No calculator required – Finance for non-Finance types Starting up a new business but never run a company before?  Always worked for an organisation that’s had an Accounts Department who looked after all the financials? Join the club.  Here’s a…

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…

For a small business there’s a lot to think about, from costs to processes. However, in an increasingly technology focused society, technology should be high on the list of priorities. Whether it’s an online store or financial software, there’s lots…

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…

Or improving Employee Engagement as us HR types like to call it! There are thousands of articles available online, based on a range of different philosophies; some very practical and based on common sense, others a bit wackier!  Here are…

Hiring the right employee is a challenging process. Hiring the wrong employee is expensive, costly to your business and time-consuming. Hiring the right employee, on the other hand: Pays you back in employee productivity, a successful employment relationship, and a positive impact…

There are thousands of articles available online, based on a range of management and leadership gurus and different philosophies, but here are a few of our favourite pointers for good people management: Maintain Good Communication Employees want to be kept…