When it comes to recruitment, you put a lot of precious time, effort and resources into advertising your vacancies in an effort to attract and employ talented new hires who are best suited to the job at hand. However, you should never fall into the trap of thinking that your
On average, people spend more of their time whilst awake at work. With so much of our lives taken up by our jobs, it’s so important to make sure that we’re happy whilst we’re doing it. A happy employee is a mentally healthy employee, who will work harder and be
Staff appraisals are a great way of managing staff morale, helping to develop your workforce and highlight the areas where you have strength in your team but also areas where you may need to fill a gap, either with training or by taking on someone new. But appraisals only work
The definitive effect that Brexit is going to have on Great Britain and its businesses – of all sizes – isn’t known. Right now, it depends on who you ask. Generally (and there really is no hard dividing line), the left-leaning media tend to have a more pessimistic view, whereas
Regardless of the size of your business, it can be tricky to keep track of your employees’ work and the hours that they spend in the office. With a smaller business, your time is too important to be spending it monitoring what your team is up to, and even if
When you run a small business with a limited team, absence can be at best frustrating, and at worst catastrophic. From the cost of providing care to the employee through sick pay, to lost hours or the expense of hiring temporary cover, it can make for a tricky time financially.