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Acas launches six steps to success for small business
Small businesses who are thinking about taking on their first member of staff or who may have had a bumpy experience managing staff for the first…
Tuesday 22 September 2026
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
Small businesses who are thinking about taking on their first member of staff or who may have had a bumpy experience managing staff for the first…
We held a seminar the other week on saying what you mean without getting into hot water. We wanted to share some ideas with our clients…
Sustainable business entrepreneurs Jo Fairley, Liz Earle and Martha Lane Fox are set to share their secrets over ice cream in the search for Europe’s top…
No matter how polished your communication skills and competent your team, delegation can end in misunderstanding. The solution: prototyping.
One in three British employees spends time on social media or prints private files on company printers instead of working, one in four searches for other…
A challenge with a prize worth half a million has been launched which aims to uncover England’s most innovative and disruptive early-stage ventures whose imaginative use…
Not every communication needs to be sent via email. Here are three types of emails you should never send if you want to be focusedon work…
The days are get longer and warmer and you’re probably already counting how many there are left until the Summer holidays. But what could you do…
While larger law firms might have in-house provision for training, sole practitioners and smaller practices will undoubtedly be taking advantage of training providers. How do you…
Delivering bad news, on-the-job training, announcing staff changes – these are all situations a senior manager may find themselves in. Yet, how many times does a…
There is a myth about travel and vacations which states families cannot have an enjoyable, relaxing vacation until children are at least 10 years-old. Traveling internationally…
To be a better business leader, you need to avoid these five destructive phrases like the plague.
That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It's not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire's first…
The recent budget made grim reading for many in Britain. It also painted a depressing picture for those British firms that would normally look to invest…
Sarah Longbottom, Consultant in the SME Division of Odgers Interim, on the need for effective succession planning.