Business

Have you ever found yourself searching high street stores and the deep, dark depths of the internet searching for a specific item of clothing, only to realise that it’s something that you’ve imagined or thought up yourself? After hours reeling through frequented fashion blogs, flicking back through pages of those glossy high fashion mags and…

The business face of the UK has been changing for some time. According to data gathered by the FSB, small businesses accounted for 99.3% of all private sector companies in the UK in 2016 and 99.9% were recognised as small or medium-sized (SMEs). Running a small business is no easy task. With reference to an article published…

Every employer should add plants to the office setting. Numerous scientific studies show that plants in the office have both physical and psychological effects. Plus, plants do not cost much and can easily be added to the decorative budget, even going for large artificial plants can create a similar effect and you won’t have to…

Traditional industries like accounting, management and teaching have always held professional certification in high regard, allowing professionals to expand their skill set and further their career. Certification can open new prospects and employment opportunities. Now, in our digitally-connected society, professional certifications play a vital role in demonstrating the digital skills and knowledge of your employees…

Businesses are always on the lookout for new and exciting workers. Indeed, they have to be because it is the staff who take the company to the next level. However, it won’t come as a surprise to hear that many businesses don’t hit the brief when they recruit. As a result, they end up hiring…

There might come a time during the life of any business when the boss wants to move things forward. That often requires them to employ new professionals who can bring something different to the operation. Locating and identifying those experts can become somewhat of an art form. For that reason, there is some information on…

There are various types of events that your business might seriously consider holding to help spread the word or develop staff skills. Those events could include retreats, product launches, and teambuilding events. However, there is a range of things that you need to account for if your ultimate objective is ensuring an event that stays…

If you work in the world of providing services to clients, then you realise that fostering better business-to-client relationships is the only way to create a sustainable business model. Providing top quality services is obviously going to be part of the equation. But a lot of business owners and freelancers trip themselves up by believing…

While there are many things that your employees can do to help preserve their safety in your workplace, this doesn’t take away from your own responsibilities enshrined by UK health and safety law. Those responsibilities include ensuring that your staff work in suitable, risk-free conditions – and there are various ways that you can meet…

If you’re a business owner, then you know just how difficult it can be to get your workforce running smoothly and to the best of their ability. Every one of them has their own unique and complex needs which the responsible employer has a duty to attend to for the sake of morale and team…

They say the first year of starting a business is the hardest, but you don’t hear much about how difficult the second, third, and fourth year of business can be. In fact, being in business at all is not easy, so it feels like a miracle to have reached the point when you actually have…

Hiring the right employee is a must for any business of any size. Although you may need to recruit quickly, you also need to do so efficiently. If you ignore some crucial points to hiring, you could very well end up recruiting the wrong person. In fact, here are 3 ways to recruit the wrong…