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Homeworking revolution not all child’s play
The idea that many people work from home to spend more time with their children has been called into question by new research from leading broadband…
Monday 21 September 2026
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The idea that many people work from home to spend more time with their children has been called into question by new research from leading broadband…
You may have heard about franchising but would you like to know more? Well, it does what it is says on the tin – franchising is…
More than 2.1 million people work from home and some 8 million spend at least some of their working week in the house instead of at…
If you, like many, had letter writing etiquette drilled into you from an early age then nothing screams from a page louder than the elementary error…
Mentoring has long been a valuable tool in staff training. Typically, a junior member of staff is assigned a mentor – someone experienced from inside or…
There are a whole number of reason for stopping a business. I've frequently heard Directors say 'if only I'd sold the business five years ago, we…
For many businesses, agreeing marketing budgets is an area fraught with difficulty as marketing departments struggle to justify and quantify the return on investment. This is…
As the Chinese economy continues to grow at over 10 per cent each year, an increasing number of SMEs are looking to set up a presence…
Whether on the race track, on the web or in the boardroom, data leaks are invariably bad news. Just ask Ferrari and McLaren, the F1 giants…
When is a u-turn not a u-turn? Many members of the Forum of Private Business (FPB) would argue that the Government’s suggested £100,000 in tax relief…
Struggling to cope with late deliveries is nothing new for smaller business. Three years ago, when the Royal Mail’s second post was scrapped as part of…
At the end of the ‘90’s the air was thick with revolution. Offices, newspapers and gastropubs across the land were alive with rumours that the end…
The directors of Britain's companies are feeling the pressure from the growing risks and responsibilities they face – to the point where a majority are seriously…
With an average annualised turnover of £25 million, The Commercial Group is the largest independently owned office services company in the UK. In its 17 years…
A belief, held by many, that ‘It’s not easy being green’, still seems to prevail for many small-to-medium sized businesses.