About

Owen was a reporter for Bonhill Group plc writing across the Smallbusiness.co.uk and Growthbusiness.co.uk titles before moving on to be a Digital Technology reporter for the Express.co.uk.

Business Technology

Hire the robots, free the people – how automation changes business

Here, Rohit Talwar and Alexandra Whittington of Fast Future, explore the potential of automation and robots in the workplace.

News

One in five adults are unhappy with their career

Research finds a quarter of workers don’t like their current career and one in four adults think changing jobs would improve their mental health.

Employing & managing staff

How an employee’s use of drugs or alcohol can impact the workplace

Here, Danny Clarke of ELAS Group explains how an employee's use of drugs/alcohol outside the workplace can impact within.

News

Nearly half of SMEs have never checked their credit score

Nearly half of SMEs have never checked their company’s credit score, according to new research from RateSetter Business Finance.

News

Apprentices the solution to the UK’s skills gap

Apprentices are the solution to addressing the UK’s skills gap, say 82 per cent of UK SMEs in results obtained from the Close Brothers Business Barometer.

Marketing

Omnichannel: Where digital and physical retail collide

Here, Laith Murad, CMO of Lightspeed, talks about the future of e-commerce and the importance of omnichannel for small businesses in today’s industry.

News

How lack of sleep and stress affects your employees’ performance

Majority of Brits are sleep deprived and stressed, which is negatively impacting their performance at work, and one quarter of Brits claim to feel exhausted on a daily basis.

Business Technology

Six simple steps to delivering a powerful presentation

Here, Steve Campion from Toastmasters International, gives his top six tips to giving a powerful presentation.

News

SMEs to benefit from vital business services and advice

Tens of thousands of UK businesses can now benefit from unlimited and vital business services and advice as part of their Chambers membership.

News

An understanding boss – what working mothers want most

New survey reveals that 73 per cent of working mothers are considering retraining for a new career that fits their lifestyle.

Employing & managing staff

Performance management in a 21st century business

This article looks at the performance management process, and the reasons organisations need to ditch outdated annual appraisals sooner rather than later.

Accounting

SMEs urged to automate to help offset time of late payments

Clear Books is urging SMEs to automate processes such as credit control, payments and receipts to help save time spent late payments.