Employee Benefits | Staff Recruitment and Development

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As a small business owner, employees are your greatest asset but they do require a bit of managing!

This section covers how to effectively track down and get the very best out of your workforce. Subjects covered include recruiting staff, employee benefits and rewards, retaining employees and effective staff development.

Start-ups in most deprived areas exempt from deprivation-fighting NIC scheme

2010-09-01 11:44 - 283 reads

New companies in many of the UK's most deprived areas will not benefit from the government's National Insurance exemption scheme which is aimed at helping such businesses.

Fire your partners and tear up the share options: A lesson learnt from business failure

2010-08-25 09:45 - 2205 reads - 10 comments

Drawing on his experience of a previous failed business, Neil Lewis says if entrepreneurs really want to succeed, they need to stay away from partners and share options.

Entrepreneurial lessons from the Royal Marines

2010-08-20 09:11 - 1174 reads

Former Royal Marines colonel Jack Downton examines what entrepreneurs can learn from military training to drive business success.

Creating a mindset for business success

2010-07-23 09:28 - 1309 reads

Neil Twogood explains how developing the right mindset and engaging your team can lead to high performance.

Protect your brand: Turn your staff into social media superheroes

2010-07-14 09:32 - 1689 reads

Social networking can pose a threat to SMEs from staff not knowing how to respond. Here's how employees can be trained to react appropriately to customer complaints online.

Lessons from the election: Why charisma is crucial to being a successful leader

2010-07-09 09:01 - 1108 reads

Nikki Owen uses examples from the recent UK general election to show how being charismatic makes entrepreneurs more successful leaders.

The most common workplace lies and what they really mean

2010-07-07 09:58 - 1247 reads

A new study into honesty at work showed that a surprising number of employees frequently tell porkies in the office. How honest are your staff?

Emergency Budget 2010: Is your business eligible for the National Insurance exemption scheme?

2010-06-22 18:25 - 1160 reads

Rebecca Benneyworth outlines how the new National Insurance Contributions exemption scheme announced in the Emergency Budget will impact on small businesses.

Emergency Budget 2010: Small business round-up

2010-06-22 17:43 - 1302 reads

A round up of the key small business measures included in George Osborne's Emergency Budget.

Emergency Budget 2010: National Insurance increases

2010-06-22 14:58 - 854 reads

The National Insurance contribution rate rises proposed by Alistair Darling will take effect next April, as confirmed by a press notice issued after today’s Emergency Budget.

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