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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In this piece, in association with Boost Capital, we speak to companies about their thoughts on auto-enrolment and their advice to others about avoiding problems.
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Lee Biggins discusses how to ensure your staff can get the quality of holiday they deserve.
Employing & managing staff
Running any company has its difficulties, but these don’t compare to the challenges that start-up businesses or SMEs face every day.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, we talk to businesses about how they took on staff and reduced the pressure on themselves through delegation.
Employing & managing staff
It's almost time for people in the offices of Britain to shout loudly across the room at each other about the merits of a midfield place for Glenn Whelan. This can only mean fantasy football is round the corner. But what does it mean for morale and productivity?
Employing & managing staff
In this piece in association with Boost Capital, we look at the upside of employing disabled people for your small business.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece in association with KashFlow, we look at the challenges of auto-enrolment and talk to small businesses about their experience.
Employing & managing staff
Lee Biggins explains why your branding message must trickle down to the recruitment process.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece in association with KashFlow, we look at the challenges of auto-enrolment and talk to small businesses about their experience.
Employing & managing staff
Lee Biggins explains why your branding message must trickle down to the recruitment process.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses how best to go about managing appraisals for your staff.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, in conjunction with Boost Capital, we give some tips on managing staff while the European Championships are on.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses the issues to bear in mind for employers when the summer seasons comes around.
Employing & managing staff
Here are some key tips to getting the most from your staff.
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.