Work/life balance trumps profit & loss and client demands on small business bosses’ worry list, according to AXA PPP healthcare poll. Asked what keeps them awake at night, one in four (26 per cent) SME bosses say that they worry about the impact of work on their lives. Profit and loss concerns adversely affect one in
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Businesses warned to avoid delaying payments this Christmas
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Businesses must plan in advance to avoid missing or delaying payments to staff and suppliers over the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs). This year, Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday – a non-processing day – while both Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. This year Tuesday
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What can we learn from the small business community?
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With 2016 beginning to wind to a close, small business owners up and down the country – and across all industries – will be reviewing their year. The last 12 months will have been full, in varying degrees, of growth, setbacks, success and surprises. Consequently, many of those business owners will be trying to predict
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Online fraud – five top tips for prevention in small businesses
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As they look forward to a well-deserved break in the run up to the Christmas festivities, it is not unusual for small businesses to want to take their foot off the pedal slightly. However, criminals are working overtime to make the most of the increase in online activity. The threat of online fraud is rife
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Rising to the top: How to propel your small business into the big league
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What do Amazon, Coca Cola, Philips, and L’Oreal all have in common? These companies, with very diverse products and business models, all shared similar beginnings: they started from an idea, that was supported by a team of great people and grew exponentially through hard work and innovation. The result? They transformed their respective industries and
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Fuelling the workforce with coffee could make UK £42.7 billion a year
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The average British worker loses 70 working days each year due to being unproductive at work, which equates to the UK economy losing a staggering 2.2 billion working days a year. One company is suggesting that fuelling the workforce with coffee could save the nation billions. Service Partner One, a digital office management provider, has
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How can small businesses make the most out of the busy festive period?
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It’s widely recognised that the busy festive period for retailers officially starts on Black Friday. Black Friday 2016 – November 25th – is again expected to be the UK’s biggest singular spending day of the year. However, there are predictions by some that in actual fact, Black Friday itself may not emulate last year’s success,
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The international business advisers’ view on Brexit
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At the UK200Group Annual Conference, held in Southampton, international business advisers from across the European Union were invited to share their views on business, with a special emphasis on the UK’s referendum decision to leave the EU. Here, we look at their thoughts. Conor Mullany, Mullany Walsh Maxwell Solicitors, Dublin ‘Overall, I don’t think Brexit is
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Why businesses need to be bolder about seizing opportunities post-Brexit
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Media hype about market uncertainty may make for good headlines but the danger is that it can be self-fulfilling. The UK’s EU referendum vote in June and the election results in the US last week have both sent commentators into a frenzy of speculation, much of which has borne little relation to actual economic conditions post-Brexit.
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British Gas urges small businesses to get ready for winter
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Winter is on its way, and while we can’t predict exactly what the weather will bring, there are some useful tactics that businesses can employ to hedge against seasonal cold snaps, from British Gas. And, for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, simple changes can make a big difference. Researchers from the Centre for
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