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Wednesday 1st February 2017Hiring Multilingual Staff
Are businesses that employ multilingual staff getting ahead of their competitors? Thanks to technology and globalisation in business, the world has become a much smaller place. Access to international markets is now easier than ever, thanks to ecommerce, the internet, etc. Big multinational ...
Wednesday 25th January 2017Solving problems not just symptoms
Regardless of the type of business that you manage, problem solving is undoubtedly part of your day job. However are you solving problems or just the symptoms of problems? No matter how good a manager you are, nor how hard you work, you’ll end up in trouble if you spend your time solving ...
Wednesday 18th January 2017Scaling Up
Increasing the scale of a business is easier said than done. If your business objective is to scale up, you need to consider the people aspects, strategy and financials. People make the firm People determine a company’s success, and hiring the right people is critical. Hiring a team of ...
Wednesday 11th January 2017Wearable Technology
Wearable technology is one of the biggest trends in IT and tech at the moment. The consumer market has embraced wearables such as smart watches and virtual reality headsets. However most businesses are still developing their strategies for making the most of the wearable technology trend. While ...
Wednesday 21st December 2016Speech Recognition Technology
Speech recognition applications have been around for a long time but until recently haven't seen a huge uptake by the business community. With high accuracy and professional apps available for mobile devices, is voice recognition a technology that your business could make effective use of ...
Wednesday 21st December 2016Are you sitting on unclaimed Tax Relief?
Are you a commercial property owner? If so, you may be unaware that you are eligible for tax relief on your property by way of Capital Allowances. What are Capital Allowances? Capital Allowances are a tax incentive designed to stimulate investment in commercial property and plant and ...
Thursday 8th December 2016Generation Z
Generation Z (Gen Z) is a demographic group born after 1995. The oldest members of Gen Z are turning 21 this year, which means that some have already graduated from University. Gen Z is a much smaller demographic cohort than Gen Y (also known as millennials). It would be easy to assume that Gen ...
Thursday 1st December 2016Auto Enrolment
The introduction of Auto-Enrolment in the UK means that 1.8 million small business owners will have to offer an Auto-Enrolment pension scheme for employees. This means that most UK employers will be obliged to put in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme and automatically enrol their ...