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Category: In Business
Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
Should you buy Twitter shares?
Twitter announced recently that it intended to float on the stock market, a debut expected later this year or early next. But should you consider buying the shares? Investors who previously bought into high-technology firms at the first opportunity have enjoyed mixed fortunes.
Top 5 Ways to Tell if you are in a Dead-End Job
Unless you are one of the few lucky people who are currently doing their dream job, you are probably looking for ways to improve your career prospects. That is why it is good to ask yourself whether you are working in an environment that allows you to do that.
How to choose the right office space for your business
Whether it’s a move to your very first office or to your twentieth there are essential questions you need to ask yourself.
Why off-site meetings work
Gary Devlin, Events Manager, Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport, explains why holding meetings outside the office in professional meeting spaces can be a boon to both workforces and managers.
Seven Top Tips for Leading through Uncertainty
Many leaders are currently facing the challenge of leading in conditions of great uncertainty in an unpredictable environment.
How to Pipeline Talent for your Business
As a small business, finding the right talent can be a tricky process. You may not have the time to even squeeze in an interview here and there, let alone vet CVs thoroughly, which is why locating a local source and using it for specific talent pipelining can work so well.
Stand out from the crowd: why and how you should use PR
Rebecca Pain, business development manager at communications agency theblueballroom gives some useful advice to businesses
Strategies to use the strengthening GBP-EUR rate to your advantage
David Johnson, director of foreign exchange specialists Halo Financial, examines how business can make the most of the strengthening Pound.
The best way to eat an elephant (Goal setting)
“The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time!”
Keeping Calm in a Crisis
Stress is a tricky thing – it means different things to different people. And what is motivating to one person can be stressful to someone else. Put simply, stress is an emotional reaction to physical, psychological or emotional demands that are placed on us.
Seven steps to managing your career
Author Clive Leake of Whow! Leadership (www.whowleadership.com) has more than 25 years experience as a senior business coach and leadership development specialist. Here Clive explains the seven key steps to managing your career.
How to better manage your stress levels
When it comes to wellbeing advice, one of the most common recommendations from our colleagues, managers, friends and family is often to better manage stress.
How to set goals you’ll actually achieve
Do you fail at achieving your most significant goals? Chances are, you are missing these vital strategies
Building A Winning Team
Often I find myself comparing the highs and lows in business to those of the sports arena (much to the delight of my team!) and I see many similarities in the ways success is created and maintained. I also think there is a lot that the business and sporting worlds can learn from each other.