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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Relocating Your Business For A New Start
As a business owner you’ll find that relocating your company is one of the most stressful times and it’s a project that needs to be taken highly seriously.
The top five mistakes to avoid when introducing change
In business, change is both inevitable and continual. For instance currently J Sainsbury is preparing for the departure of chief executive Justin King, business minister Michael Fallon said that Royal Mail is to be sold for practical, logical and commercial reasons and Lloyds Banking Group is reducing its exposure to the beleaguered Spanish economy with the sale of its Spanish offshoot.
6 ways to be successful and happy
Tired of searching for the secret to a fulfilling career and a happy life? Look no further.
How can leadership development help small businesses grow?
People, like any other organic entity, are highly responsive to climate. While the culture of a large organisation may evolve from the different climates that develop within it, in an SME the climate is the culture and the impact of the manager/leader (who may also be the business owner) is both direct and profound.
Guide to what not to do each day
It’s for your own good. Jeff Haden tell us what to cut out of our day to see gains in productivity–not to mention happiness.
Interviewing techniques – top tips to recruit the best staff
We have already looked at how to stay out of hot water when you are interviewing. It was about being careful of the language you used when asking questions, about the questions being relevant to the job, and about how to avoid the discriminatory traps that we often find ourselves hurtling towards without really trying, or meaning to.
Why Buying British Could Drive Traffic to your Website
Local businesses miss out on potential website traffic by choosing hosting providers based in other parts of the world
Taking time out of your business is the only way to grow your business
Taking time out from the day-to-day running of your business to put a detailed strategy in place is the vital first step in the pathway to growth, according to a new report from GrowthAccelerator.
Email out of office: top ten biggest sins
The out of office email message seems to be such a simple thing. So simple in fact that most of us give it little thought. Here Chris Meredith, CEO of officebroker.com explains the top ten biggest sins when it comes to writing the out of office message.
How to stay out of hot water when interviewing
When I was a ‘soon-to-be-graduate’ I went for an interview through the university ‘milk round’ with a large reputable, then nationalised, company. I had applied for all the large nationalised industries, and large manufacturing companies, to gain what I believed to be unparalleled experience with trade unions and be supported through a comprehensive graduate training program.
Six simple tips to boost your bottom line
British SMEs are missing a trick by ignoring the importance of marketing. Research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), shows that only forty per cent of marketing activity is being implemented leading to billions in lost sales for UK SMEs.
Apprentice stars tell us they have learnt from Lord Sugar & save money where ever possible
Some of the UK’s top business brains tell us how they’re cutting costs in a stagnant economy. However some expenses are too good to keep…
One in three SME liable for huge fine as breaking the law through software mismanagement
Research released suggests a considerable number of UK SMEs are using unlicensed software and in so doing breaking the law related to Copyright.
4 steps to keeping up to date with your customers
Here’s how to find out what’s really happening inside your customer’s business.
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