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Many of us dream of fitting our lives around work rather than vice versa. Building your own lifestyle business could be the way to finally do it says Transmit Start-Ups’ communications consultant Laura White. Not everyone starting up in business has ambitions to take over the world. The motivation for some is simply to have a bit more control over their own little universe and there’s...
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Keith McNiven, founder of London based personal training company Right Path Fitness, tells us why you should provide health and fitness training for your team. Your staff are your most valuable asset, they are the ones who represent you at the front line, provide customer service to your customers and clients and ultimately determine if your business will sink or swim. What you need to succeed ar...
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This year, Mental Health Awareness Week (14 - 20 May) is shining a spotlight on stress. Jaan Madan, Workplace Lead at Mental Health First Aid England, shares some top tips on how small businesses can keep their stress levels in check.  Over recent years more and more business leaders, celebrities and even the royal family have spoken up about mental health – which is encouraging to see...
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Millennials feel most under pressure in the workplace, reveals the UK’s biggest ever stress survey, released yesterday by the Mental Health Foundation, in partnership with Mental Health First Aid England to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May). The UK’s biggest ever stress survey, conducted by YouGov, spoke to 4,619 people to understand the impact of stress ...
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The beginning of the work day is difficult. Getting going, working out what should be done first, trying not to check social media, checking social media, and then beginning the important job of procrastination. The same can be said for the majority of workers, but more so for the self-employed and Startup Founder, because there is no one but yourself to reprimand you for spending your first ...
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If becoming a startup success was easy, then the ol’ clichés of ‘the ups and the downs’ would not really ring so true. When starting a business, everyone, (ourselves here at Startacus included), have had moments of pressure and self-doubt, or days when more seems to go wrong than ever go right. With this in mind, here are a few pointers to help keep you in the right mood -...
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