News & Views

The latest information regarding Steer Your Business activities as well as small business articles of interest.

News and Views

How to Increase Your Organic Traffic

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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Updated Guidance from ACAS

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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Going Digital? Five Safe Steps for Tech-Hungry SMEs

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 COVID-19 pension guidance published for employers

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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How businesses can start communicating online effectively

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 […]

Work from home

5 Things to make your home work-friendly

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 […]