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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Five tips to use technology to boost and secure your business through lockdown
Since the initial nationwide lockdown in March 2020, it’s become increasingly clear that technology is essential for businesses to continue functioning and succeeding in today’s modern world.
How to make the most out of virtual networking
COVID19 has been a tough time for many of us. Especially for those who are looking to shift their role or go for a new one entirely.
Five steps to successful business succession planning
Many businesses try to foresee and plan for the future but unfortunately organisations often do not plan for the inevitable.
What are the benefits of a Shareholders’ agreement?
With COVID-19 continuing to have a significant impact on all aspects of business, many of which have been unforeseen, a shareholders’ agreement has never been more important.
Why uncertainty is the perfect environment for strategic planning
Paradoxically, Rishi Sunak announcing that the furlough scheme will be extended until March creates more uncertainty, not less.
How to lead from your heart (and why you should right now)
Leading from your heart (emotionally intelligent, collaborative, motivating) matters more now than ever as uncertainty permeates every aspect of work, life and what the future holds.
Boost productivity and stop wasting man hours in meetings. Starting from now …
Totalling the cost of paid employees sitting in meetings for hours vs. effective productivity was a hot topic pre-Covid, however it’s not one that’s gone away despite people working from home.
Today is deadline day for retrospective furlough agreements
Partner Sue Dowling, head of Blandy & Blandy’s Employment Law team, highlights today’s deadline for retrospective furlough agreements.
Lender appetite is diminishing – here’s 3 alternatives if your bank says no
The deadline for starting an application for a government-backed loan has been extended to January 31st 2021, but lender appetite is diminishing. What should you do and who do you turn to when you need working capital and the bank says no?
Rightsize to survive: the risks and rewards of rightsizing now
A large number of companies face the painful need to rightsize, but how does a business employ rightsizing processes to make it ‘Covid secure’?
Gain competitive advantage through collaborative relationships
Supply chains today are required to deliver ever-better service levels while simultaneously bearing down on cost and meeting aggressive new sustainability agendas.
Furlough fraud: what went wrong and how are business owners affected?
The scale of ‘furlough fraud’ and other fraudulent activity linked to the Government’s coronavirus support schemes is starting to become apparent.
Improving productivity in the workplace during the pandemic era
Here Tim Ringo, author, speaker, board advisor, and senior executive, writes exclusively for Business Matters about the importance of productivity and how the sudden need for flexible working proves to be a bonus for people performance.