Wouldn’t it be nice to achieve the perfect work-life balance? Less time at work and more spare time for what you love doing, or to sort things you simply never get round to doing. The reality however is that most small businesses are on constant overdrive, handling the day-to-day pressures of running a successful organisation
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Making change stick: secrets for managing tech-driven change
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Digital transformation is a crucial consideration for many SMEs in their business strategies. With technologies emerging at a fast pace and business models continuing to evolve, new revenue streams and opportunities for previously technophobic companies are now becoming a reality. For SMEs, digital transformation is seen more as a business transformation as it is not
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Card payment system down: a survival guide for small businesses
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When something you take for granted breaks down, you quickly appreciate how important it is. For small business owners, it’s their payment system. The recent VISA card outages had a huge impact across the UK and Europe, with consumers everywhere struggling to pay for products and services. In some cases, more than half of all
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GDPR is now in force: make sure you don’t get caught out
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents an important and necessary step towards protecting users’ privacy and providing more transparency. However, for many businesses, the buzz around GDPR has made it appear to be an unnecessarily complex administrative task that, by law, they must address. A recent survey bears this out and found that less
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Improve and secure your way of working: Office 365 and BYOD
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A key part of a collaborative and mobile culture is BYOD. BYOD, or bring your own device, describes a policy wherein employees are permitted to work with their own personal laptops, tablets and smartphones, rather than being provided one by the company. A BYOD policy allows employees who spend much of the work day outside
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What is the key to a successful business app?
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The key to a successful business app requires an understanding of your marketing strategy, a little preparation and some commitment to making sure the app works for the business. Without any of these, your prospects, customers or social media followers will not download your app or when they do download your app, ignore or delete
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E-learning is a clever business tool, but know the limitations
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In 2012, a venture-backed, education-focused technology company called Coursera went live, founded by two Stanford computer science professors. Since launch, its online courses and degrees – offered in partnership with universities – have lured 26 million learners globally. In 2016 it launched a paid-for version of its online learning platform for corporate customers. That same
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Could robots reduce the risk of workplace injuries?
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Such imaginings often overlook robotics’ impressive potential for more practical, yet profound, applications – namely, those in the workplace. Beyond efficiency: The real benefit of robotic workers Robots, by their very nature, are built to be efficient and consistent, and many companies use robots to optimise their output. Understandably, this raises questions and concerns about
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Artificial intelligence: the next step for CRM
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Selling as a trade has developed exponentially, from paper to spreadsheets to system of record to customer relationship management (CRM) software. The rise of CRM software in the early 90s was the first significant technology breakthrough in sales. The various attempts made towards the direction of delivery models – from on-premise and software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on
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The essential guide to point of sale (POS) systems
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Choosing a point of sale (POS) system is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a small business owner. It can make a real difference to how much time you spend on processing sales, replenishing stock and even training your staff. But different systems suit different businesses. Some might be looking at sector-specific
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