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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
The Reluctant Leader: A Powerful Shift in Business Leadership
In today’s competitive business landscape, successful leadership is often portrayed as assertive, visionary, and highly ambitious. However, an equally powerful yet often overlooked archetype is the reluctant leader.
Business development to bottom line: Turning effort into results!
Let’s assume…you’re a business leader who has worked hard to empower your team to fly your company flag with confidence and absolute clarity on your brand and what you represent.
Business Development, dark art to team sport
In today’s competitive landscape, effective business development hinges on your entire team representing your brand with conviction and clarity.
A guide to the new legal duty on employers to prevent workplace sexual harassment
A new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment is imminent. What do businesses need to do to prepare?
FOMO about ROMI? How do you know when your marketing is working?
Successful digital marketing involves constant review of your SEO, PPC campaigns and website UX, which can result in a sense akin to FOMO for marketers concerned about getting the best possible ROMI (Return on Marketing Investment).
A Disaster for Innovation – The Research and Development Relief Perfect Storm
UK R&D tax relief enables companies undertaking innovative activities and qualifying R&D projects to claim corporation tax relief and/or tax credits on qualifying R&D expenditure.
Business Development: Dark Art or Business Essential?
Often misunderstood as a “dark art,” business development is actually the strategic powerhouse driving organisational growth.
Huw Edwards: new tribunal ruling sheds light on HR and employment law risks
BBC Director General Tim Davie faces scrutiny over handling of Huw Edwards investigation. A recent tribunal ruling highlights HR and employment law risks in dismissing employees suspected of criminal activity.
How can SMEs make the most of LLMs?
Businesses of every size have been unable to escape the incredible impact that AI has had on the ways in which we do business of late.
Communicating your ESG efforts through content marketing
Effectively communicating your Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials through content marketing is an essential prerequisite of companies of all sizes today.
Intergenerational Learning is Key for Building a Skilled and Engaged Workforce
For the first time, organisations have access to a workforce across five generations, with Baby Boomers working alongside Gen Z.
The King’s Speech – What is next for employment law?
Within the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, the new Labour Government set out its legislative agenda for the next few months. The reform of employment law was a pillar of Labour’s election campaign, and so it is no surprise it was referenced within the King’s speech:
Finding clarity in your business
Every week, when I take business clinics, eager entrepreneurs ask a wide variety of questions, such as “Should I take Investment?”, “Should I expand into the International market?”, “Should I start employing staff?”, “Do I need to invest in a CRM system?”, “should I hire a Social Media agency?”.
Actions speak louder than words
It’s a well-worn saying but when it comes to leadership, it definitely rings true.