Business

Business owners considering setting up a shop on the high street should think carefully about the danger to this company model. First, there’s the issue with online competition. If you can find the product that you’re selling, online with cheaper production costs, you’ve already lost the battle. If there is a website selling a product…

As a business owner, you have to work hard to ensure you provide effective management for your staff. Failure to do that would mean your company never reaches maximum productivity. At the end of the day, you became involved in the corporate landscape to make a profit. So, it’s wise to ensure you run the…

Moving overseas to start or expand a business is a big decision. You may have already had plans to go abroad, or you may have found a lucrative hole in the market. Either way, it pays to do your homework before getting involved in a foreign business venture. Laws, customs and marketing methods may all…

Launching an e-commerce store is a very exciting process, which many new entrepreneurs approach with the hopes of becoming very successful in the future. Online stores, shops and boutiques have rapidly grown in popularity in recent years, as it’s become easier than ever before for customers to shop online and on the go. E-commerce stores…

Setting up a new business is exciting, fun and just a little scary. You’ve got a great product or service to sell – but how do you make sure that everyone knows about it? It doesn’t matter how great your offering is if people haven’t heard of your business. Here are our top tips to…

You’ve seen the four unmissable qualities of a well-run business, well here are three positions within your business that can’t be missed out that’ll help to run it well! Even though you might think your business isn’t big enough to need or even warrant the filling of these positions — it is and it needs…

  Many business models involving handing over control of a car, truck, or piece of heavy, moving machinery to employees. While it might be necessary for your business, it can also be a difficult thing to do. You need to hire people you can trust to handle the vehicle they have been given responsibility of.…

It’s the nature of the modern world. We are used to purchasing anything that we want from the internet and having it delivered to our door that we rarely need to bother heading out to a physical store unless we really need something. While there are businesses that require a physical presence in order to…

When you’re on the buying end of a B2B relationship, it can be easy to think that formality is pretty much a given. While you certainly need to have a certain degree of professionalism, supplier-client relationships that are overly formal can often smother the communication and trust that’s necessary for long-term success. If you’re afraid…

When it comes to making first impressions, nothing snatches attention like a well-designed and equipped office. Whether you’re part of a prestigious office complex or you own a humble little office on a main street, there are plenty of reasons to spruce up your environment and decor so that you impress your clients as soon…