Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
When you think of a business manager, chances are you conjure a confident, well-dressed go-getter in your mind. They’ve got the jet-setting lifestyle of an airline pilot, the charisma of a world leading politician and the knowhow of a science boffin.
Whilst effective marketing strategies can drive potential customers into your store, in-store marketing is often what nudges these prospects into converted customers whilst also driving add-on sales.
When it comes to financing a small business so it can grow and expand, it’s easy to see the attraction of a bank loan.
A study conducted by the University of Melbourne has found that your concentration levels can be boosted with just a 40 second break.
One of the biggest changes in a decade to the cost of the telecoms calls for businesses is coming on the 1st July – but very few are ready for it.
It is estimated that the average person feels stressed around about 14 times a day. So when you need to succeed and be productive, how do you cope in order to be successful?
Learn the essential how’s and why’s of starting up an online business without getting drowned out by digital noise.
Transforming presentation nerves into confident communication
As the West Midlands prepares to host its first Venturefest (30th June, NEC Birmingham) – a new event for local start-up companies and entrepreneurs – some of the region’s recent SME success stories have revealed what it takes to flourish.
In a world which is dominated by technology and where so much is free, how do you get people to pay? Nicholas lovell’s answer to this question is ‘The Curve’.
Everyone wants to be more appealing and effective, but few believe we can manage the personal magnetism or charisma of Richard Branson or Peter Jones.
We all know starting a business is tough and with more and more startups on the scene the competition has never been higher.
Is it possible to be a success in the business world and be likeable?
Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, and Business Matters columnist, has turned to social media to find one of the company’s next plumbing apprentices.
Cutting-edge psychology for a new style competitive edge in negotiation.
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