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Small businesses that pay employees and suppliers through the BACS system are being told to switch to the new BACSTEL-IP system, which comes into effect on 1 January 2006, or face major problems in the new year.
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It costs businesses nothing, can raise millions of pounds for charities and there's even the possibility of a grant to help set it up, but the Give As You Earn scheme is being under-used as it seems too good to be true.
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These days, everyone knows deep down that they should recycle. But in a small business where all efforts are diverted into driving the operation forward, how do you go about making sure you are also being frugal with resources and, anyway, what is in it for you?
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Small and medium-sized businesses can reduce the onerous burden of employers' liability insurance by employing a chartered health and safety practitioner under recently introduced rules.
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Job dissatisfaction is bad for your health, according to major research from Lancaster University Management School and Manchester Business School showing a clear link between unhappiness at work and poor physical and mental wellbeing.
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It might seem a small thing but a simple 'thank you' is one of the best ways to motivate employees, yet a third of UK workers are almost never thanked by their bosses, according to a recent survey.
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The majority of small business owners are opting for snappy, memorable names for their start-up operations, rather than the traditional choice of family names in a bid to simultaneously reflect their product and appeal to customers.
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Potential good news for small businesses has been announced with the publication of the Company Law Reform Bill, which aims to save SMEs £100 million through deregulation and a substantial revamp of company law.
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The majority of small business owners are opting for snappy, memorable names for their start-up operations, rather than the traditional choice of family names in a bid to simultaneously reflect their product and appeal to customers.
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Potential good news for small businesses has been announced with the publication of the Company Law Reform Bill, which aims to save SMEs £100 million through deregulation and a substantial revamp of company law.
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Four out of five bosses are not throwing a Christmas party for staff this year due to worries about drunken behaviour leading to disciplinary or legal action, according to law firm Peninsula.
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Retail optics giant Vision Express has unveiled dramatic plans to foray into franchising to accelerate growth over the next five years.
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Are women superior to men in business? Are the gents quicker than the ladies when it comes to decision-making? And is it really true that women excel at multi-tasking while men can only cope with one job at once? All these questions and more are answered in a major new survey.
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Guidance for small businesses that could benefit from research and development (R&D) tax relief has been published by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.
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