Building a successful business is a team effort. Although you may be responsible for the inception and beginnings of your SME, it will soon grow beyond a one-man outfit, and once this happens, having the right team of people around you is essential.
Your earliest concerns will be with those you choose to employ, and finding people who are ambitious, hardworking, and that gel with your brand can help your venture to deliver maximum profits and experience a surge in custom.…
It is safe to say that the Western culture as we know it (or at least the generalization of it) revolves around success as the only measure of life. As long as the ultimate result is success, it does not matter how it was achieved, how many people got steamrolled in the process or whether the world became a worse place. You might even say that the modern western culture nurtures a view of the world that might be called psychopathic, or at least sociopathic.…
This blatant disregard for the law and consumer’s personal safety must stop!
It’s up to those of us who work hard to keep their businesses afloat, while doing everything the law requires of taxicab drivers and owners, to take back what Uber and it’s under-paid, under-insured, unaccountable drivers have taken away from us over the last few years.
Uber hurts everyone…
Uber has been slighting the UK taxi industry for far too long now. It’s an epidemic that not only hurts the hard-working qualified drivers who’re required to go through background checks and to register (using fingerprints) with the local authorities; it also hurts the customer, whether they know it or not when they plunk their location into the app and wait for a ride.…
Trends come and go, but for offices they often hang around longer due to the amount of time and effort spent creating and installing a brand new design. Still, rather than a huge redesign of an office, there are plenty of smaller trends that are emerging throughout 2016 and are a lot simpler to get on-board with.
If you’re hoping to update areas of your office and keep the style as modern as possible then some of the below will help achieve this.…
Okay. We know the reality of becoming your own boss. While the upsides are fancy and all – work as you like, set your own schedule, pursue your dream/passion/profits as you like, and so on, when we go down to (gasp) budget, things can become quite challenging.
You need to dig deeper into your pocket – often your very own pocket (because you hate giving away the ownership of your business to VCs and investors in exchange for funding/financing.) In the process, you need to be watchful of what you’re spending.…
When considering what car to choose when buying a company car for your business, you’ll have many different factors to take into account. Business editions from manufacturers aimed at keeping costs low can be an incentive when company car tax eats away at your budget.
Business leasing is a cost effective way to get your brand around and get you and your employees mobile. Dedicated leasing services are the best places to look for the best deals and vehicles available to you.…
In business, it is essential that everybody is at the peak of their capability so that their performance can help towards achieving the goal of sustaining profitability. However, this can be easier said than done and it’s not unheard of for worker efficiency to slip as they become less sure of themselves and distance can occur between them and other members of staff. It is therefore up to the managers, team leaders and directors can combat this in order to help build a strong team in the workplace.…
People get frustrated when they spend $15 on a disappointing meal, but they’re downright angry when they drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on something that doesn’t meet their expectations. That is part of why consumers often turn to online review sites before they make a decision about which business to hire in their time of need.
Here are some ways online reviews can help or hinder your business.
Increasing Visibility
A high volume of positive reviews can boost your page rankings on search engines like Google; the best-ranked services in a particular area will often appear at the top of the results page.…
The prospect of ditching the corporate treadmill and going it alone as a contractor is an attractive one. With this model comes flexibility, the scope to work across multiple organisations instead of being tied to one firm – not to mention the financial rewards associated with being your own boss.
In an ideal world, the switch from an in-house role to becoming a contractor should be planned carefully. With this in mind, here’s a blueprint for making a smooth transition…
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Regardless of your current employment status, you’ll likely be well aware of what it takes to be a good employee. The majority of these things will be personality traits (such as being hard working, self-motivated, and sociable), but there are still several other things to consider.
Alongside luck and timing, employment law also plays a massive part in being a successful employee.
The term ‘employment law’ is a rather general one. It mainly concerns employment contracts and statutory requirements, employee rights, and managing employees.…
