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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Employers often feel out of their depth when confronted with employees with a long-term illness. Here, Christine Husbands discusses how to approach the situation.
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, Gary Elliott looks at the differences small business owners should know between freelancing and zero hours contracts.
Employing & managing staff
William Culbert, director of solutions engineering at Bomgar explains the importance of security for SMEs when implementing remote working practices.
Employing & managing staff
How can you reduce the chance of illness or diseases spreading among your workforce? Here, we find out.
Employing & managing staff
Within any business there are going to be unavoidable inefficiencies – losing staff to sick days is just an inevitable reality of life – which makes it even more important to ensure that the areas that are controllable are set up to help staff be as effective as possible. With that in mind, here are ten ways to improve staff effectiveness.
Employing & managing staff
Samantha Castle offers some advice on how to balance employee expectations and the needs of your business.
Employing & managing staff
With the recent coverage of returnships, City Calling identifies the industries leading the way.
Employing & managing staff
It’s the time of year when people look to move job, but how can you attract the best talent to your company? In this piece, Fiona Scott investigates.
Employing & managing staff
With the recent coverage of returnships, City Calling identifies the industries leading the way.
Employing & managing staff
It’s the time of year when people look to move job, but how can you attract the best talent to your company? In this piece, Fiona Scott investigates.
Employing & managing staff
In this article, Neil Parker shares his top tips for small businesses hiring their first ever employee.
Employing & managing staff
Skills shortages and changing priorities amongst top candidates present new test for talent acquisition, a new study reveals.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Kate Headley outlines the legal requirements for making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process for those living with dyslexia.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Alan Price discusses the key HR considerations small business owners can take from Theresa May’s Brexit speech.
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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