For the majority of consumers in the UK, bills aren’t getting any clearer or easier to understand, which is confusing customers and wasting an important customer touch point, according to new research from Echo Managed Services. This is despite up to a third of people who state that clarity is the number one billing improvement
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Salaries rise across in December as businesses prepare for new year
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Despite December being a quieter month for recruitment, average salaries across the UK increased by 1.1 per cent last month, when comparing data with November 2016. This is according to the latest statistics from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library. The data found that key cities saw promising hikes in pay, when comparing both
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Six in ten SME invoices unpaid within debtor period
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More than half (61 per cent) of invoices issued by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) remain unpaid within the debtor day period, according to new research from Amicus Commercial Finance. Of these, almost three-quarters (70 per cent) of firms say they rely on getting paid during their debtor day period to avoid facing a
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Business ownership is key to Generation Y retention
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It is about more than just salary for Generation Y, as eight out of ten graduates in the West Midlands state that the prospect of employee ownership schemes is a key driver to deciding on where to work, according to research by law firm, Shakespeare Martineau. The firm’s research reveals that graduates are increasingly looking
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Small business owners pushed to breaking point over stress
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A third (35 per cent) of company owners completely lose motivation to continue running their business due to stress at least once a year, according to a new study by Haines Watts. The research has identified the main issues that are pushing business owners to breaking point, and the factors that re-motivate them when they lose
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SMEs call for intelligent video surveillance to protect their properties
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A survey of small businesses in the UK discovers 84 per cent of retail, office and hospitality owners are looking for video surveillance with high resolution images and intelligent features such as remote monitoring to provide superior security for their premises. Nearly all (85 per cent) also state that high quality and reliability would be important purchasing considerations
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UK SMEs will face a growing cyber threat in 2017
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Only 9 per cent of UK SMEs have insurance in place to protect from a cyber threat despite the fact that more than one quarter (28 per cent) said they would go bust if faced with an unexpected £50,000 bill, according to commercial insurer RSA. Yet the average cost of an attack is higher than this at between
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Sole traders spend 9.5 million hours doing their tax returns
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This equates to a total of 1.89 million sole traders in the UK who are spending the best part of a working day on their self-assessment each year, according to a study carried out by YouGov for 1Tap Receipts. The research identifies that most sole traders are taking an independent approach when it comes to managing
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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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How home energy saving habits can help your business
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How energy conscious is your workplace? Does your team work hard to reuse, reduce and recycle? Or have you noticed wasteful habits creeping in? Research carried out on behalf of OVO energy, one of the leading independent suppliers, reveals that we may be one the most environmentally-friendly generation yet. The data shows that most Brits
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