Monthly Archives: July 2017

CEOs paid up to £27,500 a year to browse social media at work

Chief executives are spending a third (30 per cent) of their work time – worth £27,500 – scrolling through social media and their personal emails on their smartphones, according to a new study. Smartphones are the fastest-selling gadget in history with around two billion people using them across the world each day. Smartphone addiction is a popular topic
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How small businesses can prepare for GDPR

It’s official, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now less than one year away. As the countdown to implementation intensifies, speculation over how the regulation will affect businesses continues to make headlines. While it is inevitable that small businesses will be affected, they can limit the negative consequences by understanding the regulation and
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Twitter marketing in less than 15 minutes a day

Tell us if this sounds familiar. You log into the company’s Twitter account to share the latest blog post. You’re about to leave when a post catches your eyes. You read it. After all, it’s only going to cost you a few seconds. But, then you see another interesting tweet, and another, and so on
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Are we scared of small talk? Top tips to break the digital barrier

In this day and age everything we ever need to do can be done from a smartphone or digital device, simple tasks such as creating small talk is becoming more and more difficult. Have you ever walked into a corporate event filled with dread, worrying what you’re going to say to all those strangers? You’re
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Workers in start-ups and micro businesses are the happiest

Bigger isn’t always better in business, according to the British workforce, as new research reveals start-up employees are the happiest and most likely to love their jobs. Almost one in three (31 per cent) of workers in businesses containing a maximum of nine members of staff said they ‘love’ their jobs – according to a new
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How to prevent sexual harassment in a small business

Preventing sexual harassment is one of the most concerning elements of managing staff for many employers. Employers have an obligation to prevent this from occurring and, if it can be shown they have not taken all reasonable steps to stop this, then the employer can be found liable for employee’s actions. Issues of sexual harassment
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