Just seven per cent of SME decision makers surveyed in the retail sector invest in technology to meet peak periods, like Christmas, which could put themselves at a clear disadvantage against the online and high street giants. As today’s major retailers like Amazon, John Lewis, and Argos gear up for the holiday shopping season, research
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Monthly Archives: September 2017
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Five tips to grow your small business
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So, you’ve checked the statistics and you’ve realised that your small business is doing just fine. Congratulations! This is definitely good news, but you should know that in order to run a successful small business for a longer period of time, you must consider the options you have to grow your business. For many small
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Tech businesses combine to tackle SME cashflow issues
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Two Financial Technology (fintech) firms are collaborating to help small businesses not only identify an impending cashflow crisis, but also deliver the funding required to return them to health. CaFE, a cashflow monitoring Application, and FloFunder from PeerPay, a platform that matches firms starved of cash with businesses or individuals who are willing to invest,
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Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Ep. 1: Edible Selfies, Extreme Beer Pong and More!
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Watch the first episode of our revolutionary new pitch show that lets you support the next million-dollar idea.
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14 Proven Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills
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Estimate the attention span of your audience, then cut it in half. That’s a good length for your presentation.
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Does Your Startup Feel Like a Helpless Baby?
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Impatience Is Why Time Management Techniques Fail So Often
by Parth Misra • • 0 Comments
The is no point to installing that time management app if you don’t stick with it long enough to get the benefit.
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In a Creative Rut? Get Inspired with These Quotes from Famous Female Entrepreneurs
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By Deborah Sweeney It happens to the best of us. One minute, you’re hurtling at 60 miles an hour with an endless stream of great ideas for your business, riding a creative high and feeling like there’s nothing you can’t accomplish. Then, out of nowhere, it happens. Somehow, the high trickles down, and you wind […]
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Workers put wellbeing over pay, new research finds
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Employee wellness has been a top agenda point for HR for some years but the results of the recent research by employee engagement specialists, Reward Gateway, shows that employees still aren’t getting what they need from their current wellbeing programmes. This is demonstrated by the disparity of opinion between employee and employer. More than half
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Businesses do not communicate as well as they think
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
More than three quarters (81 per cent) of consumers complain that it is difficult to communicate with businesses, but only 34 per cent of businesses acknowledge room for improvement, according to new research from Twilio. While most businesses focus their efforts on delivering a great product or service, too few businesses recognise the significant impact
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