Business Information for the Smaller Business
- Business Finance Tips
- Business Debt Recovery – How to handle a client that isn’t paying.
- Choosing an Accountant or Bookkeeper– How to choose the the right Accountant or Bookkeeper for your needs
- Choosing a Solicitor or Barrister – How to choose the right legal adviser for your business
- Understanding Accounting Terminology – A useful Jargon Buster to help you understand your finances
- Insurance for Retail – How do you decide what insurances you need?
- Advantages of Hiring or Buying machinery – Which path is best for your business, Hiring or Buying?
- VAT and Business – Understanding the complexities of VAT.
- Affording Research & Development costs – Grants and Tax Credit available to companies wishing to do R&D.
- Tax-efficient Christmas – What are the regulations surrounding the festive period for businesses.
- The importance of setting sales targets – Why you should have sales targets and how to work out what they should be.
- Employers Liability Insurance – Do I really need it?
- IR35 Compliance – What is it, and how do you make sure you comply.
- The Importance of Company Credit Checking – Why you should make sure your customers are a good “risk”.
- Real Time Payroll – What is it, and how it will affect your business
- Online Accounting – A different approach to bookkeeping for small businesses
- Turning Around a Business – How to turn your business around in difficult climates
- Expanding your business using a take-over or buyout.
- Getting a grant for your business.
- Professional Indemnity Insurance – What it is and why you need it.
- Thinking outside the box – money saving tips for fledgling businesses
- Business Marketing Tips
- How to market your new business – Useful advice on the right ways to market your business
- Websites for Accountants – The benefits of using a specialist design firm
- Prototypes: Do I need one? – How a precision scale model could help your business.
- Choosing your company image – What to think about when trying to choose your company name and image
- Designing a good business card – Tips on what makes a good business card
- Centralized global marketing – The benefits of centralizing your global marketing strategy.
- How to get the best from your QR Code – What is a QR code, are they useful, and does your business need one?
- Why testimonials are important – Why you should display testimonials on your website and marketing.
- Double sided business cards – How to make the most of all the business card you design.
- Institutional Advertising – Why it doesn’t work for SME businesses.
- Using Twitter for marketing – A few hints and tips on how to use Twitter to market your business
- Importance of mobile compatible websites – Why your business should be thinking about going mobile.
- Rebranding your business – The pro’s and con’s of rebranding your business.
- Marketing your business at an exhibition – Things to think about if you are thinking of attending a trade show.
- Do I need a graphic designer? – Some things to consider before you decide.
- What use are review sites? – What review sites are most trusted, and why
- Causes of shopping cart abandonment – What causes potential clients to back out of their sale.
- Post-abandonment marketing – How to help convert abandoned carts into sales.
- Polywrap Vs Envelopes – Why it may be a good idea to consider using polywrap on your mailshots.
- Using Facebook for marketing – A few hints and tips on how to use Facebook to market your business
- Using QR Codes on Direct Mailing – Why it is a good idea
- Tips to get your mailshot read – Simple ideas to try.
- Advantages of using business directories – How and why you should be using business directories for your business.
- How to get your current customers to buy more – tips on customer retention.
- Business Law Tips
- Displaying Company information on websites and emails – Outlining the information required by law
- Health and Safety, a basic guide
- Business types – Guide to the sorts of business types available
- Working Time Regulations – Article explaining Working Time Regulations
- Fire Regulations and risk assessment – What is required for a Fire Risk Assessment
- Accidents at Work – What to do if you have an accident at work
- Choosing a Solicitor or Barrister – How to choose the the right legal adviser for your business
- Understanding Maternity and Paternity Rights – Explaining your rights as a working parent-to-be
- Do I need an international law firm? – The benefits of an international law firm if you are setting up a business abroad or expanding into foreign markets.
- Complexities of employment law – Understanding employment law is vital for a successful business, whether you are an employer or employee.
- Your employment rights and the DDA – your obligations as an employer to your disabled staff.
- The Provision of Personal Protective Equipment – your obligations under The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
- CDM Co-ordinators – What is a CDMC, why do you need one, and when should you appoint one to comply with the CDM Regulations 2007
- E-cigs and the Law – How the law stands on the use of E-cigs in the workplace.
- CRB Checks – What are they and who needs them.
- Data Protection and your business – how to help keep your business on the right side of the Data Protection Act 1998
- CHAS Accreditation – What is it, and why your business may need it.
- Holiday Entitlements – Understanding your obligation to your staff regarding holidays.
- Employers Liability Tracing Office – What it means for you.
- IFRS for SME’s – Complying with the global standard.
- Commercial Vehicles and the law – How to avoid fines and points on your licence.
- Disguised Employment – what is it and how can it affect your business?
- Do I need a first aid kit in the office? – What you would need to have in an office first aid kit.
- Smoking at work – what constitutes a workplace
- UK Business News : News as it happens direct from the BBC
- General Business Tips
- Steps to starting your business
- Business Services
- Safe computer use – A guide to how to avoid computer use related pain
- Healthy eating at work – A few tips to help you keep up your healthy eating plan
- What is flexible working – A brief guide to what flexible working involves.
- Flexible Working – Employee Benefits – A guide to the possible benefits of flexible working and how to go about applying for it.
- Flexible Working – Employer Benefits – A guide to how flexible working can benefit your business and staff.
- Advantages of Water Jet Cutting Machines – A brief guide of the advantages of Hydro-Jet technology over more traditional cutting methods.
- Do I need Disaster Recovery? – A brief guide on how your business can benefit from having disaster recovery in place.
- Office first aid kit checklist – A helpful checklist to help ensure that your office first aid kit is well stocked.
- Choosing a Business Premises – A few things to consider when you are choosing a business premises for your company.
- Business Premises Security – The various methods available to you to secure your business premises against criminals.
- Benefits of working from home – The benefits for both individuals & companies when staff work from home.
- Dealing with office emergancies – things to consider when doing your emergancy planning
- Hiring short-term Managers – The benefits to your business of hiring an Interim Manager over more traditional full time roles.
- Starting up a charity – Things to think about if you are considering starting a charity.
- The importance of updating your CMS – Why you should ensure your WordPress/Joomla!/Drupal are updated reguarly.
- Setting up a home office – Things to think about .
- Setting up your grievance procedure – what to include, and where to get help
- Selling your business – Where to go to get the help you need.
- Environmental Management Service – What is it and why do I need one?
- Bracing your business for winter pt1 – How to minimise the impact of bad weather on your business.
- Bracing your business for winter pt2 – Minimising downtime in your business
- Reducing wastage – Ideas to help reduce your shrinkage costs.
- How Cloud Computing can aid your business – What is Cloud Computing and how is it of use to business
- Mixed use car insurance – When you need to have business insurance for your vehicle
- Insurances Small Business Should Consider – What insurances should you be thinking about as a small business.
- Catering a business event – some things to think about
- Modernising your mailroom – need not cost as much as you think
- Giving the customer what they want – The importance of market research
- Staff Training
- Staff Training – An introduction
- Cost effective training with webinars – Using the internet for staff training
- Benefits of CPD – How Continuing Professional Development can help your staff
- Benefits of “In-House” training – The benefits of “In-House” Training for SME
- Company Law Courses – for Company Secretaries.
- Financial Modeling – A brief explination of what financial modeling is, and where you can get the training to become a financial modeller.
- The Importance of Quality Control – Why training your staff to ISO 9001 could be a good move for your business.
- Retraining with Law Courses – Advice on how to go about changing your career path using law courses.
- Treasury courses for finance professionals – Advice on what to look for when choosing your course.
- Specialist Asbestos Training – The dangers of Asbestos
- Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme – What is it, who qualifies to use it?
- Being assertive in the workplace – The benefits
- Getting the most from your business software – how to do it.
- Training MBA Quailified Staff – Do you need to?
- Paper VS Digital Publications – Pro’s and Con’s of using both media’s in your training.
- Accountancy training – Information regarding CPD requirements and training for Accountants
- Why Business Schools are important – the role of business schools and training providers
- Getting the most from your staff
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