In this SmallBusiness monthly series of ‘Lessons Learnt’, Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, will assess how a company recently in the news has handled a crisis, and provide top tips for small businesses to handle a similar incident in the best way possible. News travels fast… especially bad
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Putting your head in the cloud to become GDPR compliant
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GDPR is coming and is set to have a huge impact on UK businesses. From high-tech to agriculture, every modern business has huge volumes of data that will have to be stored, secured and managed in a way that is compliant with the new regulation. That’s all very well and good if you are a
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Ten tips for managing stress in the workplace
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This week saw the nation celebrate Stress Awareness Day, an annual event to raise awareness of this growing issue and promote the importance of wellbeing for individuals and organisations. A report from the Health and Safety Executive found that in 2016/17 stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 40 per cent of all work-related ill health
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Building credit is a smart business decision
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
When a business checks another company’s credit profile to help with decision-making, they can do so via publicly-available records at Companies House or use a Business Information Provider that provides scores and ratings to evaluate a business’ credit worthiness. Your business credit profile plays an important role in how your organisation is perceived. Here are
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How not to screw up your business – Top three financial tips for SMEs
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You’ve picked a name, your business cards are fresh from the printers and your social media pages are set up. That means you’re ready to get your business moving, right? It’s easy to get caught up in the exciting things when setting up a company. However, if your business is going to succeed, you have
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Networking – the do’s and don’ts and how to get out what you put in
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Networking, whether you like to do it or not, is one of the tools to the success of your business – and at all stages of your business growth too. A networking meeting must be treated as a business meeting, it’s a valuable portion of your working time, so ensure that you have a notebook
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Five business functions to help improve internal communication
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As defined by Wikipedia internal communication (IC) is the function that is responsible for the effective communications among the participants within the organisation. The internal communication system always has a manager who controls the communication field and make sure everything works around the given particular business context. Sometimes he or she has to be the
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Should you introduce mentors into your workplace?
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Every employer knows it can be tricky to keep up with each individual member of staff, while also dealing with the day-to-day running of the company. However, if these staff are valuable to your team you don’t want to risk losing them when something can be done. The answer to this could be a mentoring
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KPIs and why they benefit your business
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What is a KPI? A prominent term in today’s corporate cosmos, one could easily assume they only apply to the big rollers, however KPIs or Key Performance Indicators, are a powerful tool for a business of any size. KPIs are a measurable value applied to business objectives, and can be used in all areas of
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Creating a disaster recovery plan
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Many businesses will have considered worst case scenarios, and in some cases, planned for them. For example, what would happen if you faced a sudden, unexpected stock shortage and you were unable to fulfil a backlog of orders? Or what if your premises were to be hit by a flood or fire? Contingency planning around
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