In his latest column, John Ritchie CEO of Ellipse, sets out the fundamentals for dealing with sickness absence and contends that attention to fundamentals and process are the foundations irrespective of the scale of your business.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Ditching the ‘telesales stereotype’ is key to building successful sales teams
Adam Walsh, business director at The Right Fuelcard Company discusses the secrets behind building a successful business sales team.
“Get a job and don’t go to University! They’re overcrowded”
Universities have been thrown into the spotlight once again, with suggestions that too many people choose University, and that more people should go straight into work.
5 failsafe ways to build a brilliant workforce
How often do we hear that employees are a company’s greatest asset? According to InterBe, there are five failsafe ways to build a brilliant workforce. Director Mo Cohen tells us more…
The importance of employer branding to startups
Director and Senior Consultant at Lucas Blake, Ian Butterworth, explains the importance of employer branding to startups.
How those employing just one person may need to provide a pension scheme
Pension auto-enrolment has arrived, under which almost all employers in the UK will need to provide an occupational pension scheme for their employees, and contribute to it.
YogiYo takes the Den by storm
A couple and their South Korean cooking sauces impress the investors panel and the Dragon’s get taken for a ride round the den by a team of entrepreneurs and their Tuk Tuk service.
Amelia Rope: How to be a successful female entrepreneur
Last month, the Business is GREAT campaign celebrated a new milestone for diversity in the workplace: women now make up one quarter of all board members in top UK FTSE 100 companies. As an ambassador for the campaign, and as a businesswoman myself, I was really pleased to hear this news.
Will SMEs follow Netflix and offer unlimited paternity leave?
Netflix has announced it will offer unlimited paid maternity and paternity leave in the first year after a child is born or adopted. In the wake of this announcement, Microsoft and Adobe followed suit announcing unlimited maternity/paternity leave this week, joining companies like Virgin Group and Zynga who have all announced similar policies.
Why Facebook will always be a social media leader
Celebrating over 10 years of bringing people together, Facebook has been at the centre of our social lives for so long. Even with other social media heavyweights picking up pace, we look at why Facebook will always be able to keep up.
With Alphabet Google is finally losing its business Virginity
Google’s decision to restructure its business under the new corporate name and entity Alphabet is effectively turning the business into a new tech holding company, a structure that is very common to those who regard Sir Richard Branson as their best entrepreneur.
Psychology in the workplace
Day in, day out, we are forced to work and collaborate with our colleagues to be as efficient and productive as possible. Here is why teamwork is so important in the modern day workplace.
Are you sleeping on the next sector to go crazy in business?
About eighteen months ago buying a mattress for your bed with a click instead of a trip to a store was virtually unheard of, but now millions are being invested in online mattresses businesses but why?
Reading 30 minutes a week can make you happier and healthier
This enjoyable activity doesn’t involve breaking a sweat or eating kale.
Cloud boosts business for UK start-ups
Monica Brink, director of product marketing for iland explains the benefits of cloud computing for SMEs.
