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Whether late payments happen by accident or design, they may soon be attracting penalties for businesses. Lucy Beck, UK sales director for Palette why organisations should get control of their accounts payable and build better relationships with suppliers.
JustGiving, the UK online fundraising platform, has made available a free online guide to help companies run successful employee fundraising events.
Three businesses have been selected as winners of the first Berti Green Accelerator programme. Launched earlier this year, the programme aims to help grow low carbon start-ups in the UK through a package of bespoke business support and funding.
There are many differences between a good business and a great business, but they aren’t beyond a business leader’s control. In From Vision to Exit, Guy Rigby candidly explains how entrepreneurs can develop strategies, plans and tactics to get their businesses to the top.
An unorthodox, happily married business woman who has sold a company for £20 million, shares the sometimes outrageous highs and lows during the development of Pacific Direct. Lara’s book shares down-to-earth hints, tips and anecdotes to ensure the reader is guaranteed to take away valued information to apply to his/her own company. Full of compelling stories that will make the reader laugh out loud at Lara’s antics to get the job done customer first, family first, struggle and guilt all of it worth it.
Have you got an itch to start your own business, go to the North Pole, retrain, lose weight, get promoted, learn to play the ukulele? Or do you just have a nagging sense that there must be more to life? If there is something you really want to do, but secretly fear you’ll never do it, then you need this.
As we approach the middle of the year, now is a good time to start planning and get yourself ready for what lies ahead. We spoke to Margery McBain of Gravitate HR to get a handy check list of things you should be thinking about over the coming months.
The entrepreneur and star of ‘Dragons’ Den’ has committed her support for this year’s launch of ‘BOB: Best of Britannia’ – a brand statement event which will showcase iconic and emerging British companies that design and/or manufacture in the UK.
As many people look to escape some of the wettest weather on record the ICAEW has provided some helpful tips for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) on how to cope while staff are away.
Often mistakenly associated only with negative publicity, reputation management should be a key part in every company’s communication and marketing strategy.
SMEs are being touted as the saviours of the British economy and with Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group recently stating that Britain’s growth is going to come from SMEs, who now account for one third of UK gross value added – this view is becoming firmly ingrained in the heads of many politicians, analysts and the media.
New research shows the majority of businesses in central London and around Games venues are considering ways to reduce deliveries during the London 2012 Games, while TfL continues to work closely with more than 24,000 companies to help them plan.
Alastair Kight, Managing Director of GRITIT, the UK’s leading winter risk management specialists on customer satisfaction
I believe wholeheartedly in stepping outside of our comfort levels. In fact, I believe that comfort zone, when seen as a dot in the distance, is a great marker of how much we’re willing to push ourselves towards the shiny stuff we want. However, there’s also the issue of being a square peg in a round hole and in trying to batter ourselves into shape to fit, we have a tendency to knock our confidence levels.
No one said starting a business would be easy. But don’t make it harder on yourself by making these stupid mistakes.
