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Category: Advice
Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Cyber security: Your people are the key to keeping your business safe
With around 90% of successful cyber attacks down to human error, Mark Brown, founder of Psybersafe, says that businesses should be paying just as much attention to training their people as they do to their IT systems.
Clarkson’s Farm: Can you claim 130% of the cost of buying your sheepdog?
Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson’s new Amazon Prime series has highlighted not only the importance of working dogs on a farm but also the cost of these hard-working animals.
The impact of losing concentration
‘I keep losing focus’, complains Noreen. ‘I wish I could concentrate better’, says George. Do you hear yourself sometimes saying this?
How to use social media platforms to successfully scale your business
Scaling your business, whilst maintaining efficiency, is possibly one of the hardest things to do in performance advertising. The reason for that is down to the way the platforms are set up.
Should I be working from home or going back to the office?
Companies have been preparing for workers to return to the office in England – but is a return to the office based 9-5 the right way of approach?
How to market your business – when you really, really HATE social media
Read any guide on the best way to market your business and you’re bound to find social media high up the list — and sometimes, the only thing on the list.
Ransomware: Five steps every business should take
In 2021, cyber security is never far away from the headlines. In the last month alone, the Irish health service was hit by a significant ransomware attack, leading to a total shutdown of its computer systems and widespread disruption to services.
What does Building Back Better really mean for SMEs?
As the country returns to some degree of normality, so the drive to create jobs and tackle the current high levels of unemployment steps up a gear.
Always choose the people you work with rather than building a business for investors
Why we chose to build a franchise instead of the investor-beloved marketplace platform?
How to successfully allocate your ad spend across social media platforms
It has never been more critical for your business to understand how to get the most out of your advertising budget.
Maintain a surge in sales with customer feedback, ignore this at your peril
Looking to scale post-lockdown, maintain the surge by focusing closely on customer feedback
Poor sales and marketing systems are impacting your bottom line – here’s what to do
Everything is different now, the way we work, shop and learn. Within business, brands have had to take a major step back, reassess their practices and review how they engage with customers.
Top tips for business teams during Ramadan
Advice from RVU’s Data and Analytics Executive, Safiyah Raja, on what teams should know about those partaking in Ramadan, and how best to support them.
The tax implications of remote working abroad: What employers need to know
By now, we all know that getting back to “normal” will, for many people, not involve going back to work in the way we did before Covid-19 hit.
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