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Three key steps to save energy in your office
For the modern workplace, it pays to be green. If you can lower your power consumption and lower your consumable usage, you can boost your budget. It doesn't matter what industry you work in or how many staff members you employ or how big or small your workplace is, a greener workplace will be a mor...

Three successful business ideas that sounded bad
Some people spend their whole lives trying to succeed in business. Often, they will be gifted, diligent and dedicated in this pursuit, spending years perfecting business plans and budgets, learning theory and crafting the perfect money making ventures. And, just as often, they will fail. Then, some...

Tip on interviewing job candidates
If you run a business, there are few more important meetings you will take than the interviews you do with prospective staff. Your workforce is your most valuable asset and so staffing your office correctly will be essential to your success. Yet interviewing is not a skill that comes naturally to e...

Why do businesses fail?
The sad truth of business is that, of all the businesses that are launched globally, around 80% fail within the first two years. Does that mean you shouldn't follow your dream of going into business by yourself? Absolutely not. But it does mean that you have to take the time to consider why so many...

Why now might be the perfect time to start
With the UK economy continuing to tread an uncertain path, it might seem the last thing you want to do is to set-up shop on your own. The threat of recession and a lack of confidence in UK businesses in general is probably enough to put off even those with the necessary skill, ambition and capital t...

Why reducing risk is central to a healthy business
If the recent economic downturn has thought us anything, it is that business is no place for a compulsive gambler. Sure, occasionally, every good business person needs to take a chance on a long shot that might not make it but, for too long, too many CEOs have been living by the SAS maxim of ‘He who...

Would an older workforce improve your company
Generally speaking, when you read about older people in the workplace, the stories are negative in nature. Particularly, we hear complaints being made that, as you get older, the chances of you finding a new job should you find yourself unemployed diminish greatly. The motivation for employers in s...