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Pension Auto-Enrolment
The Government has confirmed that the auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for SMEs. Firms employing between 30 and 49 staff will not now have to enrol staff until 1 August 1 2015 at the earliest. Those businesses with fewer than 30 staff will not have to comply until 1 January 2016 at the [...]
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The POWER of a good challenge
For most of us, embarking on a new health & fitness regime is the easy bit – keeping at it after the initial flurry of enthusiasm has worn off is much more difficult. Even fitness professionals like me can struggle to stay motivated and so at the end of last year, I challenged myself to [...]
Think personal trainers are just for the rich and famous?
Yes? Then think again! Personal trainers are fast becoming the preferred choice for ordinary people serious about getting results and achieving their fitness goals. For some it might be training for a specific event like a marathon. For others it may be losing weight. But even if you’re just looking to keep fit and tone [...]
THINK POSITIVE!!
In today’s busy world it seems that events control us as opposed to us controlling events.If you feel that way, here are 5 ways to start taking control and help you shift into more positive thinking patterns. 01. TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF It’s much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising [...]
Missing out on valuable profits?
By Janette Whitney ACIB MCMI of Award- Winning Business Consultants, & Business Growth Specialists, Janette Whitney & Associates Businesses are at the greatest risk of failure in the first few years of trading – fairly obvious you might think? Although chances of survival increase the older and more experienced a business and its management become, 50% of [...]
Health and Safety – Needless red tape or force for good
The health and safety regulations are designed to protect employees, employers, contractors, self employed and the public from harm arising from workplace activities. Don’t always believe the news headlines – hype sells newspapers! The regulations should be proportionate to the risks of your business and that’s where interpretation comes into play. Regulations have to be [...]
Business Card Tricks
When someone gives you a business card they are in point of fact, giving you a gift. For contained in that little rectangle is information that could yield business, solve a problem and add to your network of contacts. Yet how many times have you gone back to the office and stuffed all but the [...]
Charge Up Your Networking With Positivity
Being positive might be an obvious prerequisite for the avid networker, but all too often a networking event can become a forum for misery and negativity. Whilst there is definitely a role for problem solving within business networking it must be used appropriately and in a controlled way. Telling others of your woes will do [...]
A Brand Is Not Just A Logo
A successful brand communicates at many levels and is often a crucial component in gaining a competitive advantage. Big companies spend literally millions of pounds creating brands that engender feelings of credibility, stability and value yet many small businesses fail to understand the benefits of branding, especially when it comes to the issue of Personal [...]
The Three P’s
Ah, who didn’t shed a tear at the recent demise of the redoubtable Bob Holness. In his honour we’ll have three p’s please Bob. 1. Be Prepared If you get a delegate list before you attend, study it. Know who’s going to be there and what you are going to say. Practice your “elevator pitch” [...]
Are Your Sales A Bit Slow?
Are you finding business a bit slow? I know, you think to yourself, my prices are too high, I should cut them and that will solve the problem. Wrong! Cutting prices in response to a general slowdown in business is not necessarily the right move to make. A price reduction sends out a number of [...]
