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Talent development for small businesses
Finally, we are able to celebrate the first realistic green shoots of economic recovery. What does this mean for businesses who want to be the winners in the growth race?
An Effective Business Turnaround Strategy Requires Proper Planning
Proper prior planning prevents poor performance. It’s a saying that the military loves.
Building a successful email marketing campaign
What’s your definition of spam email? You better take a good, long look at how you define it or be prepared to lose customers.
To retain talent, employers should make more of employee benefits
James Malia, managing director of P&MM Employee Benefits, explains what is on offer to help companies keep their best staff from moving on, and why they should be investing more in employee benefits.
Are you ready for auto enrolment?
Are you an employer? Then this article is essential reading for you, because a considerable change is underway that will have a large impact on all businesses that employ workers in the UK.
Over half of the UKs small businesses are based at home
According to new analysis there are currently 2.5 million home business owners now operating across the UK, representing over half of the total number of UK small businesses and eight per cent of the UK’s total workforce.
Could you make it in business?
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Five Key Questions To Improve Big Data Governance
Big data—dubbed “the new oil” by the World Economic Forum—can improve decision making, reduce time to market and increase profits. But it can also raise significant risk, ranging from disastrous data breaches to privacy and compliance concerns.
Cable’s Late Payment Levy Won’t Work
“Vince Cable’s plans to slap a late payment levy on businesses who fail to pay their suppliers on time is well-intentioned but won’t work,” says Charles Wilson, CEO of Lovetts plc, the commercial debt recovery law firm.
Improving your website SEO
With what’s going on in terms of SEO as a whole, the days of being able to rank your site through link building has changed significantly, so social media is now a big part of spreading the word about your brand and building those links.
Taking your business ‘beyond the horizon’
What questions can businesses ask themselves, and what steps can they take to scale up for growth? Alan Denton from The Results Centre looks into what separates businesses that are preparing for growth – and the ones that are ultimately destined for failure.
What Employers need to know about stress at work
Work-related stress is an adverse reaction suffered by people exposed to excessive pressures at work. The Labour Force Survey from the Office for National Statistics shows that it makes for over 40 per cent of work related illnesses.
Is ‘bespoke’ just an excuse to charge more?
How often do you see the words ‘bespoke training’, tailored just for you’, ‘made to order’, ‘custom made’? Way too often I fear!
Want to have a really productive meeting? Go for 10.38am says office workers
UK office workers have named 10:38am as the best time to conduct a meeting, a new study has found.
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