Monthly Archives: January 2017

How your business can think small but grow big

Imagine any business saying that it doesn’t put the customer first. Sounds ludicrous, doesn’t it? However, we all know that while customers should be a business’ primary focus, the challenges that often stem from rapid growth and success can become barriers to this. Small businesses have to use tenacity and cunning to be successful. But
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SMEs must prepare now for the General Data Protection Regulation

As the eleventh annual Data Protection Day approaches, Robert Guice, senior vice president, EMEAA at Shred-it, says, ‘For businesses of all sizes across the UK, protecting personal data, both physically and electronically, has never been more important. ‘The data protection landscape has changed rapidly in recent years, and will continue to do so with the
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Flexible working requests and how to handle them

As more of us struggle to strike a balance between our work and family life, employers are increasingly being approached with requests for flexible working. The law and flexible working requests It’s important to remember that flexible working isn’t simply about working fewer hours. It’s also about working full-time on a more flexible basis –
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