Imagine your business has been shut down, but there’s a great marketing opportunity with a fairly captive audience. You’d want to know a bit more about it, right? My name is Barrie McDermid and the business I run is The Punctuation Show, which basically involves me travelling around the country, singing songs about punctuation and […]
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Effective communication is something many of us take for granted. You say something, people listen; simple, right? Not exactly. Communicating is about more than the words we say or write. It’s about knowing the most effective ways to communicate, share your thoughts, and interact with other people. It’s about saying exactly what you mean and
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The challenge for any business is to make sure that when people look for a product or service like yours, they find you and not a competitor. But it’s not about mindless search engine optimisation (SEO) and costly pay-per-click advertising. There’s plenty you can do increase organic traffic at no cost except your time. Here’s
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Here’s a brief update on resources available to help employers during the Coronavirus pandemic. Including a new furlough letter template and an invitation to register for an upcoming Acas webinar. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme This HMRC advice page helps you find out if you’re eligible and how much you can claim to cover wages for
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Purchasing the right digital technology can transform a small company’s performance – but making the wrong choice can be disastrous. It’s also easy to make the wrong choice when you’re under pressure, so tackle your big IT decisions in a planned and positive way. After all, digitally-advanced small businesses can grow fast, often earning twice
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New guidance setting out how employers can meet their automatic enrolment (AE) duties as they navigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been published today. The guidance is part of The Pensions Regulator’s package of measures to safeguard pensions through these unprecedented challenges. To ensure savers receive the pensions they are due, employers are being
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These are tough times for many businesses but one way for business owners to put their time to good use is to take their business online and start communicating and sharing their expertise in video calls or pre-recorded videos. But how can you do that if you’re in lockdown and haven’t really used video as
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Many of us already work from home full or part-time but the recent lockdown means a lot more families have been unexpectedly faced with this situation without being able to plan for it. This is obviously a huge change for households and it will bring with it some additional challenges like separating work from home
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I know what you’re thinking… That as the Director of a design agency, I would say this. But I’m going to say it anyway. Please, please, please, don’t DIY your company’s branding and graphic design. While we’re the first to agree that a company’s visual presentation should match a brand’s ‘personality’, even if your ethos
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a complex set of rules you’ll need to follow if your organisation has any dealings with people in EU countries or if your organisation is established in the EU. A must-read for small business owners, GDPR For Dummies, by internationally renowned data protection lawyer and GDPR expert, Suzanne
