Retail growth is driven by e-commerce; it is expected that e-commerce will reach one fifth of the UK’s retail sales in 2018. Online businesses are facing a highly competitive market. In order to stay ahead and make sure that a new customer becomes a returning customer, businesses need to focus their efforts on customer support.
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Why food sits at the heart of business culture and productivity
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Over the last year alone, the growing demise of business culture across many industries and the rise of those affected by mental health issues in the workplace have become major concerns for many companies today. Interestingly, this has taken many businesses by surprise, as historically, culture, productivity and mental health have not been big issues
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Amazon experts for hire: How they can help your business
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If you want to be successful in running a business on the internet, you will have to do everything right. There is just too much competition to give even an inch to your competitors, and that inch that you give might end up growing to a mile faster than you would imagine in the business
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One year until Brexit: The top countries for working expats
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For those thinking about relocating outside the UK, post-Brexit, it can be hard to determine where to live, work and raise a family. Forth Capital reveals data on the best countries in the world for working expats, to help make that difficult decision on where to relocate: Unsurprisingly Brits prefer to live in English-speaking countries;
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Five essential characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
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It is easier and less expensive to start a business in the UK than ever before, especially since the internet has broken several of the barriers that entrepreneurs faced in the past. According to the World Bank, the UK is ranked 7th in the ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ for 2018, and entrepreneurs are definitely
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Finding the tools to improve the odds: How can retailers beat the competition?
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The retail landscape has been changing at a rapid rate over recent years and retailers have had to work hard to differentiate themselves from the crowd. The rise of digital capabilities has driven a rise in the number of online retailers and increased competition. This has meant that attracting and keeping customers is now more
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Freelance: Britain’s best places to become your own boss
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Freelancing has a lot to offer, from giving you complete flexibility over time and the projects you work on, to being able to work from home every day. More than 1.7 million Brits have chosen the freelance lifestyle, an increase of 43 per cent between 2008 and 2016 alone. So, with the popularity of this
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International Women’s Day: Is starting a business as a woman easier than ever?
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Today’s annual International Women’s Day, from a professional standpoint, seeks to highlight institutional sexism, effect change in what is often deemed as unfair pay discrepancies between the sexes, and influence fairer treatment of women in general in the workplace. It’s a movement that has gained an extraordinary amount of traction, and any initiative that draws
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This Entrepreneur Never Thought She Would Run a Business. Here's How She Got Comfortable in That Role.
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Happiness and the secrets of growing your business fast
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Zoom is a company born out of a frustration. I was the VP of engineering for WebEx for 14 years before I moved to Cisco and over those years I spent a lot of time talking to customers. To me, customers are always the single most important thing and unhappy customers are a sure sign
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