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.
Ministers to delay new rules in fight to support SMEs through downturn
The introduction of an extension to flexible working rules are among the regulations to be delayed as the government concentrates efforts on supporting small businesses through the economic downturn, press reports claim.
Keeping staff training in motion
Keeping your staff up to date with skills and training can keep you ahead of the game during tough economic times but can you afford the time out?
Let your staff play: Developing a creative workforce
Somewhere in every business, there's one amazingly simple, yet amazingly smart idea just waiting to be had. The trick is to harness the kind of creat...
The happy art of networking
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