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Once you’ve set up the basics of your business, there’s the task of allocating roles to those who fit them most suitably. Here we outline our best pieces of advice for building a successful business team. It’s important that the…
Within every workplace there’s inevitably going to me a mix of individuals where different backgrounds, values, opinions and mindsets collide. When conflicts arise, working together can become difficult. We can’t choose our colleagues, it’s something that we have to deal…
Whilst the Christmas period is full of festive cheer and celebrations, it can also cause a whole host of issues for employers. Are you prepared to tackle the festive season head on or are you dreading every second? Here we…
As life expectancy in the UK has risen steadily over the last few years, it’s inevitable that the retirement age for employees has increased too. With medical technology advancing rapidly, we can only expect the rise to keep going. So…
As employers it’s your responsibility to ensure that your employees are happy at work. It’s best for them and it’s best for the productivity and quality of your business. Here we have developed a collection of ideas that you can…
For many companies, company culture feels like a family. You spend more time at work than at home so it’s inevitable that you build relationships with your colleagues. A sign of a healthy company is that colleagues get along and…
Change…….to make or become different, to take or use another instead of, to give up or get rid of (something) in exchange for something else; an act or process through which something becomes different. Change means many different things in…
Setting up a home office is not only a great way to save costs on business overheads, but you can also cut back on the time spent travelling to and from a workplace. A survey by Direct Line for Business…
It’s now been nearly six years since changes to the Pensions Act has required all companies, under Auto Enrolment, to provide workers with a Workplace Pension Scheme. Pensions Auto Enrolment represented a fundamental change in the way pensions are offered…
So you have taken the plunge and set up your own business and started employing people (see our other ‘top tips’ articles on how best to do this), now you will need to have the capability to pay them appropriately…