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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
Appointing an agency: how to write the perfect brief
Rob Skinner, founder and managing director at Skout Public Relations, draws upon his 20+ years of experience in PR to offer his take on writing the perfect brief when appointing a PR agency.
The ultimate guide to choosing your first office space
When launching a new business, an entrepreneur is faced with a huge number of decisions to make regarding staff, branding, finance and generating income.
7 trends for the 2018 Christmas party season
As we approach winter and the start of the end of year work party season, many business owners, given all the economic uncertainty of Brexit, are still undecided about whether to make their usual investment in an office party.
Why a joint venture is sometimes the right venture
With only 40 er cent of businesses surviving past the five year mark, it is no secret that becoming an entrepreneur can be tricky.
Top five tips for new & growing businesses
Starting a business is not for the faint-hearted. For many new business owners – and as operations gain momentum – the day-to-day requirements of running the business can overshadow areas of potential savings and overlooked simple best practices.
5 ways to increase efficiency in your business
Efficiency is defined as doing things the right way (spending as little expenses and resources as possible, etc.) and it’s one of the most important things you can focus on as a business.
Nearly half of all job seekers are hired with wrong soft skills to be successful
Research reveals hiring process is failing candidates and companies due to complex, unresponsive and ineffective pre-hire assessments
What to consider when looking for commercial property
There are plenty of things to consider when looking for a new commercial property, rather than just value for money and location, which are the most obvious two.
5 leadership secrets to improve productivity
Leadership is an art. Everyone can master this art by implementing proper strategies.
Are you getting enough sleep?
We all know how difficult it is to work when we’re tired but are you aware of the effects on others?
Zero Hour Contracts – What are the Pros & Cons?
If you read all the articles in the news about zero-hour contracts, then the chances are that you probably have a very negative opinion about this sort of employment.
7 steps to a perfectly written business plan
‘’Regardless of its size, every business should have a business plan in place.’’ – says Joseph Green, a business writing expert at an assignment writing service.
Strategies for protecting & enhancing business finances
Being a businessowner comes with many responsibilities. It can be very rewarding to give back to your workers and help out your customers.
Do any of us make the most out of our support network?
Author Porter Gale wrote the most important asset in business isn’t financial capital, but social capital – the ability to “build a network of authentic personal and professional relationships.”
















