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Government backs UK entrepreneurs with tech support and software
The government's Help to Grow: Digital scheme launched on the 20th January, it has been designed to support smaller businesses in adopting digital technologies so they can grow.  Under the scheme, eli …
The International Franchise Show 2022
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered up with the International Franchise Show. This event, taking place on the 8th and 9th April, has thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners flocki …
How to maximise the value of your ideas: straight forward advice from fellow travellers
A decade of dramatic change means that today over 80% of a company's value now comes from its ideas and intellectual property (IP): its brands, copyright, data and innovations. More than ever, your id …
12 Steps to Success for Your Start Up Business
Mindset You don't need to be great to start. Faced with the immensity of creating something from scratch, people find any excuse to postpone the next step of taking an idea and bringing it to life. Th …
Networking With Confidence: 5 Top Tips
RE-THINK CONFIDENCE Let's stop defining confidence in male terms. Definitions of confidence are often expressed in alpha male terms so sometimes we believe that strutting about with lots of bravado an …
Fulfilment outsourcing myths busted
For many eCommerce businesses, outsourcing order fulfilment is a very smart and necessary move, especially with recent COVID-19-related postal and shipping disruptions. The logistics network of a fulf …
How to make money selling online
1. You shall always have a plan Selling online, no matter how big or small, is no different to any other industry, the companies that succeed are those that have done their planning and know what will …
7 Steps to Take Your Business Global
Step #1: Purpose   Explore what is your purpose at this moment. How can we evaluate our purpose and how can you make it bigger and make sense at this time? This step is the most important one, without …
Elite Mind launches world's first psychometric assessment for mental health
What is Elite Mind Wellbeing Assessment? Wellbeing Compass is a psychometric assessment for mental health to assess individual capacity to build and maintain health and wellbeing in a way that is proa …
The Importance of Modernising Employee Benefits
While there are admittedly few positives to be taken from the Covid-19 pandemic, one long-term benefit that will affect many workers across the nation is the shift away from traditional and often arch …
9 Practical tips to Onboard Remote employees
As remote working continues to be the new “normal” for many companies and their employees, remote onboarding has become a very important piece of the culture in most of the companies.  Employee onboar …
Why bricks and mortar retailers should sell online
With shop doors shut and a country in national lockdown, we saw a rise in online selling. We as a nation started working from home, had unexpected time on our hands, so we went straight to our mobiles …
Aiding Corporate Responsibility with Employee Benefits
Why Now?  While it is no coincidence that the announcement of the new collection was made during the global COP26 event in Glasgow, the reason for introducing it was an idea that was formulated long b …
The aspects of hybrid working that you don't want to forget about
For working from home to be successful, the hybrid processes in place must be succinct. Prior to the pandemic, remote working for many was looked at as employees not being around as much. Fast-forward …
Common misconceptions about apprenticeships
There are many misconceptions regarding Apprenticeships being primarily related to the more traditional ‘trades' such as construction, hairdressing, cooking, the automotive industry, engineering, and …
How to Maintain Good Posture While Working From Home
Remote work has brought about some amazing benefits like freedom to work from anywhere in the world. If that anywhere is your bed or couch, you could face some health issues in the future. Creating a …
How to get the most from online networking
COVID19 has been a tough time for many of us. Especially for those who are looking to shift their role or go for a new one entirely. With 85% of work being allocated via networking alone, getting soci …
Why you should adopt an integrated HR and payroll software
With the massive proliferation of business productivity tools and applications designed to streamline processes and boost productivity, many businesses have difficulty deciding which apps to use. Iron …
Ready to launch or relaunch your brand?
A decade of dramatic change means that 80% of a company's value now comes from it's intellectual property: your Brands, Copyright, Data and Innovations. More than ever, your ideas, when protected, are …
How to deal with distractions when working from home
One of the big challenges for people working from home are the distractions.  We know there are plenty of distractions at the office, but at home they are different, and you need to adapt to these whi …
10 top tips to get your property ‘Fit for Winter'
Facilities On Demand - Building services at your fingertips The best people, wherever and whenever you need them? It's like having your own team on standby. Tap the app for facilities management made …
How to ensure employees well-being when they are remote-working?
Now that remote working has become a part of normal business practice for many, companies have increased responsibilities when it comes to looking after employees' overall wellbeing. At Podia, this ve …
Is the recruitment market an employee driven market or an employer market!?
Managing Director, Paul Evans, says after being in the Catering and Hospitality for just shy of 10 years and then the Recruitment industry for just over 10 years, it is safe to say he had plenty of on …
How To Create A Productive Home Workspace
It is really important to create a workspace that you want to be in. Our environment can have a big impact on our mood and our productivity so creating a space that is comfortable and brings you joy a …
Creating Value; Registration Is Only The Start
A decade of dramatic change means that 80% of a company's value now comes from it's intellectual property: your Brands, Copyright, Data and Innovations. More than ever, your ideas, when protected buy …
Raising Funds For Your Business
Raising funds for your business has never easy! With more people than ever looking to start or scale their own businesses, competition for funding has never been fiercer. Now more than ever, fundraise …
5 Ways To Create The Perfect Home Office
To work from home effectively, the space you work in will make all the difference. Maximise your chance of success with our top 5 ways to create the perfect home office. Make your home office a space …
What role will your business play in the next large-scale cyber-attack? Victor or victim?
It's on desktops, laptops, and tablets that you're most exposed to cyber threats. Symantec reported that 91% of all cyber-attacks begin with an email, and a 2019 Verizon investigation found that 30% o …
All Things Business - More Than Just A Printed Publication
Working remotely and social distancing are terms with which we have become far too accustomed recently – and now it's time to get back out there, showcase our businesses and meet up in person once aga …
Exclusive Interview With Dr. Alka Patel
Dr Alka Patel is the founder of Lifestyle First and the creator of The Lifestyle First Method - a ground-breaking, research-backed 10 point lifestyle blueprint based on the 10 key dimensions of health …
5 Ways To Show Gratitude In A Remote Work Environment
Companies across all industries have adopted remote working arrangements for their employees. And while this has provided companies and teams with all kinds of benefits, it also led them to face sever …
How Does Working From Home Impact Our Mental Health?
We've all read about the thousands of benefits of working from home. You get to work in your own environment, feel more productive and energised, work in comfy clothes, save money on gas, and overall, …
Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders with the Young Entrepreneurs of England
Young Entrepreneurs of England (YEOEngland) is on a mission to uncover and give the UK's young talent a voice by creating the go-to platform to support and work with young entrepreneurs.  Full of enth …
The Novelty Of WFH
As someone who worked from home for many years in the days before coronavirus, my friends and colleagues regularly teased me about what they thought my daily routine might be (sitting  in my PJ's all …
Home Office Set-Up Ideas: Creating The Perfect Office At Home
Bandwidth-hogging husbands and wives. Barfing children. Cat attacks! There are myriad obstacles between you and remote work bliss. The good news: if you invest some time into crafting the perfect offi …
The Future Of Your Business Starts Now
Cubefunder - Flexible Business Loans  Starting your own small business has became more accessible for anybody. Thanks to the internet and various SaaS services that can make it easier to become a busi …
Three Key Routines To Aid Successful Homeworking
With so many more people working either from home full time or in a hybrid fashion, it's more important than ever that we understand how to make homeworking work.  Working from home is not just pullin …
Exclusive Interview With Touker Suleyman
One of the current Dragons on the BBC's Dragons' Den, Touker Suleyman has 40 years' retail and manufacturing experience and is best known as the chairman of quintessentially British menswear brand, Ha …
Xero sponsors The Great British Business Show for the upcoming event on 24th and 25th November 2021
30th June, 2021   PRESS RELEASE    Bristol, UK: Christian Yandell, Managing Director of The Great British Business Show is delighted to announce Xero are sponsoring the upcoming show.    Xero is a clo …
Is your apprenticeship scheme really that great?
With so much uncertainty due to Covid-19, many leaders have parked aspirations of greatness and focussed instead on survival. This is a path to average at best, stagnation at worst. In a world where t …
If you want to retain talent, consider retraining them
As many industries continue to evolve with greater digital transformation, automation and machine learning, more job roles that are common today will become redundant. This does not mean that your peo …
How to make remote working a secure, long-term reality
The pandemic forced many businesses to work remotely for the first time. However, it's been a good move for most firms. Taking away the commute means staff are fresher and can work more flexibly. It a …
How Companies Can Celebrate Pride
After a year when Pride celebrations had to go virtual, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies are eager to shine bright in 2021. Since the first lockdown most of us knew that Pride month wo …
Planning your midlife career change?
It's never too late no matter your age. Vera Wang was someone who took the leap to change their career. She was a figure skater, dancer, and journalist before deciding to shift careers and create a na …
Mark Wright, 2014 Apprentice winner, calls to highlight the huge shortage in digital skills
Mark Wright is now the director of Climb Online, which he started after his win of the hit BBC TV show. Climb Online is a Digital Marketing Agency that promotes UK businesses online and specialises in …
How to invest in your apprentices
Commitment Commitment's about hiring apprentices for the right reasons. And treating them right. Do you design recruitment and inductions around the apprentice and the programme they're doing? Do they …
Business accelerator supports young entrepreneurs across the UK by offering £250,000 in startup grants.
The grant was introduced with the aim to give young entrepreneurs the opportunity to pursue and commit to entrepreneurship as their career path, making their dreams a reality.    Twinkl and TwinklHive …
How the events research programme will help the events industry get back to business
What you might have missed The government pilot events research programme will be used to provide scientific data and research into how all scale of events can be permitted to reopen safely on or afte …