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Why Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Invest in Stocks
by Patrick Scherzinger • • 0 Comments
Many may disagree, but I believe there’s a good case to be made as to why – if you’re an entrepreneur – you shouldn’t invest in stocks.
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How to Align Product, Marketing and Sales Goals
by João Mendes-Roter • • 0 Comments
Tech companies often face challenges when specific departments are not getting what they want.
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Do staff have to self-isolate if they’ve been pinged by the NHS Covid app?
by Timothy Adler • • 0 Comments
By Timothy Adler on Small Business – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
If you get pinged, is it a legal requirement (a) for individuals to self-isolate or (b) for employers to enforce it?
Being pinged by the NHS Covid-19 app is entirely different being asked to isolate from NHS test and trace system. If you are asked to self-isolate by NHS test and trace it is a legal requirement. If you are pinged by the NHS Covid-19 app at the moment it is just guidance. You are advised but not legally obliged to self-isolate for 10 days, which means that that if an employer cannot requiree you to necessarily self-isolate, They can ask you to come into work. But then the employer has to bear in mind their obligations and duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Do people on zero-hours contracts have the legal right to go into work?
They do. The government is saying that it’s crucial that you self-isolate, but you are just advised to self-isolate. The individual should tell their employer so that the employer can make an assessment as to whether you’re creating a risk for someone else by going into the workplace.
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Do staff have to self-isolate if they’ve been pinged by the NHS Covid app?
by Timothy Adler • • 0 Comments
By Timothy Adler on Small Business – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
If you get pinged, is it a legal requirement (a) for individuals to self-isolate or (b) for employers to enforce it?
Being pinged by the NHS Covid-19 app is entirely different being asked to isolate from NHS test and trace system. If you are asked to self-isolate by NHS test and trace it is a legal requirement. If you are pinged by the NHS Covid-19 app at the moment it is just guidance. You are advised but not legally obliged to self-isolate for 10 days, which means that that if an employer cannot requiree you to necessarily self-isolate, They can ask you to come into work. But then the employer has to bear in mind their obligations and duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Do people on zero-hours contracts have the legal right to go into work?
They do. The government is saying that it’s crucial that you self-isolate, but you are just advised to self-isolate. The individual should tell their employer so that the employer can make an assessment as to whether you’re creating a risk for someone else by going into the workplace.
>See
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Six business books every start-up entrepreneur should read
by Alice Feilden • • 0 Comments
Originally written by Alice Feilden on Small Business
Whether you’re a start-up founder or an entrepreneurial veteran, there are always new lessons to be learned. These six business books – which were all shortlisted in the prestigious 2021 Business Books of the Year – will help you stay inspired, motivated and on your toes, ready for the next challenge.
Winner –The Unfair Advantage – Ash Ali and Hassan Kubba
The co-authors of this year’s award-winning business book of the year, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, met years ago at a business dinner and quickly became friends. At the time, Ali, who had great success as Just Eat’s first marketing director, was concentrating on angel investing. Kubba decided to join him and watch the entrepreneurial pitches whenever he had the time.
“I used to ask these people in pitches, what’s your unfair advantage?” says Ali. “The most successful entrepreneurs are the ones that know what their unfair advantages are and how to double down on them.”
The philosophy outlined in the book, which points out flaws in the hustle and hard-work culture, instead encourages self-awareness and reflection to maximise business and entrepreneurial potential.
“Our book is not prescriptive,” says Ali, who had grown tired of self-help books “always
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Six business books every start-up entrepreneur should read
by Alice Feilden • • 0 Comments
Originally written by Alice Feilden on Small Business
Whether you’re a start-up founder or an entrepreneurial veteran, there are always new lessons to be learned. These six business books – which were all shortlisted in the prestigious 2021 Business Books of the Year – will help you stay inspired, motivated and on your toes, ready for the next challenge.
Winner –The Unfair Advantage – Ash Ali and Hassan Kubba
The co-authors of this year’s award-winning business book of the year, Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba, met years ago at a business dinner and quickly became friends. At the time, Ali, who had great success as Just Eat’s first marketing director, was concentrating on angel investing. Kubba decided to join him and watch the entrepreneurial pitches whenever he had the time.
“I used to ask these people in pitches, what’s your unfair advantage?” says Ali. “The most successful entrepreneurs are the ones that know what their unfair advantages are and how to double down on them.”
The philosophy outlined in the book, which points out flaws in the hustle and hard-work culture, instead encourages self-awareness and reflection to maximise business and entrepreneurial potential.
“Our book is not prescriptive,” says Ali, who had grown tired of self-help books “always
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6 things playing games can teach us about business
by Ben Fowler • • 0 Comments
Originally written by Ben Fowler on Small Business
Games are often seen as a fun way of passing time and considered a distraction from education and professional success. However, we’re turning that view on its head. We believe games are actually an abundant source of business lessons that SME leaders can benefit from. We launched the Let’s Play Business! podcast to help business leaders understand the lessons that can be drawn from the games around them, many of which they’ve probably played at some point in their lives.
6 things games can teach us about doing business
We’ve had some excellent business leaders on as guests, including Chris Rhodes, operations director at The Tech Dept, and Susanna Lawson, CEO and co-founder of OneFile and 2017’s Businesswoman of the Year.
Here are the top tips discussed in the first four episodes:
#1 – Strategic thinking – defend what can be defended, consolidate and build back up
Both Monopoly Deal and chess are great at encouraging strategic thinking, with players asking themselves, what actions can I take now to improve my current situation and what actions will have the most significant impact? When you’re running a business, the same applies, especially when the challenges are multiple and often
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Free Webinar | Feb 22: How To Manage a Successful Business During Challenging Times
by Entrepreneur Insider • • 0 Comments
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 was a challenging year. It was a year that tested entrepreneurs, like you, in ways that they have never been tested before. So how is it then, that some entrepreneurs found success and growth during these unprecedented times? Find out during this webinar!
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What are the benefits of agile working? – a small business guide
by Timothy Adler • • 0 Comments
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
On the face of it, it seems ridiculous that post Covid-19 hordes will commute into cities so they can all sit down at their desks at precisely the same moment.
When all of our working day is spent looking at screens, why does it matter where you physically are
And what does it mean for the future of the office, which some now see as a relic of Victorian working practices?
The future, according to some, will be agile working – a blend of coming into the office for collaboration and team meetings, and working remotely.
>See also: What is an agile working environment?
Agile working is nothing new – as with many other aspects of our lives, all the pandemic has done is accelerate what was happening anyway.
When the pandemic hit, ASDA dispersed its thousands of headquarters staff back to their homes.
Simon Halkyard, ASDA head office resourcing manager has said, “It’s amazing what you can do when you are forced and have no time to over think it. Should this be the new normal, even after the lockdown is lifted. Why restrict your business to only employing people in one location when you can reach a nationwide