Monthly Archives: June 2017

Tips for staying cool in the office

Cutting out teas and coffee, investing in a personal fan and only eating small portions are some of the ways that sweltering staff can beat the heat and keep cool at work. With the summer heatwave underway, office experts Londonoffices.com have compiled a list of some of the best solutions to an overheated workplace that
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Crowdfunding on Seedrs: A small business guide

Crowdfunding on Seedrs allows ambitious businesses in all sectors to raise capital and build a community from all kinds of investors through an efficient, online process. All investments made through Seedrs offer voting shares to investors and use professional-grade subscription agreements to ensure investors get the same level of protection that angels and VCs enjoy.
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Growing your social media presence as a business owner

Unfortunately, a lot of business owners in the UK still think that their online presence is not important and that the business’s online presence should be front and center. While this may seem like a good approach at first, these business owners are missing out on a wealth of opportunities. Social media users of today
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Hot or Not? Hot-desking offices have dirtier desks, study finds

A study released today by Initial Washroom Hygiene finds that hot-desking workplaces may be less hygienic than those with fixed-desks, increasing the risk of cross-contamination and the spread of colds and viruses, such as Norovirus. Hot-desking, where employees don’t have one fixed workstation, but instead switch desks every day, has become increasingly popular in recent years.
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Entrepreneur Matthew Harris Brings International Brand Total Life Changes To South Africa

What were you doing in November 2016? If you’re lucky, in the eight months since then you might’ve gotten a raise or two. South African-born entrepreneur Matthew Harris partnered with Total Life Changes in November, and he’s received something of a raise himself, to the tune of $20,000… per week.
To learn how Matthew, now a Global Marketing Director at TLC alongside his wife Ilean, achieved such a dramatic success so quickly, we need to go back to where he was before he joined. Having been in the network marketing profession for a number of years prior, Matthew had recently decided to part ways completely with the profession and pursue other endeavors. But then a text message changed everything.
“I received a message from my cousin in Cape Town telling me my grandmother wasn’t doing well,” Matthew recalls. “I booked a flight from my home in Florida and flew back to see her. The whole way there, I prayed God would keep her alive just long enough for me to say ‘thank you’ and ‘I love you’ even one last time.”
Thankfully, Matthew was able to spend seven days with his grandmother before she passed away. For days afterward, friends and family would

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