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The hunt is on for the UK’s top small businesses with the launch of the Nectar Business Small Business Awards 2011. Now in its third year,…
You love your work – but you can’t stand the person you work with. It’s a struggle to keep you both from bickering, let alone falling…
Research, just published, has found that one month on from the VAT rate increase, small businesses in the UK have been largely unaffected despite widespread media…
Less than a week after launch, the Business in Bloom campaign, which aims to help 500,000 people start and grow a business in 2011 is on…
Technology firms based in Cambridge are recruiting heavily in anticipation of a bounce in the global economy later in the year and with competition so fierce…
I’ve lost count of the amount of times someone has called another person ‘lucky’. And that situation happens just as much in sales, as it does…
Athletes are not the only ones training ahead of London 2012 as today saw the launch of the Technology Lab; a miniature version of the 36…
Over half of businesses across the UK are unsure of what to expect in 2011. Mid-sized companies are the most bullish. Half declared themselves to be…
At a time when the number of people starting a business is at a record high the small business publisher Brightword Publishing has launched a Start…
There was a time when hiring a mother was a positive thing for employers. Mothers were seen as reliable, hardworking and trustworthy; after all they had…
Nearly two thirds of UK businesses have admitted they do not provide a good level of support for their employees to volunteer. Despite strong demand from…
There is a worrying tendency that has developed over the years for a level of ‘being promoted to the level of your incompetence’ to become ever…
Customer service is a crucial way to differentiate your business and increase its robustness to weather out the current economic uncertainties. Rather than just examining best…
As the new year has arrived many businesses will be taking a fresh look at their operating costs in light of the tough financial conditions that…
Follow these tips to ensure that your business doesn't get the 'call me back after Christmas' objections, and make sure that in January you can still…