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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
Interviewing techniques – top tips to recruit the best staff
We have already looked at how to stay out of hot water when you are interviewing. It was about being careful of the language you used when asking questions, about the questions being relevant to the job, and about how to avoid the discriminatory traps that we often find ourselves hurtling towards without really trying, or meaning to.
Workplace study reveals half of UK SMEs neglect staff development
Research reveals that SME owners in the UK are neglecting to provide staff with adequate training and development support, with almost half of those surveyed feeling that their boss doesn’t take their personal development seriously.
Why Buying British Could Drive Traffic to your Website
Local businesses miss out on potential website traffic by choosing hosting providers based in other parts of the world
Taking time out of your business is the only way to grow your business
Taking time out from the day-to-day running of your business to put a detailed strategy in place is the vital first step in the pathway to growth, according to a new report from GrowthAccelerator.
Email out of office: top ten biggest sins
The out of office email message seems to be such a simple thing. So simple in fact that most of us give it little thought. Here Chris Meredith, CEO of officebroker.com explains the top ten biggest sins when it comes to writing the out of office message.
How to stay out of hot water when interviewing
When I was a ‘soon-to-be-graduate’ I went for an interview through the university ‘milk round’ with a large reputable, then nationalised, company. I had applied for all the large nationalised industries, and large manufacturing companies, to gain what I believed to be unparalleled experience with trade unions and be supported through a comprehensive graduate training program.
Reduction in trade credit impacting SMEs & businesses urged to open up trading lines
Analysis has revealed that SMEs have faced a significant reduction in trade credit since 2009, worth an estimated £4.7 billion. With recent improvements in business insolvencies and payment performance among firms, however, Experian encourages companies to start to think about extending much needed trade credit terms to their customers.
Six simple tips to boost your bottom line
British SMEs are missing a trick by ignoring the importance of marketing. Research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), shows that only forty per cent of marketing activity is being implemented leading to billions in lost sales for UK SMEs.
Goldman Sachs prove that bankers can give British small business a lift
A new report produced by five leading academic institutions examining the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme reveals how small businesses could be the key to getting the UK economy back on its feet – if its high growth small businesses can realise their full potential and catch up with their international counterparts.
Apprentice stars tell us they have learnt from Lord Sugar & save money where ever possible
Some of the UK’s top business brains tell us how they’re cutting costs in a stagnant economy. However some expenses are too good to keep…
One in three SME liable for huge fine as breaking the law through software mismanagement
Research released suggests a considerable number of UK SMEs are using unlicensed software and in so doing breaking the law related to Copyright.
The key to creativity and productivity
Here’s why embracing healthy conflict within your team proves to be a necessary part of getting things done faster and better.
4 reasons employees resist change
Entrepreneurs get excited about change, but for staff members, it can be downright threatening. Here’s how to get them on board.
The rise of the webtailer as over 8Million operate home based online business
According to new research , one in six people in the UK are operating as an ‘online business from home’, specifically purchasing goods to resell, or making their own products to sell for profit.
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