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Five star Spanish Isles
Many small businesses say the secret to their success is their team of skilled employees. If that's true for you then why not treat them once in a while? Our friends at ....
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Boost productivity through people power
Keeping employees happy is the most obvious way to retain them, keep performance at a high level and even attract new, valuable candidates to the business. Here’s how you do it..
By Dale Carnegie Jul 13,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)
Improve your business' reputation
While business leaders consistently rank reputation as one of any company’s most valuable assets they are often unwilling to invest the time and resources necessary to build a strong reputation for their ....
By Mike King Jul 13,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)
Ready to leave employment?
If you’ve made the decision to start a business; considered your entrepreneurial credentials and rationalised your reasons for becoming an entrepreneur, now the time to read up on what it means to ....
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Manage a remote team
For businesses flexible and remote working gives them the chance to be a progressive company that cares about its staff, which in turn makes it a place people want to work. It ....
By Alistair McKinnon Jul 11,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)
Help employees work harder
Working late tonight or spent last weekend at your desk struggling through a mountain of work? As a small business owner, long hours go with the territory but could all that overtime ....
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Ready to be an entrepreneur?
Are you ready to be your own boss? Tony Murray, from Bairstow Eves Franchising, offers his top tips for anyone thinking about setting up a new business..
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'Emotionally intelligent’ leadership
Who would you think of as an inspirational leader? Someone who makes people feel valued, and who deals with setbacks and challenges with unfailing resilience and optimism?.
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Run an employee survey
Making sure that your employees are engaged should be a top priority for any business leader. By Kate Pritchard, head of employee research, ORC International. .
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Get the most out of flexible working
Technology is now available to allow staff to work productively and efficiently outside of traditional working patterns. .
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Debrief properly
Managing people to optimum performance is not a science, but it does require the manager to be disciplined in their approach by having weekly one to ones with direct reports..
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Do you need business coaching?
Mark Riminton, a director of international business coaching company Shirlaws, explains what it is and when you might need it..
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Become an inspirational business leader
Research by the Chartered Management Institute shows the majority of the UK’s business workforce expects to follow the examples set by their organisation’s leaders. The single most important factor they want to see ....
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Avoid age discrimination tribunals
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations became law on October 1 2006. This is the most momentous piece of employment legislation since the Sex Discrimination Act 1975..
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Run an employee survey
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'Emotionally intelligent’ leadership
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Who you should copy
Dec 02,2008
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As we keep saying here at LaunchLab, even though the economy is spluttering and wheezing certain ...

By Dan Matthews

A lesson in competitive intelligence
Dec 01,2008
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Duane Jackson’s small business accountancy software vendor KashFlow can afford to pay for market research, ...

By Dan Matthews

Boost productivity through people power
Jul 13,2008
07:00 am

Keeping employees happy is the most obvious way to retain them, keep performance at a high ...

By Dale Carnegie

Improve your business' reputation
Jul 13,2008
07:00 am

While business leaders consistently rank reputation as one of any company’s most valuable assets they are ...

By Mike King

The Old Farmhouse Bakery: farm, bakery, gallery
Jul 07,2008
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There are two reasons I avoid going to The Old Farmhouse Bakery. First off, it’s just ...

By Bernice Hurst

Terminate BERR, back the Lib Dems
Sep 16,2008
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Do entrepreneurs vote Lib Dem? They ought to if only to achieve one magnificent objective – ...

By Charles Orton-Jones