It’s Friday afternoon and one of your employees asks for a private meeting. Before you even close the door, she tells you she’s found another job and is leaving the company. Once you get over the shock, how should you respond?
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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Powerful Partnerships: 10 Top Tips to Maximise US Trade Opportunities
‘Two great nations divided by a common language’ is an aptly appropriate phrase to highlight how the American use of English can differ dramatically from our own. But language is not the only variance between the UK and the USA, there are also significant differences in our cultures, customs, attitudes, opinions, and even our senses of humour.
A guide to the Employment Law Changes
Next month sees the routine raft of workplace regulatory changes come into force. Here are our need-to-know summary of the key employment law changes small business owners should have on their radar and key developments on the horizon.
Shared parental leave: what employers need to know
Significant alterations to parental leave rights will come into effect on 5th April this year which will render existing maternity leave policies out of date.
Perfecting PPC returns with IP identification & blocking
Since 1996 businesses have been using pay-per-click advertising (PPC) to drive targeted traffic to their website. With their monopoly position, the majority of this money has gone to Google.
4 ways collaborative leadership dramatically increases profit
Effective leaders have the power to make incredible differences in the success of an organisation.
Need to add more hours to your day?
OK, not literally. But with this radically simple idea you just might feel like you’ve finally got that 25th hour.
How to deal with impromptu questions after your presentation
Even if you’re comfortable delivering a presentation for which you have prepared, you may feel the nerves kick in when it comes to taking questions.
SMEs – which IT support service is right for you?
Technology is essential for most SMEs, whether it’s for delivering emails, despatching orders or just chasing unpaid debts.
Top questions for tech start-ups
As many budding entrepreneurs prepare to go it alone in 2015, Mark Weston, Partner at law firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP, who’s advised start-ups from app developers to sophisticated “grown-up” success stories, looks at the top five questions tech entrepreneurs ask when starting a business:
7 Ways Your Feedback is Making Things Worse…And What to do Instead
Is your feedback hindering or helping innovation in your organisation?
Caring for carers
In this article Libby Payne, clinical director of employee assistance experts, CiC considers some of the practical strategies you can adopt to support carers and ensure they’re ready to take on the challenging roles at home and at work that they’re required to do.
Navigating the transition from friend to boss
We all need friends at work. Looking for advice on a project? Want to celebrate a major client win or milestone? Need to vent about how demanding, controlling, unreasonable, ignorant, awful, and stupid the boss is? That’s what friends are for.
3 easy ways to improve your efficiency
Most people who we think are working hard are mismanaging their time.
Where to start when selling a company
The market to buy a company can be unpredictable, so an owner shouldn’t sell because they’re receiving attractive offers from big-time buyers. Timing is always tricky, as you can never be sure on the right moment to sell. An active market can turn anxiety into action quickly.
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