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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
5 ways to save money for the holidays
As summer gives way to fall, you’ll probably start seeing holiday decorations going up in stores everywhere.
Coping with grief at work: 3 suggestions to help
If you’ve recently lost a loved one, it’s likely the grief is still fresh and affecting your day to day life. But at some point, you have to pick up the pieces and head back to work.
Right to work checks: What you need to know
If your business is recruiting new staff, it’s down to you to ensure they have the right to work in the UK.
£775m RBS bank fund—what do UK SMEs need to know?
It’s a great time to be a UK SME. There is a huge amount of investment being pumped in to various industries to increase choice, improve service and start to address unmet needs.
What could the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) do for your early-stage company?
Your early-stage company could face many barriers in its attempt to drive growth. A crippling lack of funding could prove one of the largest obstacles, not least because young companies can struggle to attract investment.
Is your business “Self Aware?” Three Steps to Better Process Audits
Every company, regardless of its product, operates within a specific set of operational guidelines. Some are legally-binding regulation and some are internal processes, but they share equal power over your success.
Top employees: Hold on to what you’ve got
Dick Bucci, principal consultant at Pelorus Associates, explores eight ways to retain top employees by humanizing the workplace in an eBook in association with workforce management company Teleopti.
High-street closures spotlight employers’ redundancy obligations
Retail and restaurant closures continue to sweep across UK high streets, with Homebase, House of Fraser, Toys R Us, Homebase, Prezzo and Byron Burgers among the latest well-known brands to suffer.
A basic introduction to small business funding options
According to statistics, 50 per cent of business startups fail within the first four years.
3 Things you can do to power up your brand
Brands are very important to any business. It is an obvious statement but, especially when a brand is very successful, it’s easy to stop appreciating just how valuable it is.
I want to invest in my business – But growth isn’t right
A lot of business owners may feel as though if they aren’t growing, then the business is standing still.
How to reduce stress at the workplace?
It’s no secret that work places are one of the biggest contributors to stress.
How to gain consent & maintain your contact database
Consent. The word on the lips of every organisation across the UK, but what does it mean?
Alternative business finance? Dave Beard from Lending Expert discusses the options
When running a business, you need to find methods of financing your ideas and gaining the money required to set everything up.
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