Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The latest guides on employing and managing full or part time staff effectively as a small business owner or sole trader, brought to you in partnership with Sage. Contains advice on employment law, health and safety at work, recruitment, training, redundancy and disciplinary information, employee rights, workplace regulations, and much more.
This section provides expert and in-depth advice articles on all aspects of staff management and human resources legislation. Our aim is to help UK small businesses to hire great employees, manage them effectively and look after them properly.
Other key topics covered in this employing staff section include team management, employee motivation, legal rights and responsibilities, managing absence, maternity pay and leave, taking on new staff, induction programmes, communication, workplace policies, flexible working, job descriptions, employment contracts and related information.
We also provide information on HR tools, templates and resources specially targeted at SMEs as well as suitable training courses and workshops that can help you get the best out of your staff to make a more efficient, more profitable, happy and productive company.
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Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
To save staff calling in sick after tonight's World Cup semi-final, is it worth being more flexible with their working hours? Conor McArdle of Brighter Business explains how to cope.
Employing & managing staff
A growing business is a sure-fire sign of success, but it comes with a raft of issues, especially for HR. Gideon Schulman of Pytronot explains how to tackle them.
Employing & managing staff
Bad experiences with recruiters have swayed businesses into trying to carry out recruitment themselves. Gary Melton of Novo UK explains why this is a bad idea.
Employing & managing staff
Sebastian Siseles talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about the benefits of hiring freelancers online rather than through a traditional agency.
Employing & managing staff
Having multiple languages in the workplace can be useful, but are there any issues involved? Andrew Weir of Moorepay explains what you need to know.
Employing & managing staff
If you can't afford to give a pay rise to your top-performing employees, there are a few other ways that you can reward them.
Employing & managing staff
How do we change the misconception that company culture is optional, rather than a necessity? Here, Jonathan Richards explores the issue.
Employing & managing staff
If you can't afford to give a pay rise to your top-performing employees, there are a few other ways that you can reward them.
Employing & managing staff
How do we change the misconception that company culture is optional, rather than a necessity? Here, Jonathan Richards explores the issue.
Employing & managing staff
Encouraging staff to say active isn't always easy, but Dr Davina Deniszczyc of Nuffield Health shares a few methods which might help your employees move more.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, Ann Potterton discusses what the businesses with a wage bill under £3 million need to know about the apprenticeship levy.
Employing & managing staff
Recruiting staff can be a tricky task, with SMEs having a particularly hard time hiring and holding on to workers. Stephen Quinn of Jobbio explains how smaller businesses can stand out to future employees.
Employing & managing staff
We all know how awful meetings are – especially when there are so many of them. Johnny Warström of Mentimeter talks about the problems with meetings and how small businesses can benefit from making some changes.
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In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?
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Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
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As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?