Employing & managing staff

How small business owners learned the art of delegation

In this piece, we talk to businesses about how they took on staff and reduced the pressure on themselves through delegation.

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Reputation, regulation and staffing worries top business concerns list

Regulation, reputation and employee issues, such as the rising costs of minimum wage, top the list of business concerns for UK small companies, a study finds.

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Line managers lacking confidence in their employer

HR and line managers are responsible for upholding their company’s corporate values and ensuring employee engagement, but many lack confidence and faith in their employer, research finds.

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Managers unable to cope with crises at work

Unsupportive working cultures are leaving managers to struggle with the fall-out of workplace crises, research finds.

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Companies urged to adapt their business models or die

Well over a third of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that if they don’t adapt their business models they will go out of business in five years, but only 2 per cent have done something about it.

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UK would favour summer business shutdown

Almost 60 per cent of the UK would welcome an annual summer ‘shutdown’ among businesses, research finds.