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Stephen Archer, Business Analyst and Director of Spring Partnerships says, “The retention of your key talent is vital which means employees need remain engaged, motivated and therefore more loyal. Here are some tips for companies on how to do that successfully.”
The country’s leading female IT experts have been recognised as the winners in the national FDM everywoman in Technology Awards, were unveiled at a ceremony in London. These are the women driving innovation, pioneering new practices, and fuelling the economy.
If you’ve ever tried to transfer money to friends and family or suppliers abroad, then the likelihood is that you will have used your bank or perhaps an ‘old-fashioned’ money agent like Western Union. Either way, you almost certainly felt the double whammy of a hefty transaction fee and poor exchange rate.
The Government is making it easier for consumers, including small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) to highlight consumer and competition problems in financial services markets.
During this tough economic time, it is crucial that businesses keep a tight control on costs to be successful. and taking out the right insurance cover is vital in order to be able to trade, but Paul Gardner, Sales & Marketing Director at Prescott Jones Insurance Brokers says that it is essential to seek independent advice from a reliable insurance expert to keep premiums as low as possible.
This may seem like a dumb question to many, but Stuart Cook suggests that he has encountered many businesses that exist and flourish very successfully without spending any of the managers’ time thinking about Strategy and its implementation.
Why ‘change management’ can stop you achieving organisational change
If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth.
With the recent government sickness absence review response and the continued economic pressure, absence is still high on the agenda. The costs are high and absence is second only to payroll in terms of the largest employee related processes.
Apart from member countries themselves, nowhere has the Eurozone debt crisis been more strongly felt than in the UK. And with the crisis lingering uncomfortably around the corner, combined with new cracks appearing in the wall, it would be unsurprising for many British firms to consider reducing their exposure to the beleaguered bloc in case of a catastrophic collapse.
Choosing an office space that suits your business can sometimes seem like a difficult task, especially if you’re just starting out. You might be unsure of exactly what you need, in which case you can read on to uncover our top four essentials for your office:
You’ve planned and prepared your presentation, or training workshop, in detail. You’ve anticipated every eventuality. You arrive early, get set up and are no more than five minutes into your presentation when it happens – someone in your audience starts to throw out unsolicited comments. These are the type of comments that aim to catch you out, to make you look bad. You’re being heckled. What do you do? How do you handle the heckler?
In case you missed the kafuffle last week; just six months into the job and Yahoo! Chief Exec Marissa Mayer has managed to upset pretty much everyone. The sudden announcement to ban her staff from working at home, cited gravitational pull of collaboration, which she argues can only be achieved by in-person interaction.
It’s all very well coming up with a killer business idea but if you can’t get it in front of the right people it will never amount to much. Kate Russell looks at the online options for getting your business in front of a mentor or investor willing to look at your proposal.
The fifth Nectar Business Small Business Awards, led by leading business woman and star of The Apprentice, Karren Brady, have been launched.
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