By improving talent schemes, planning for the future and increasing your firms profile small businesses can retain their best staff when the economic recovery occurs With recent research showing that over 30% of employees are planning to leave their current job when the recession ends and the job market recovers, all small business owners must…
Networking is fast becoming ‘the’ way to do business, as the current economic climate ensures budgets are cut back, networking is still a cost effective way to meet new contacts, build relationships and do business. Here are our top ten tips to ensure your networking like a pro: 1. Set a goal before the event…
Is your business going? Event: Business Yorkshire Exhibition Venue: Doncaster Racecourse Date: Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November 2009 Day one: 8.15am till 7.00pm Day two: 8.15am till 4.00pm Admission: Free As well exhibitors there are a number of business opportunities and seminars throughout the day, including presentation speakers for Business Link and specialist online…
If there were free solutions available to help your business grow.. Why wouldnt you take the opportunity up? As part of a large government drive to assist SME businesses around the UK, there has been several opportunities created in terms of funding for training and development, particularly for senior management and decision makers. As an…
The NIFP National Identity Fraud Prevention has warned that recent data shows small businesses are not doing enough to protect client’s confidential information. Over a third of staff throw away sensitive and confidential records instead of disposing them correctly by shredding vital documents. The UK has the highest figure in Europe, with over 70% of…
Blog Action Day: Thursday 15th October 2009 Climate change is an important topic that reaches across every country in the world, and begs the action, what can you do about climate change?There is no escaping that our climate is changing, and affects the weather we have, rising sea levels and changes in health across the…
While strikes continue across the country, many businesses are faced with huge cash flow problems due to lack of payment on posted invoices. Royal Mail handle the delivery of 99% of all letters under 350 grams, which means using an outside carrier isn’t an option as for the latter part of the journey, these services…
The Pensions Advisory Service (PAS) state that people who earn less than £95 per job undertaken they are not entitled to pension credits. Staff in these circumstances are often filled by women, which means that thousands of women are missing out on a state pension. The government has promised to make the pension system for…
‘National Customer Service Week’, is now underway as the UK celebrates raising awareness of the importance of good customer service with promotions continuing throughout this week. The NCSW (National Customer Service Week) provides businesses with the opportunity to show their dedication to customer service. Customer Service is more important now than ever, during the current…
According to the latest survey done by CIPS – the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply the UK service sector is now expanding. The survey shows that the increase is growing at the fastest rate for two years, rising to 55.3 in September from 54.1 in August. It is the fifth month in succession that…