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A recent survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed that two-thirds of companies believe they will have to cut jobs if the economy does not improve over the next 12 months. However, as most businesses are acutely aware, while reducing the payroll may be necessary, there can be negative ramifications; for example skills shortages, impact upon resourcing, damage to morale and so on.
So, your business is established and growing. How are you going to keep the momentum going and your business on track? You need a focused plan to take your business to the next level. Kay Daniels tells us seven key steps for financial performance measurement and improvement.
Professor Dominic Swords of Henley Business School (HBS) shares his top tips on making your business more innovative.
Steve Raubenstine, President & CEO, NetObjects discusses why it is imperative businesses have a mobile web presence and provides five top tips on what it takes to create an effective site.
If sales are slow, or the uptake on a new product or service is not as good as expected, it is not always easy to discern where the problems are. One area in which you need to be sure, is that the Sales and Marketing strategy is right. Here Grant Leboff, principal of The Intelligent Sales Club, suggests that unsatisfactory answer to any of these questions may indicate where the issues lie.
Inexperienced investors should be aware of the risks in using crowdfunding websites that help small businesses raise money directly from members of the public, Britain’s financial services regulator has warned.
Nestled away in the entrepreneur’s mind, there are four distinct traits of his or her personality that work together to make an entrepreneur successful.
Are your prospects ready to buy? Eliminate the surprise factor and find out well before the close. Here’s how.
If you want some more ways to bring money into your business, are you using your business blog to its full potential?
Strategist Richard Bosworth facilitates What If Forums for SME owner managed and family run businesses talks about creating a team of stars. In the same way that outperforming Olympic teams – in which both the leading and supporting players are synchronised and focused on the end goal – businesses who create High Performance Units (HPUs) are more likely to emerge triumphant in today’s fiercely competitive and turbulent climate.
Social networks; you either love them or you hate them, but no one can argue that they are a great way to communicate with customers, as current figures show over 60 per cent of UK companies have a Facebook page and 44 per cent a Twitter account
In the current economic climate, managing your cash-flow is even more important than usual.
According to recent research, 83 per cent of Brits believe businesses should be aware of their impact on the environment and be doing something about it. So here are 10 tips to get your business started.
Starting up an internet business takes a lot of planning, preparation, research and thought and needs to be a carefully considered decision, it’s a bit like marriage – not something to be rushed in to. Here, Olivier Chameyrat, managing director of Pixmania-PRO.com, one of Europe’s leading online B2B retailers lists his top tips that all budding online entrepreneurs should consider before anything else.
Everyone in business knows that it’s much harder to win sales during the months of July, August and September.
