Tips

Richard Horwell, founder of Brand Relations shares his tips for taking that family recipe from kitchen stove to supermarket shelf Business ideas can form in a variety of places. Some of the best begin in a kitchen. Whether a recipe has been handed down through generations, or adapted from dishes experienced while travelling, or created from scratch (by design or by accident), it’s likely ...
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Starting up as an OEM enterprise? These tips will help you lay strong and stable foundations for the years ahead... The first year of business is full of major events. From your first contract and chosen product line to developing your branding and hiring and investing in employees across a multitude of departments. And while all these milestones are considered to be exciting, in reality, durin...
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Want to make an impact in your next business meeting? Ga Lok Chung of Toastmasters International offers some tips to help you do just that... If you’ve never watched the movie Big it is well worth checking it out. In the context of meetings, it has the great example where the child Josh Baskins, who has been turned into a grown up played by Tom Hanks, is participating in a marketing campa...
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Thinking about hiring your first employee? These tips outline why an employment contract is essential as well as the key things you should consider For anyone starting a new job or being part of any business, we’d like to hope that things are done properly. An employment contract is something that is introduced as one of the first documents that a new employee will get and will need to s...
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If you're thinking about starting a business, here are a few of the basic things you'll need to consider and avoid too! As a new business owner, your head may be cluttered with stale ideas. Nowadays, you don’t need bundles of cash to set up a work-from-home business. The power of modern-day computing, replete with video-conferencing, multimedia functionality, and IoT tech, makes it relati...
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Having a strong team around you is key - these basic tips highlight all the things that you'll need to consider... Your workforce can be the most valuable asset your business has but, if things go wrong, it can prove to be the costliest. Much of your commercial success depends on the skills, efficiency and dedication of your staff, which means it’s vital to hire the right people and nurtu...
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Karen Dunne-Squire, founder of Elation Experts, shares insights and tips that will help you develop a dynamic approach to business growth As a startup you may not be expecting immediate profits but you may be dreaming of a day when you have steady, organic growth, a consistent but manageable increase in revenue, with controlled overheads and sustained profit margins. In other words, you have cr...
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An overview of Capital Investment that should help whether you're looking to invest or looking for funding... Whether you’re an investor looking for an opportunity, or you’re a business owner looking for funds, there’s a lot you need to know when it comes to capital investment, and how you can all benefit from each other. Defining Capital Investment Essentially, capital inve...
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Craig Bulow, founder of the Away Days Group shares his tips and insights to help teams reconnect as we emerge from lockdown restrictions After all the months of remote working and lockdown restrictions, returning to the workplace and reconnecting will be an exciting moment for startup teams. Face-to-face connection is an important part of our working lives and has been sorely missed by many of ...
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Sid Madge, founder of Meee shares 5 micro-moment ideas to help you start your morning off right and set yourself up for a fantastic day How many Zoom meetings have you witnessed go awry because something wasn’t set up properly beforehand?  How many business ideas have you seen come to nothing because enough thought wasn’t put in during the early stages? How many business relati...
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If you're planning a return to the office, even on a hybrid basis - here are the key elements that you'll need to look at... As 2021 continues to roll out, employees are beginning to return to their physical offices. However, things are not the same in the high-rise buildings that used to be bustling and packed. Companies are now ensuring that their headquarters are free from pathogens and that...
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Finance matters for all businesses, but especially at the early stage. Here are 3 tips to help your startup save money that should help... At the beginning of any business, there is one major concern: finances. There are a lot of questions as to whether the initial money you have will be able to support the business until it can start churning up a decent profit. There is never anything more wo...
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