Every successful business has a strong leader behind it. While some of them seem to be born knowing exactly how to lead people, to most of us it doesn’t come quite as naturally. There is a set of skills that you should acquire and practice in order to become a...
Employing the right people for your business is extremely important. Your employees should not only have the necessary skills and experience for the role, but they should also fit in well with your company’s culture. It comes as no surprise then that businesses spend...
At first, it might seem like a simple question to answer. If you’ve decided how much to pay your new employee it should be pretty straightforward to work out the hourly rate or the annual salary… and bingo! Well almost – but not quite. Have you thought...
The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has been absolutely devastating to businesses and people across the UK, with hundreds of jobs lost and companies that have gone into liquidation. In order to support them, the government has introduced various financial help schemes. One...
The UK is leaving the European Union on the 1st of January 2021, leaving us just under a month to do the final preparations needed for a no-deal Brexit. We’ve already covered the ways a no-deal leave will affect your business, including imports and exports of...
The National Living Wage is the obligatory minimum wage that employers have to pay to workers in the UK, aged over 25 years. This law has not been around for long, as it only came into effect on 1st of April 2016, adding to the National Minimum Wage act of 1998. ...