Most SME owners who were planning on selling their business in early 2020 were forced to put their plans on ice when the pandemic hit.
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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Could the Employment Bill pose a risk to businesses?
With the Employment Bill back in the limelight, Amanda Badley, head of employment at BHW Solicitors urges employers to find a synergy between business need vs business want.
Personal Guarantee backed loans risk being dismissed in favour of credit cards and overdrafts
Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance is urging entrepreneurs to educate themselves on the pros and cons of signing a personal guarantee
Back to work this month? Employers’ risks and responsibilities
Natasha Forman and Francesca Lopez are Senior Associates in the Employment Team at Kingsley Napley LLP offer five key areas employers need to consider about a hybrid working policy:
Inc & Co Group CEO Jack Mason’s nine tips to improve company culture
Make your workplace the healthiest environment possible for your team – and reap the benefits.
How to build virtual relationships when you can’t network face-to-face
I am a firm believer in the value of face-to-face communication but Covid has meant that we have had to make many changes.
Could Alternative Dispute Resolution become compulsory?
Over the last three decades, we have seen increasingly widespread use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), as parties with disputes have sought swifter and less expensive ways of settling claims.
What shark diving taught me about business
I wholeheartedly believe that business and shark diving are essentially the same thing. Both are exciting. Both have their fair share of risk. Both require you to be on your A-game all of the time.
Beyond Covid-19: Homeworking Expenses and the tax rules you need to know about
It would appear that home working is here to stay, at least in some form. Employers and employees are having conversations around agile or smart working, and getting ready for the day when working from home is no longer mandated but, rather, a choice.
Business Relief: The six golden rules
Business Relief (BR) solutions should be approached as an investment service in their own right and not solely considered as a tax solution. Advisers should remember not to let the, “tax tail wag the investment dog.”
20 leadership lessons from 20 years as an entrepreneur
Ever wish you could go back in time 20 years and teach yourself the leadership lessons you know today? I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently … What would you say to yourself?
Cyber security: Your people are the key to keeping your business safe
With around 90% of successful cyber attacks down to human error, Mark Brown, founder of Psybersafe, says that businesses should be paying just as much attention to training their people as they do to their IT systems.
Clarkson’s Farm: Can you claim 130% of the cost of buying your sheepdog?
Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson’s new Amazon Prime series has highlighted not only the importance of working dogs on a farm but also the cost of these hard-working animals.
The impact of losing concentration
‘I keep losing focus’, complains Noreen. ‘I wish I could concentrate better’, says George. Do you hear yourself sometimes saying this?
How to use social media platforms to successfully scale your business
Scaling your business, whilst maintaining efficiency, is possibly one of the hardest things to do in performance advertising. The reason for that is down to the way the platforms are set up.
