Business

It’s a Van Santen Network tradition to send the world a themed inspirational Christmas wish each year. Owner Christian van Santen feels that ‘connecting’ is more important than ever in the coming year: “Together, we can achieve more.” Van Santen Network would like to wish you all a harmonious 2017. To reinforce that message, we’ve…

A fantastic way to improve the capability in the workplace is to provide training courses. The benefits for both your company and your employees includes factors such as, Improvement standards and quality of work, planning out the targets and goals for the company and being able to efficiently acknowledge the adjustment to change. With training…

Nowadays, digital is the way to go. Between accessing the power of the internet and using the connectivity of business networks, it’s fast becoming true that you can’t afford to not establish some sort of tech component in your business. But we know how the idea of getting into tech can be intimidating to new…

The work of a startup is never done, is it? When a business is only so large, it can feel that it is teetering on the brink sometimes. As the business increases its scope, it needs to cope with more demands being thrust upon it. And one of the factors that are generally overlooked in…

When you first started your business, I’m sure your logistics process was easy enough to pin down. You probably didn’t have that many orders to process, and your shipping process probably didn’t involve much more than packing the item, printing off a label and sending it off. Once your operation has grown enough though, things…

According to leading think tank, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, UK inflation will quadruple to about 4% in the second half of 2017. Many shoppers will already have noticed that the price their weekly shop has been increasing, with Marmite, Typhoo, and other food manufacturers admitting that they have had to raise…

Saudi Arabia is looking to reform its economy as part of an ambitious new plan entitled Vision 2030. The country’s economic growth is at its slowest in three years, and could even approach by zero by the end of the year. At the moment, oil makes us 87% of Saudi Arabia’s earnings, but due to…

It does not really matter where you are based in the world, marketing is a very competitive industry. The fact that businesses can hire a marketer from other countries means that you are competing with literally thousands of other marketing firms for business. If you fail to deliver, you can lose work literally overnight. You…

Achieving business success will depend on many factors. Among which, your office is a big one. The importance of a good office shouldn’t go unrecognised. It can help boost your business in so many ways. Today, I have a list of things to consider when searching for the best office possible. I’ve included reasons why…

It’s no longer a secret that the look, feel and design of an office affects how workers feel, which in turn has an impact on their morale and productivity. If you have any concerns about the way your premises may be making your employees feel, then the good news is that you don’t have to…

Giving a presentation is something most of us absolutely dread doing, but at some point many of us will be required to do it in our working lives. Rather than actively trying to avoid the problem, why not focus your efforts on addressing these weaknesses instead? Whether it’s a room full of your closest peers…