Monthly Archives: January 2018

The main challenges and opportunities for small businesses in 2018

Small business challenges, from late payments to business rates, hit the headlines in 2017 but what are the issues that will face the country’s small business owners for the year to come? In December, Vonage convened and co-hosted a roundtable discussion with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), convening a group of
The post The main challenges and opportunities for small businesses in 2018 appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

New payment reporting requirements highlight UK’s late payment culture

Small and medium-sized businesses are an integral part of the UK economy, making up 47 per cent of all private sector turnover, but poor accounts payable practices by bigger businesses and the increase of late payments are putting this essential ecosystem at risk. The UK economy would be boosted by as much as £2.5 billion
The post New payment reporting requirements highlight UK’s late payment culture appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

Why do employees lie when they are sick?

The first Monday of February has come to be known as ‘National Sickie Day’ – the day that employees are supposed to be most likely to call in sick. Employment law firm ELAS, which has promoted the notion, maintains that a combination of miserable weather, commuting in the dark, post-Christmas credit card bills and long
The post Why do employees lie when they are sick? appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

Precision marketing: How to maximise revenue through relevance

Just as you’d never consider not having a website, precision marketing is fast becoming a staple of digital marketing. Whereas brand marketing, with its highly creative and often costly concepts remains largely untargeted and too much of a ‘broad brushstroke’ approach to reaching into and influencing a target market. Precision marketing is one area of
The post Precision marketing: How to maximise revenue through relevance appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

Why social media should be your business’ top priority in 2018

With an estimated new social media user every 15 seconds, there has never been a better time to turn your business’ social media strategy up a notch in 2018. Company formation experts, Turnerlittle.com, have examined Office of National Statistics (ONS) data on social media usage amongst British enterprises, as well as considering the main reasons
The post Why social media should be your business’ top priority in 2018 appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

What can SMEs learn from the Premier League Transfer Deadline Day

To mark European football’s Transfer Deadline Day, Adobe Document Cloud is today reminding business of the potential long-term costs from holding on to traditional office processes. Famously a day of huge excitement in European football, the end of the January transfer habitually sees big money player moves between clubs across the region. Surprisingly however, these
The post What can SMEs learn from the Premier League Transfer Deadline Day appeared first on Small Business.

Read more...

Which Alternative Work Arrangement Is Right for You?

By Christy Schutz Chances are you are spending time on this site because you are looking for some other way to “do” work. You would not be alone. According to a survey conducted in 2016, 63 percent of workers say that the good ol’ 8-hour workday will eventually be a thing of the past. So […]

The post Which Alternative Work Arrangement Is Right for You? appeared first on The Work at Home Woman.

Read more...

How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Business

By Holly Reisem Hanna If you’re anything like me, you launched your business with the idea that you would be able to spend more time with your family, but as time goes on and your business grows the more administrative tasks that end up on your plate. Now you have less time to focus on […]

The post How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Business appeared first on The Work at Home Woman.

Read more...