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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Six ways to ensure you aren’t paying too much tax
With the average British household now paying £1.1 million in taxes over their lifetime, Perrys Chartered Accountants provides its six top tips to make sure you aren’t overpaying.
The power (and risks) of ‘invisible’ trade marks
The recent trade mark infringement case between US dating site conglomerate Match Group, owner of Tinder and OkCupid, and smaller UK dating site Muzmatch has highlighted the risks that come with using trade marked words and phrases in a company’s SEO (search engine optimisation) strategy and metadata.
10 tips for female entrepreneurs to achieve business success
Research last year from Starling Bank found more than 1.5 million women had started their own business in the last 12 months and nearly three times had ambitions to start one very soon.
How to safely ‘BNPL’ as Klarna starts credit agency reports
The buy now, pay later company Klarna will start reporting UK customer debts to credit agencies for the first time next month, in a move that could affect shoppers’ credit ratings from 2023.
How to help your team beat imposter syndrome
Everyone, at some point in their career, has experienced feeling less-than-confident.
Business transformations: Communicating a new vision and inspiring employees
If you’re about to lead major change at your organisation, one thing’s for certain.
Coworking with their spouses helps women to improve earnings
Women and men in coworking couples are disproportionately more likely to have similar earnings, finds new research from Aalto University School of Business.
7 ways to save time and money on business travel
When it comes to business travel, most SMEs are itching to get back on the road! But this uptick in demand combined with lingering airline capacity issues, not to mention increasing fuel costs, means higher prices
Be prepared for the Metaverse
Dario Betti, The Mobile Ecosystem Forum explains that the Metaverse—a virtual digital world where interconnected platforms replicate and improve real life experiences or create new digital and hybrid services
5 ways to get your corporate travel under control
Business travel is back! In fact, the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) believes that global business travel spend will reach 2019 levels by 2024, a full year earlier than previously predicted.
Intellectual property: key to securing finance for growth
Growing companies often rely on equity finance to secure their business plans, but this can be challenging, especially when market demand is difficult to predict.
UK consumers urged to stay safe online amid ‘heightened international tensions’
UK and Commonwealth consumers have been urged to be even more cautious with their digital activity amid “heightened international tensions”.
Business transformations – A formula for success
Could your business do better? Did early successes suggest a future that hasn’t materialised?
6 key themes all business leaders need to address in 2022
Nick Gold, MD of Speakers Corner shares his key ways to create opportunities and engage your staff in 2022 …
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