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3 financial tips you can’t ignore

If you're managing a growing business, a few numbers and financial processes matter more than any others.

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3 Golden Rules of Negotiating

The art of negotiating escapes most of us, even good salespeople, because few take the time to correctly understand the word and follow the golden rules…

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How to think big

Do all your ideas seem small and boring? Here's a different approach plus three tips that will get you to the BIG idea.

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Dress sense or senseless

Should you have a dress code or policy for your staff?

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Have you become too productive?

There is such a thing as too much productivity and efficiency, say neuroscientists, at least when it crowds all play out of your day.

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Employee Benefits

Impressive employee benefits packages that are offered by big businesses can help them to attract good staff, and, the positive news is that today it is…

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Employee Engagement is the Key to Success

Gary Cattermole and Jaime Johnson are joint Co-Founders and Directors at The Survey Initiative, a leading staff survey provider. Here they discuss how employee engagement can…

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Watch out for the new pay figures

The Government announced at the end of 2012 that it planned to increase the various levels of compensation and employment wage rates on February 1 2013.…

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6 things every customer wants

Contrary to popular belief, customers are less interested in price than in these six things.

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Tips for setting budgets

Budgeting is far from an exact science, but is a crucial task which provides a detailed roadmap to keep a business going in the right direction.

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Should employers do more for retirees?

The act of ceasing work, and taking retirement, is a huge cliff-edge for many employees. Virtually everything changes overnight: income, expenditure, friendships with colleagues, home relationships…