The Leap Year is forecast to bring UK firms up to £1.6 billion in productivity as workers add an extra day to their annual workload, new statistics have shown.
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Raising the profile of your business by speaking is great if you can do it
One way to raise the profile of your business, or of yourself within an organisation, is to seek opportunities to speak in public. But with so many speakers failing to hit the mark your presentation could end up putting your audience off. Not really the result you want!
Sir Stuart Rose is right to support ‘Get Britain Working’ scheme say SMEs
Sir Stuart Rose – the former head of Marks & Spencer – defended the Government’s embattled ‘Get Britain Working’ work experience scheme this week saying that it was ‘baffling’ why anyone would complain about providing young workers with job experience in the current financial climate.
Fancy opening your own restaurant? Sainsbury’s magazine shows you how…
Love to cook? Dream of leaving the 9-5 office routine behind? Maybe you think you can run a restaurant? Three couples reveal the reality behind the dream of opening your own little place – and the ups and downs of working life when your name’s above the door and your partner’s in the kitchen.
Apprenticeships Minister intensifies efforts to guarantee quality
Skills Minister John Hayes today outlined plans to scale up the Government’s efforts to safeguard and improve the quality and standards of apprenticeships.
Lord Davies isn’t just a numbers game
Employers realise their task is to bring about transformative change, not just an incremental increase in numbers when it comes to getting more women in to top jobs
Warning to companies to meet PAYE deadlines
Companies are being urged to prepare now for the payroll year end to avoid strict penalties being imposed for the late submission of information.
Sole traders say starting a business provides freedom, but they’re long hours
A fifth of entrepreneurs work an extra three days a week to keep their business up-and-running, a national survey of sole traders has revealed.
Tell employees now where they stand with the Olympics
With fewer than 200 days to go to the 2012 Olympic Games, it is now more important than ever for businesses to make plans to minimise the number of employees who do not come to work during the Games
Ten growing SMEs named as finalists to win HSBCs £200,000 Business Growth Grant
Ten SMEs are in the running for a national HSBC business award that will help boost their UK expansion on a national or international scale. The ten finalists are from across Great Britain, with four receiving a £50,000 HSBC Business Growth Grants.
UKs largest networking group celebrates sixth birthday in super human style
More than 55,000 members of social and business network 4Networking celebrated reaching a milestone in February – 6 years since the launch of the first 4Networking group.
Online businesses forced to look to overseas market for growth
A survey of online retailers has revealed that the damaging impact of the Eurozone crisis and domestic inflation on sales has led to half of online businesses expecting to rely on export sales more in the future with 60 per cent already claiming to have exported more since the recession began.
Half of all workers will be based at home within a decade
More than half of employees will work from home within the next decade with face-to-face meetings with customers and prospects also becoming a thing of the past according to new data.
How is broadband vital to a company?
In a highly competitive business world, super fast broadband is a necessity. Much of a company’s daily activities depend upon a fast network and a reliable internet connection.
Business leaders call for urgent action to Unlock Britain’s Potential
United in the belief that the UK’s education system is failing both British business and its workforce, a group of senior business leaders is today calling upon the Government, educators and fellow employers to work more closely together to ensure that the employees of tomorrow have the critical skills needed to secure employment – a mix of qualifications and interpersonal skills – that they have found are missing in too many young people today.
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