AIM finished 2016 on a high as the 38 companies that floated on the market ended the year up more than 39 per cent on average. In addition, 263 companies, already quoted on AIM raised more than £3.8 billion in further fundraising, underlining the market’s capacity to act as a vital source of permanent IPO
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Brexit could be to blame for the latest run of business insolvency
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Over 760 businesses have ceased trading in December 2016, with more to follow in the run up to Christmas, according to a survey of the latest insolvency notices published in The Gazette. The research, carried out on behalf of London insolvency practitioners Hudson Weir, reveals that 14.5 per cent of these companies were operating in
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What You Need to Know About Impending New Overtime Regulations
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Proactive companies have an opportunity to audit employee pay classifications and prepare for the regulations should they take effect.
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Bosses driven crazy by employee habits
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New research from AXA PPP healthcare reveals aspects of office behaviour and employee habits that bosses find most irksome. Topping the table of annoying employee habits, from a poll of owners, MDs and senior managers were poor time-keeping (32 per cent) and office cliques (31 per cent), with respondents also reporting being repelled by ‘disgusting’ habits such as nose-picking
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Government plans to tackle gender pay gaps only superficial
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New regulations requiring companies to report gender pay gaps between men and women are potentially ‘superficial’ and will not necessarily tackle the complex reasons why females still have lower salaries, new research shows. Employers told researchers from the University of Exeter, University of Bath and Cardiff University that the Government’s proposals would over-simplify issues, just
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Subcontractors stung to the tune of £16,000 each, per year
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Every year UK subcontractors are forced to write-off more than £16,000 each, due to unpaid work, according to a new industry report. The Subcontracting Growth report from specialist funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) found that smaller construction firms are at the receiving end of penalty clauses and disputes with main contractors and other firms over
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The small business survival guide to Christmas
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Christmas often creeps up on us and before we’ve realised it the festivities of the season are well underway. What this means for many SMEs is Christmas songs on loop, masses of shoppers in an already overcrowded store, not to mention all the extra hours put in to serve the Christmas shopping masses. With increasing
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The Best Work From Home Jobs for 2017
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By Holly Reisem Hanna Are you ready to work from home? Then 2017 is your year! With advances in technology and with corporate attitudes towards telecommuting turning around, there are more remote positions than ever before! In fact, according to FlexJob’s annual analysis of the top companies that hire remote workers, there was a 36% […]
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Small businesses expect revenues to shrink in 2017
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Leading commercial insurer RSA releases figures showing that 51 per cent of UK SMEs think the government is not doing enough to help small businesses grow, with 71 per cent of small businesses expecting their revenues to either fall or stand still in 2017. Five measures to drive SME growth in 2017 In line with this finding, RSA
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Five tips on keeping your small business running over Christmas
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The summer had barely ended when we started our Christmas countdown; in a work sense at least. As the head of a business of 13 people we don’t have the luxury of an extensive workforce to draw on through the festive season. I also know that after a busy year everyone needs a chance to
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