With the arrival of the Apprenticeship Levy in April of this year, it is vital that SME’s take note and embrace apprenticeships. Although the 0.5 per cent payroll levy tax is compulsory for businesses spending £3 million+ on staff salaries, the positive impact that apprenticeships have on smaller businesses are numerous. Angela Middleton, CEO of training
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What can employers/HR do about office relationships?
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Office relationships can present a minefield within organisations. Employers are likely to fear becoming liable when something goes wrong and, in America, the introduction of ‘Love Contracts’ deals with the potential fallout whilst some UK companies have banned inter-office romances completely. A 2011 study records that 40 per cent of workers date a colleague at some point,
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The differences between freelancing and zero hours contracts
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Small businesses are under increasing pressure to find ways to balance the need to hire staff and the need to stay profitable. One of the simplest ways to achieve this, where a full-time hire can not be justified, is to make sure they only pay for staff when they are needed. This flexible way to
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How small businesses can support employees with long-term illnesses
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One in seven employees was absent for four weeks or more from small businesses in the previous 12 months, according to a recent survey by Ellipse. This stark statistic highlights the problem faced by small businesses, when the loss of one employee from the workforce inevitably causes major problems. Small business owners are more likely
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Securing flexible working: How remote working can be the perfect fit
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The adoption of remote working practices is one of the key enablers of growth in businesses of all sizes, but it’s really in the SME sector that this culture yields such a benefit. If implemented correctly, flexible working can not only offer employees an increased work/life balance, but also offer invaluable cost savings across expenses
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Five employee benefits to help attract the best talent when recruiting for your small business
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As a small business, you’re in a position where you can offer more unusual and flexible employee benefits than larger organisations can. Competitive salaries aren’t the only employee benefit job-seekers are after; research carried out by Glassdoor finds that 34 per cent of employees say benefits and perks will attract them to a new job. Here
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10 tips to improve staff effectiveness
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Ensure good training at all levels… As Victor Lipman writes in Forbes, giving staff training at all levels, not just as they reach the higher levels of a company, is prudent, as it is often in the formative stages of their career that staff need training the most. …And effective project management Investing in a
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Flexible working requests and how to handle them
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As more of us struggle to strike a balance between our work and family life, employers are increasingly being approached with requests for flexible working. The law and flexible working requests It’s important to remember that flexible working isn’t simply about working fewer hours. It’s also about working full-time on a more flexible basis –
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How to attract the best talent to your company
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Having worked in a number of big businesses, as well as launching my own brand on a shoe string, one of the unifying challenges was attracting the people who were going to drive growth, as well as delivering in the here and now. Obviously the stakes are higher when you’re running a smaller outfit. Any
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The rise of the ‘returnship’
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A returnship offer a chance for individuals who have taken an extended career break to get back into their profession. The scheme originated at Goldman Sachs in the US, but more recently a number of UK companies have started introducing the scheme. Their aim is to recognise and help support women (and men) to get
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