Monthly Archives: May 2017

How to identify high risk drivers

The identification of high risk behaviour is important for any business. From faulty products and investments to taking on new staff, risk is inherent but it needn’t be high. Looking specifically at new staff, driver behaviour in business that operate fleets of vehicles is of paramount importance. This is because drivers behaviour can affect not
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How to make a PR plan

Think of your company’s name and reputation as an elite athlete. It has to be in constant training to stay in the media. You can’t just pitch up once a year at the racetrack and expect to win the race. Your competitors who have been out there in all weathers, missing nights out with friends
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Count pounds, not sheep: The issues keeping SME owners up at night

Small businesses are the engine room of the British economy, with contributions across the top ten UK cities forecast to hit £217 billion by 2020. However, they can also be the most vulnerable – lacking the resources of larger companies means that minor hiccups can turn into major problems. It’s therefore unsurprising that finance-related issues are
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Cushion cash – a luxury few small businesses can afford

For UK businesses, the road ahead is a bumpy one. A General Election is fast approaching and we’re in the storm’s eye of Brexit. Very few businesses, large or small, can confidently forecast their future or manage their cash-flow. For small businesses, this uncertainty is especially concerning as they also have to battle against discrepancies
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Lessons learned from… the Drayton Manor incident

In this SmallBusiness monthly series of Lessons Learned, Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, will assess how a company recently in the news has handled a crisis, and provide top tips for small businesses to handle a crisis in the best way possible: The worst possible kind of crisis
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