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
The winners in the 2012 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have been announced at a glittering ceremony held at The Savoy Hotel in London. The women leading the way in this diverse and exciting sector were celebrated by their peers and other leading luminaries from the business, logistics and transport industries.
Cohabiting couples who run a business together need to cut out complacency and take appropriate measures to protect themselves and their business should the relationship break down.
At-least 1 million UK workers are ‘sleep drunk’ due to a lack of shut eye, new data of nearly 39,000 employed people has shown.
Although the number of retailers going into administration has fallen since 2008, there is still a steady stream of established names disappearing from the high street. But is there life in the domain names past death? Alex Wares, managing director at search marketing agency Mediarun explains
Some companies are sitting on the sidelines, sticking to their outdated traditional marketing strategies, other companies are quickly gobbling up all the best generic domain names related to their products, services, and locations. Here we explain the power of keyword domains and the role they can play in strategic marketing.
With one in six employees suffers mental health problems at work in the last taboo in business costing Britain’s economy £30billion every year work expert Acas is highlighting the problem during national Mental Health Awareness Week 2012 which starts on Monday.
New research reveals that staff in UK SMEs waste over 2.30 hours in meetings every week, with this time costing the UK economy approximately £26 billion in 2011.
Female entrepreneurs are invited to learn insider secrets about how to build and grow a successful business from leading women in business, including former Dragon Rachel Elnaugh, at the ‘The courage to grow into your dreams’ hosted by UK executive coaching company, My Business Adventures in London on 22 June 2012.
As we recently reported outstanding debts to small and medium-sized business stood at a record £35.3bn at the end of last year – and large companies have been identified as the main culprits. To help make sure that your business does not join this statistic we asked solicitor and MD of ContractStore Giles Dixon to provide some easy to follow guidance.
Dragons’ Den winner Neil Westwood from Magic Whiteboard teamed up with Business Secretary Vince Cable at The House of Commons this week to launch “Breaking Down the Barriers to Entrepreneurship”.
Recent economic difficulties have hit businesses hard. Unemployment rates are at record levels with 2.65 million people currently unemployed and many businesses are struggling to stay afloat during this double dip recession.
Only one in ten organisations say they have robust plans in place to ensure their business continues to run smoothly if a number of employees leave or are absent unexpectedly
UK research to develop smart machines that think for themselves will receive a £16million boost today thanks to a major partnership between the government and industry.
You’ve developed your plan to grow your business and you’re ready to go – now comes the implementation.
Richard Costin explains how contrary to popular belief businesses of all sizes can make significant savings by going green.
