Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
News
A new government campaign is encouraging UK businesses to give employees shared parental leave.
Employing & managing staff
Kate Palmer discusses how shared parental leave can be taken and how employers can support their staff.
Legal advice
What is stopping men from using their extra entitlement to time off when a child is born or adopted? Alan Price investigates the issue.
News
New rules enabling fathers to share their partner's maternity leave entitlement of 52 weeks have been met with approval by dads.
News
Small businesses admit they are not ready for the requirements of upcoming legislation that enables parents to choose how to share time off work.
Employing & managing staff
Three advisers and a business owner give their opinion on the proposed shared parental leave initiative.
News
Government plans to extend flexible working rights and introduce a new system of flexible parental leave will hurt small firms, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.
News
Over half (58 per cent) of SMEs believe that extending parental leave would have a negative commercial impact and parents agree, says a study.
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.
Partner content
Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade