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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
A challenge for leaders
British business leaders are being challenged to follow in the footsteps of such greats as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs by finding out how Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can boost their performance.
Selby Carpets Shift & Lift fitting – Professionalism in Commercial Floor Fitting
A quality carpet, fitted by experts with several years’ of experience, can create a positive brand image for any business. Unfortunately, too many company bosses delay the fitting of a quality floor covering because of the potential for disruption to everyday operations.
Exorcise the ghosts in your books – and avoid a spooky fright!
Have you discovered any unwanted ghosts lurking in your books this Halloween?
Bouncing back from a social media disaster
Made a major flub in front of the whole world on social media? Here’s how to respond.
When its OK to be ruthless
Want to get to the top? You can’t be nice all the time. Here are 5 ways you need to be tough. See if you can be ruthless when needed.
The motivated brain
A study released by Gallup in 2013 found that only 13% of workers felt engaged and enjoyed their job so with winter just around the corner what motivates us to get up and go to work, to produce excellent results, to energetically succeed and be innovative?
KPMG launches Enterprise offering with £40M for SMEs
KPMG has announced the launch of KPMG Enterprise, a new strategic investment totalling £40m which will see the firm expand its service offerings to the growing network of 4.9 million privately-owned businesses across the UK.
How to hire a freelancer
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently revealed another increase in the number of people turning to self-employment in the UK. The number of freelancers, a sub-set of this group, continues to rise even more rapidly, with a 38% increase of under 30s choosing freelance roles since 2008 and a 25% rise in mothers working as freelancers.
Food really does affect productivity
Think back to your most productive workday in the past week. Now ask yourself: On that afternoon, what did you have for lunch?
Creating a better to-do list
The standard to-do list might not be as innocuous as it seems. Here’s how to fix yours–and actually get the important stuff done.
5 steps to interviewing a champion salesperson
According to latest research 55% of the sales workforce lack the qualities required to succeed.
15 ways to improve your productivity
Find yourself staring out the window again? You can quickly get back on track.
Perfecting your pitch
As a small business, success or failure can rest on your ability to bring in much needed money or recognition. So, why give a half hearted attempt when your in front of the people that might be able to provide you with that much needed boost?
The importance of using a content writing service
Whether you are publishing an online blog, you are distributing a paper newsletter by mail or you are getting your name out there by way of a magazine article, using a content writing service can be a great way to get fantastic content.
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