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Read the latest business news, insights from us and thought-leadership articles to reveal views from a different perspective.
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For every story of a business laying off staff, another is quietly hiring and investing for the future. For every business ‘winging it’ without a plan, another is 4 years into a 5-year plan to take a dramatic upturn in their fortunes. Whilst HMG
Most people will have seen the results of a survey from King’s College London, which displayed how low the UK places work in importance versus 23 other countries. Just 73% say that it is important to them. The old adage of whether you live
Where do you stand on business planning? Essential to success? Waste of time? Out of date before we start? The foundation of our competitive competencies? Whichever end of the spectrum you reside in, most businesses follow some form of strategy and build some form
As widely reported on 26th September 2023, the number of UK workers taking sick leave rose to the highest in 10 years. Yes, employees now take 7.8 sick days on average versus 5.8 in 2019. Many reasons were touted for the rise ranging from
Nobody is perfect. No business is perfect. Nobody can know everything just as no business can completely control everything that occurs inside or outside of its operations. Few people’s lives have worked out just how they wanted and few organisations grew in a predictable
Management theory tends to focus on exactly that – management. However, there are multiple tiers to ‘managing’ a business from team members through supervisors up to the board. Should the expectations on each of these be similar? Does each of these have a similar
Selling abroad is not as easy as it sounds. Aside from obvious challenges in terms of cost, supply and travel, doing business internationally requires planning. Sure, if you are fortunate enough to have a strong relationship abroad, your international efforts may quickly bear fruit.
Designing job roles sounds easy. You take a blank page and start writing what you need the person to do. If you have the resources to create a brand-new role, your canvas is ready to go. However, if your team leader recently left the
On 1st July 1916, Field Marshall Haig ordered troops ‘over the top’ in long, close-formed lines. Of up to 120,000 troops involved on day one of the Battle of the Somme, nearly 20,000 died and nearly 37,000 were injured. Some myths suggest that British
Many businesses have a salary review process. A salary review is an organisational evaluation of employee remuneration to ensure competitive and fair pay. It is a crucial tool to ensure that staff are fairly compensated for their work and that salaries are in line
Top-down management is de rigueur for most businesses with directives passed down from above. This style typically follows a command-and-control ethos with more coercive and authoritative leadership. Like it sounds, the structure is hierarchical and goals, projects and changes are passed from top to
Assurance is defined as a promise or confirmation that something is or behaves as expected. It represents confidence, security or commitment that something is happening as we assume or will happen as we presume. Within an organisation, senior leaders often expect to receive business