It’s the moment every office worker dreads, pulling a name out of the hat and finding out they’re Secret Santa for the boss.
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Niche Businesses that have blossomed in 2013
As another year following the economic downturn comes to a close, it’s worth wondering what businesses have got niche markets covered and have started to blossom in recent years.
The increasing ride of white-collar crime
As businesses recognise the need to update their office equipment along with increasingly advanced technology, the value of the items found in any given office also rises.
Can You See the Opportunities Staring You in the Face?
We all suffer from inattention blindness. We focus so intently on a particular task that we don’t notice the weird thing that’s right there in plain view.
What to do when you feel you can’t cope
Ambition is all about pushing yourself beyond your perceived limits. If you’re not taking on reach goals and slightly terrifying challenges than you’re unlikely to reach your full potential.
5 Ways to Get a Confidence Boost
Whatever you’re about to do, it’s incredibly important–and you’re incredibly nervous. Here’s how to get a quick shot of confidence.
E-commerce: A gateway to success
Following in the e-footsteps of the US, this year many of the UK’s leading online retailers hosted Black Friday and Cyber Monday events, offering substantial reductions across product ranges to encourage consumers to part with their money.
Ransomware Is Not New
The Cryptolocker Ransomware attack is the latest in a long line of viruses that demand money to be cleaned. In fact, one of the earliest pieces of malware that was written specifically to make money, rather than simply to prove a point, was the AIDS Information Trojan of 1989.
Five Common Meeting Mistakes
The list of mistakes made when organising and running team meetings or events is long. I should know, I’ve made most of them over the years.
How can Maternity Coaching help?
I have children, two in fact, so had two maternity leave periods. On the whole it was not too difficult an experience as the companies I worked for were quite forward thinking and progressive in their approach and understanding of such matters.
How to grow a brand online
To start off, let’s be quite clear about what we mean by your brand. It’s not just your name – it’s what people think of you as a business. Companies can spend years – and millions of Pounds – building their brand online. For online only businesses like mine, it is truly crucial.
Driving the deal – how SMEs’ negotiation skills can boost Britain’s bottom line
For those of us on the SME front line, the idea of “negotiations” can sound a bit remote. It conjures up images of corporate lawyers in flashy boardrooms haggling over a million or two here or there.
Top Ten Tips for employers dealing with sickness absence
The new Health at Work Index created for the British Heart Foundation by CEBR has highlighted that more than a quarter of the UK’s workforce has had a health problem which has lasted more than a year. The index has been created to provide a picture of the nation’s health problems in the workforce.
4 Smart Ways to Meet All Your Goals
Making a list and checking it twice? That’s not going to cut it for achieving your toughest goals.
6 tips for expanding your business
As the UK economy inches towards a period of sustained growth, businesses can finally begin to look ahead with some optimism. For those businesses that have survived over 6 years of recession and downturn in tact, their thoughts may be now turning to the next phase in their business cycle, growth and expansion.
