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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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Resource management strategies for food businesses

The number of food business start-ups in the UK - particularly in London - has been rising steadily over the past few years.

Employing & managing staff

Employing & managing staff

Get more from your employees through giving back

Here, Greg Hallett, managing director of Give as you Live, explores how businesses can generate employee loyalty through giving.

Employing & managing staff

How to improve your recruitment success as a small business

In this piece, Jerome Forde, founder of FordeCloud, explores the strategies that can improve your small business recruitment success.

Employing & managing staff

How to manage multicultural teams

Paul Heilbronner, EVP Global HR, Axway, discusses how to manage multicultural teams and highlights some of the benefits and challenges they may bring.

Employing & managing staff

Top ten ways to handle a workplace conflict

Arguments can be inevitable in office environments, so when a heated conflict does break out it’s important to resolve it as quickly as possible.

Employing & managing staff

How to get the most from your recruitment agency

Here, James Calder, CEO of Distinct Recruitment, guides us on how to get the most out of your recruitment agency.

Employing & managing staff

How strict should your workplace be?

In this piece, Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, explores how strict workplaces should be in an era of widespread distractions for employees.

Employing & managing staff

Gen Z hold key to commercial success, say leading business figures

CEOs believe that Gen Z employees have the technical skills and drive needed to grow their businesses.

Employing & managing staff

How strict should your workplace be?

In this piece, Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, explores how strict workplaces should be in an era of widespread distractions for employees.

Employing & managing staff

Gen Z hold key to commercial success, say leading business figures

CEOs believe that Gen Z employees have the technical skills and drive needed to grow their businesses.

Employing & managing staff

No salary talk please, we’re British! Staff reveal topics to be avoided

New research discovers nearly half of Brits are in favour of workplace censorship, banning talk of salaries, politics and religion.

Employing & managing staff

How freelancers can add value to your business

Here, Julia Kermode, chief executive of the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association tells us how freelancers can be beneficial to small businesses.

Employing & managing staff

Let’s spend less time talking and more time thinking

Here, Tariq Khan, director of interactive delivery, TMW Unlimited, discusses how productivity can be improved in the office.

Employing & managing staff

Internal communication as a way of maintaining quality service

Chris Ronan of St John’s Buildings explore the importance of maintaining strong internal communication strategies within a business.

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A guide to getting a small business loan

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What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

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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What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade