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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Employee Benefits Consultancy, Drewberry, explain how the cost of living is affecting work performance and share what benefits staff value
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
What are your obligations to your staff if you’ve gone insolvent? How should insolvent SMEs handle redundancy?
Employing & managing staff
Changes to holiday entitlement for zero-hours workers, higher Minimum Wage pay and a bonfire of EU regulation are all on the cards this year
Employing & managing staff
Can you ‘fire and rehire’ your staff if they won’t accept a change to their contractual terms?
Employing & managing staff
Robert McHenry presents guidance on making your prospective employee as comfortable as possible.
Employing & managing staff
If an employee has come to you with a pay rise request, what do you do? Here are five tips to help achieve the best outcome for both parties
Employing & managing staff
Find out why encouraging your employees to use the free services on their benefits is helpful for you as an employer
Employing & managing staff
This article will be discussing how to use a salary sacrifice pension scheme and how your business can save money through it.
Employing & managing staff
Find out why encouraging your employees to use the free services on their benefits is helpful for you as an employer
Employing & managing staff
This article will be discussing how to use a salary sacrifice pension scheme and how your business can save money through it.
Employing & managing staff
Three quarters of businesses impacted by staff shortages over the past year, with nearly half saying they can't meet customer demand as a result, according to CBI survey
Employing & managing staff
34% of businesses expect four-day week to become a reality in next ten years, but only 1 per cent plan to implement it without cutting pay
Employing & managing staff
Here are six benefits that you can introduce to help your employees who may be struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis
Employing & managing staff
From 1 October the government will make its virtual right to work check permanent. The Home Office has drawn up a list of approved digital ID check providers. Which one could be best for your small business?
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis
Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.