Fed up with working extra long hours from your home, or perhaps you’re feeling lonely and isolated? Most small business owners will recognise how work can soon blur into home life, and often you feel like there’s no break.
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5 signs a leader is burned out
When you’re the boss, no one’s going to tell you that you’ve lost your edge.
When an employee quits and you didn’t see it coming
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?
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parental leave rights will come into effect on 5th April this year which will render existing maternity leave policies out of date.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.
Why turning 50 is becoming the perfect age to set up a new business not retire
With people living longer and pensions devaluing many of our our older generation are taking to entrepreneurship rather than retirement.
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.
London Enterprise Festival will bring together leaders of today & tomorrow
Senior leaders of some of the UK’s leading design and fashion companies are assembling in the Camden Foundry this March for the capital’s inaugural London Enterprise Festival, in an effort to engage, inspire and connect local talent.
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?
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