Ensuring you have a healthy workplace is a vital yet oven overlooked element of running a business. It is sometimes seen as an added expense, a distraction from the important things in a job, and something that can always be pushed back in favour of other priorities. Unfortunately, many small businesses learn about the value
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Company recognition schemes are inadequate for 14 million workers
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UK workers are not seeing value in company recognition schemes, with almost half of employees (45 per cent) dissatisfied with their workplace rewards programmes, according to new research commissioned by Totem. The level of dissatisfaction rises to 54 per cent for staff in the travel and transport industry and healthcare sector, with those in IT and professional
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Budget 2017: UK jobs boost for the SME sector ahead of the Spring Budget
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One in six small businesses (17 per cent) is planning to employ new staff by the end of April 2017 – with the IT and telecoms sector leading the jobs charge (27 per cent) – according to the new research from Hitachi Capital’s quarterly British Business Barometer. The new Hitachi Capital Business Finance data comes as the Federation of
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Young Women’s Trust urges employers to recruit more women
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To mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week, Young Women’s Trust publishes guidance for employers to help them recruit more women, as figures show that more men than women are starting apprenticeships for the first time since 2010. The charity’s research finds that young women are often shut out of male-dominated sectors like construction and engineering due
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Websites help small businesses grow faster than social media
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New research reveals that having a website will help a business achieve growth far more than having a social media presence. A survey of over 2,000 small and microbusinesses by website provider 123 Reg finds that businesses with a website were 51 per cent more likely to grow than those without. Those that used Twitter were
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Rising costs start to bite as UK SMEs look to tighten their belts
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More than a fifth (22 per cent) of UK SMEs signal rising costs as their biggest concern going into 2017, findings from Bibby Financial Services’ Q4 SME Confidence Tracker reveal. The number of businesses that see rising costs as a significant challenge has doubled over the past 12 months, underlining the impact of a Brexit-driven rise in
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Top tips for trading overseas
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Following a 2016 that was full of surprises, the future of SMEs appeared somewhat uncertain at the start of 2017. However, amidst the ever changing political and economic landscape, SMEs appear to be optimistic. Last month, the FSB’s Voice of Small Business Index reported that SME business trading confidence rose in Q4 2016 for the
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How to use sensory marketing to increase sales in retail
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As technology and innovative design techniques continue to evolve, there have never been more ways to arrange, decorate, and brand a retail store. But what is the best way to do it? Methods of merchandising will be the most effective if you are able to engage all of a potential customer’s senses through design, in
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Salaries rise year-on-year as job market continues to strengthen
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The nation witnessed a strong hike in pay last month, as average salaries rose by 1.9 per cent year-on-year. This is according to independent job site, CV-Library, which compared its job market data from February 2017 with February 2016. The data shows that UK salary growth is expanding slightly beyond the national inflation rate, which was
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How a grant was influential in marketing a new skincare product
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Here Terence Chung, founder of cosmetics start-up FRUU, discusses how he achieved a grant from the Shell LiveWIRE programme for his cosmetics start-up FRUU. What is your business? We are FRUU. We are a young British indie cosmetic start-up specialising in sustainable fruit-derived skincare products. We produce them mainly from organic fruit and plant ingredients
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