Monthly Archives: May 2017

Is a Shorter Workday Actually Better for Businesses?

by Jayson DeMers • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

In a Swedish study, a six-hour workday resulted in a 4.7 percent reduction in total sick days taken and a noticeable reduction in absenteeism.

Why Small Business Should Be Paying Attention to Artificial Intelligence

by John Swanciger • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

As customers become accustomed to AI-powered solutions, they’ll expect the same from their local businesses.

6 Ways to Build a Billion-Dollar Sales Machine

by The Oracles • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

Skyrocket your sales with these hard-won strategies from an entrepreneur who’s brought in $1 billion.

Why Business Is Not Just About Dollars

by BizCast • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

MorrisAnderson CEO and principal Dan Dooley discusses why it’s important to put your ego aside in business.

Rewarding behaviour: gifting rewards boosts SME employment retention

by Owen Gough • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

New research from American Express finds that almost all (94 per cent) small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) gift rewards to their employees, with half (51 per cent) saying that motivating their workforce is the main reason for doing so. Creating this positive culture has a direct long term benefit for smaller firms – a third
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Invest in dedicated websites to yield stronger ROI in the future

by Owen Gough • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

Start-ups must invest in a comprehensive online platform, rather than relying on simple template sites to boost business operations. Will Morris, managing partner at Alchemy Digital, explains that by incurring an initial hit on costs for website services, having an integrated and carefully constructed online platform can pay dividends down the line. Will explains, ‘For
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Current pace of finance threatens corporate agility, report shows

by Owen Gough • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

Adaptive Insights, the only pure-play cloud vendor to be named a leader in strategic cloud corporate performance management (CPM), releases its global CFO Indicator report, which explores the pace of finance, its impact on agility, and what CFOs need to do to shorten their organisations’ time to decisions. Alarmingly, 77 per cent of CFOs admit that major
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How and when, should an SME issue a CCJ?

by Owen Gough • May 25, 2017 • 0 Comments

There’s no denying that we’re living in an age swamped by uncertainty and change. In the last two months alone we have seen PM Theresa May shock the British public by calling for a ‘snap’ general election and a divided France vote for Emmanuel Macron as its new President, a man without the support of
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