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How To Ensure Your Business Is Professional

Something you need to think about when you are growing your business is how to make it look and feel professional at every turn. You can be offering the most amazing products and services, and you can be an absolute expert at what you do, but if your image is not a professional one, customers […]

Professionalism in Business: How to Be Corporate When You Aren’t

There are a lot of negative connotations surrounding the corporate buzzword. The idea of being “big business” is often played up as being something that should be avoided. But the reality is often very different from the pictures painted by pop-culture quirks. Being viewed as a corporate entity has significant benefits for growth, customer and […]

Business Owners: This Is Why You Need an Employee Handbook

An employee handbook is an essential guide for businesses. It is a document that provides vital information for employees, offering comprehensive guidance about the values of a company as well as outlining employment rights. Ultimately, an effective handbook should act as an introduction to your company’s culture. It should also act as a guide your […]

Top tips on becoming a second-hand car dealer in 2019

There are many great jobs out there, from film director to graphic designer to primary school teacher. For the business-minded car enthusiast, however, becoming a second-hand car dealer is almost certainly the dream job – spending all day chatting about cars, finalising deals and making an income in a financially stable industry. Last year, the […]

The benefits of security gates for your business

It’s a sad fact of life that security is a major issue for many businesses, which means that anything which improves your security can usually be seen as an investment. At the same time, however, you generally want your business premises to look appealing rather than intimidating. After all, customers (or other legitimate visitors) are […]

Tips for making your small business more eco-friendly

By this point in time, most people are probably fully convinced of the benefits of becoming more eco-friendly. At least they are in principle. In practice, while going green may be the way of the long-term future, in the short term it can be expensive. The good news is it doesn’t have to be, in […]

How can you exploit data to make well educated business decisions?

Historically, the value of a business focussed mostly on the health of the most recent balance sheet. Essentially accountants could, at a glance, determine asset strengths and liability weaknesses, then offer an informed view as to what actions were needed to improve things. As a process of its time, this worked fine. But fast forward […]

Preparing for An Important Business Meeting in Bellevue

If you’re heading out to Bellevue, Washington for a business meeting, then it’s important to make the right impression. Even though you’re traveling, you need to present a positive image of your company. This means showing up prepared, organized, and presentable which not only reflects on you but also the company that you work for. […]

Why Should You Change Your Branded Shopping Bags with the Seasons?

Picking up some branded shopping bags can increase your perceived value in the mind’s of customers and keep bringing them back for more. They’ll even advertise your business to other people as they carry the bags around. That’s great, but there are plenty of ways to squeeze as much advantage as possible from branded bags, […]

The Benefits of Employee Ownership How to Implement it

Employee ownership is a relatively new concept whereby a company is owned entirely by employees as opposed to a limited company or a partnership. Finding legal advice around this issue can be challenging given the few companies that actually implement it.   There are numerous benefits and if you are looking to develop a retirement […]