Here, we look at the hot topics concerning small business owners ahead of the 2017 Budget announcement, ranging from business rate hikes, to exchange rates to technology innovation. On business rate hikes Jonathan Richards, CEO at breatheHR comments, ‘Remember the prime minister’s first promise? ‘To make Britain a country that works for everyone’. Fast forward seven months
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What your office design says about you as a leader
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
According to Entrepreneur, a good leader should be focused, innovative, confident, open-minded, positive and a whole host of other things. While your personality can make up a large part of your identity as a boss, the working environment you preside over can also present a message to your staff – and visitors – as to
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The conscious guide to stress in the workplace
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
The 2015/2016 statistics from the UK Health and Safety Executive are in and show there were 488,000 cases of stress last year, equating to a staggering 11.7 million working days lost. Stress remains an epidemic in the business world, hitting bottom lines hard and affecting both happiness and career progression. Yet we can all deal
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How to improve your business continuity strategy in five steps
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Business continuity plans should be regularly reviewed and updated. Changes to your business, including the introduction of new IT systems, new services or products, relocation or expansion, can all impact on whether your current business continuity plans will stand up if an incident occurs. Here we outline five steps that can improve your business continuity
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You Can't Afford to Fixate on Results at Any Cost
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There’s an upside to giving employees freedom to reach company goals on their own terms, but it isn’t all upside.
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Brexit and SMEs: Assessing opinion over the last six months
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
The UK’s referendum result in June 2016, which will result in our leaving the EU, has triggered one of the biggest change programmes the country has seen in hundreds of years. The changes will be wide and deep and will certainly hit all of us in business today. Which way you voted no longer matters.
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Top tips for becoming an effective business leader
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
What does it take to be an effective business leader? Is it instinct, DNA or hard work? Realistically it’s probably a mixture of all three. To be an effective business leader it takes more than being book smart. They inspire, they motivate, they are decisive, and tend to combine these traits with an immense passion
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Why your property could be your businesses most important asset
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Property is undoubtedly a financial asset that every business should consider investing in. With modern building solutions, such as modular building making buying a business property a distinct and affordable possibility, it may be that more businesses will be able to invest in a business premises. There are many pros and cons to leasing a
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Four things to consider when choosing a supplier
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Without suppliers, businesses just can’t operate. Good and bad suppliers can be make or break, particularly in the SME space where projects rely on suppliers delivering on the job. In order to find the right one, businesses need to consider a number of critical factors – and it isn’t just the price. Relationships are of
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Top five reasons why identifying leaders is fundamental to business success
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
It’s no secret that the ability to spot and nurture leadership is key to business success. Yet, according to our recent Future of Leadership report, organisations – including small businesses – are all too often failing to identify and invest in future management and leadership talent internally. By failing to fix a broken talent pipeline
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