never quite made it. Social networking,…

Technology

Computing on the move

It used to be a simple equation – on the road you had an underpowered but light machine to take notes, while back in the office…