As long as I can remember, I’ve been a neat freak. My closet, bedroom, desk, and dresser drawers were always tidy and organized with meticulous care. This trait followed me wherever I went. I remember one day, looking at the stickers at Target, and they were all out of order. Not being able to stand […]
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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
The UK’s waning productivity levels won’t improve any time soon, according to the latest Small Business Index (Q2) from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Political uncertainty is the key barrier in business expansion and boosting productivity levels.
Finding staff is also proving difficult, with 35pc of small businesses struggling to find appropriately skilled employees. That’s the largest proportion since Q3 2015. The net balance (the proportion of those hiring new staff minus the proportion reducing their team size) is at a three-year low at -2pc.
A massive seven in 10 businesses (72pc) are not planning to invest in their own companies over the coming three months – the highest since Q2 2017. What’s more, ONS figures reveal that business investment fell over four consecutive quarters for the first time since the financial crash in 2008.
Mike Cherry, FSB national chairman, said: “It’s impossible for small business owners to invest for the future when we don’t know what the future holds.
“We urgently need to see both prime ministerial candidates spell out their plans for supporting small firms and securing a pro-business Brexit – one that encompasses a comprehensive deal and a substantial transition period. Fast and loose
Originally written by Andrew Wray on Small Business
The explosion in flexible and remote working is one of the biggest changes we’ve seen to our working lives in the past decade.
In the UK this is largely being driven by a surge in the number of freelancers – up 46pc since 2008 to two million.
When this type of remote working is done well, it can be a real enabler for workers, giving them their commute time back, allowing them their very own personalised (and hopefully optimised) work environment, not to mention that extra accessibility to family and loved ones.
However, in the last year or so, we have seen a bit of a business backlash, with companies like BNY Mellon making plans to stop all flexible working, so as to “maximise the benefits of people working closely together while maintaining some degree of flexibility”. After campaigners protested – their plan was shelved. But it raises an interesting question. How do you manage freelance workers effectively?
Keep technology up to date
Just as technology is the enabler that has driven this big shift in working patterns, it becomes an inhibitor if it’s not quite up to scratch. So, make the investment in the right software to
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