Sponsored by Getting staffing levels right is a big challenge for many SMEs, as entrepreneurs struggle to weigh up labour costs with t…
Sponsored by Getting staffing levels right is a big challenge for many SMEs, as entrepreneurs struggle to weigh up labour costs with t…
With precious little equity funding around it may just be time to get creative about keeping your company afloat until money flows a little …
The new financial year begins with falling stock markets at half the levels of the previous year, rising levels of unemployment, massive pon…
Really? I’d say there are a couple of other major issues that impact firms coming out of administration. 1. The elephant in the room: The ad…
We have heard expert commentators promoting time reductions across all staff to deal with the downturn. The good message is “no one gets mad…
Dear Aunty B,
One of my new sales staff has a very limp handshake. In fact, he proffers his hand out in a very effeminate way and then ba…
This question can apply across your whole business, when the area that a certain staff member is working in is not your area of expertise. …
I would like all our employees to contribute ideas to help our business grow, but at the moment we don’t get many. What can I do? I did …
When uncertainty hits, our immediate reaction is to go solo; attacking our work with our heads down and our bottoms up. Given that we were l…
This story is simply one of the basic lessons in life – and in business even more so. People have long memories, they move from compan…
Dear Aunt,
I am a great fan of your advice column. I have a problem.
I have a background in sales. My business has taken …
You can probably relate to this. I was at a company’s quarterly meeting the other day and all the employees were there. It was fun, lots of …
