Category: Business Advice

UK SME bosses interfere in HR more than they do in any other department, according to new research out today.

The subtle art of letting go: How to loosen your leadership grip By Geoff Lawrence, UK General Manager, Vistage At inception, the business leader is everything to everyone. There are few successful enterprises that haven’t had a strong, visionary leader at t

45% of SME employees have quit because of their boss, while four in ten do not feel valued or trusted The extent of poor SME leadership in the UK has been revealed in new research out today, with 45% of SME employees having quit a job because of a boss, while

When it comes to colocation, SMEs are facing a unique challenge of finding providers with suitable costs and scalability that would allow the business to grow as needed. This is just the start of it. Dealing with SME IT is complex stuff, besides the cost of ru

By Zoe Morris, President at Mason Frank International Zoe Morris is President of Mason Frank International, part of Frank Recruitment Group, and oversees its ongoing business and sales operations, employee training, and hiring initiatives globally. She studied

How to build an effective client handling team Ken Baker, Training and Development Director at 1st Choice Insurance, a leading independent commercial insurance broker based in the Midlands, discusses how to build a client handling team that can effectively mee

The collapse of physical locations remains a point of contention for UK enterprises in 2019, as digital spend increases across the board New research released today by Nimbus Ninety, the UK’s home for disruptive thinking, has revealed the diverse digital pri

The Key to Accelerating Your Small Business There are many options available to small businesses looking to achieve that next vital step in their growth cycle. From utilising technology to capitalising on the online marketplace or nurturing a new client-base,

The rise of self-employment is helping drive sales of individual protection products but advisers are increasingly concerned that self-employed clients are under-protected, new research1 from MetLife UK shows.

With upwards of five million SMEs in the UK, competition is ripe. The businesses staying ahead of the curve are the ones implementing emerging technology quickly and effectively to serve new markets and nurture growth.

Whether your lease is expiring or you’ve outgrown your first office, there will come a time for every growing business to move into a new office. In September 2018 we moved from a city-center location in Winchester to the comparably unheard-of Chandlers Ford

The start of the year to-do list for an SME owner can be daunting. No doubt you’re thinking about myriad administrative and organisational needs relating to accounting and finance, staffing, your product and service roadmap for the year and more.