Monthly Archives: September 2016

Should your small business have a risk management plan?

The same study also finds that micro-businesses (those with ten or less staff) are inconsistent when it comes to business planning. No micro-business owners, who responded to the survey, had a formal risk management plan, nor did their businesses have anyone specifically responsible for risk management, with all respondents feeling the issue is more relevant for larger businesses, but
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Labour market withstands the summer slowdown

A study by independent job site, CV-Library, reveals an increase in jobs, salaries and candidate applications in August 2016, suggested a healthy labour market. The job site compares data from August 2016 with August 2015 and finds that jobs are up by a surprising 21.8 per cent last month, suggesting that employers showed no sign
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Is it worth hiring an accountant as a small business?

As a business owner, there are plenty of things demanding your time and money. If it’s not one thing, it’s the other. Choosing where to invest your often-limited resources is a never-ending problem. One such area is the accounts. Should you hire an accountant, or are you perfectly capable of doing them yourself? Is an
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How one boutique hotel owner benefitted from customer reviews

Allie Mae Taylor owns and runs The Everlook Guest House, a boutique B&B in a small rural town in mid-Wales and, over the last three years, has built the business up from a start-up into a multi-award winning proposition, including being a finalist at a major annual awards gala for the travel sector. Taylor puts
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