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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
How effective are your online promotional offers?
Promotional offers are still among the most effective ways to attract customers. By offering bonuses, discounts and other special offers, you can aim at converting more of your audience into customers over a shorter period of time.
Is Your Business Taking Security Seriously? 5 Checks To Make
These days it’s cyber security and hackers that make the headlines. But, there’s also the occasional robbery that makes the headlines (such as the Hatton Garden heist).
Employee rewards 101: How to give back right
Rewarding employees doesn’t necessarily have to involve cash. There are several ways to show that you appreciate them for a job well done. Giving rewards also show that you have recognized what they have done for the business. This will motivate them to work harder.
3 Reasons why you need public liability insurance
If you’re a business owner considering taking out public liability insurance, then read on to discover why it’s crucial for your business.
How to improve workplace efficiency
As targets and workloads increase each year, there’s a greater need to improve our efficiency in the workplace.
‘Marginalised’ older workers feel less appreciated than younger colleagues
Older employees are at risk of being marginalised in the workplace according to a new survey of office workers, which reveals big differences in the wellbeing, attitudes and motivations of the workplace’s oldest and youngest employees.
Beginner’s guide to becoming self-employed
Most of us have probably weighed up thoughts of dumping work as an employee and going it alone at one time or another. This is especially true when we feel we work somewhere where we could do things better, or perhaps we have a great idea that we’ve always wanted to turn into a business.
Eight ways to gain trust in a sales presentation
When delivering a sales presentation, one of your aims is to build trust with your audience. As sales guru Zig Ziglar says; “if you get people to like you, they will listen to you, but if they trust you they will do business with you.”
Growing your business? The right infrastructure is vital
Just as David once felled Goliath with a well-aimed pebble, so too are startup businesses disrupting their larger, more established rivals with one small, newly developed tool: digital-first apps.
Start-ups: Cyber security advice you need to hear
The technological world is growing around us at a rapid rate. More and more businesses are relying on tech to do everything from accounts to hiring, but this reliance also has many fall-backs, chief of which is cyber security.
It’s time to forget the dress code
Tattoos? Piercings? Rainbow hair? If it doesn’t impede your staff’s ability to get the job done, today’s changing norms say you should probably allow it.
Overcoming the taboo of going into business with friends
The old adage that one should never mix business with pleasure is rather tired, and should not be taken as gospel. Running a business with friends has as much chance of being a revelation as it does a disaster.
Why making time to relax is vital as a homemade entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur can be very profitable, and one of the many benefits of being one is that you are your own boss and you can more or less do what you like on a day to day basis.
Missing the Self Assessment deadline? Make sure you have a “reasonable” excuse
The deadline for Self Assessment submission is approaching fast, which means time is ticking on if you’re one of the millions of small business owners that still hasn’t filed their tax return.
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