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- Temporary staff: the law
- With European and domestic law clashing over the issue, the rights of temporary staff are not always obvious to many business owners.
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- The new breed of mumpreneur
- How the skills of motherhood could help equip you to run your own small business working from home.
- See more in: work from home, working from home, work, home, women in business, businesswomen, motherhood, mother, mums, children, maternity leave, mumpreneur, guides
- Howard Schultz
- How one man's persistent nagging helped to spawn a coffeeshop empire.
- See more in: Howard Schultz, Schultz, Starbucks, coffee, coffeeshops, coffeeshop, drink, retail, profiles
- Recruiting staff
- Recruitment can be a difficult and time-consuming task. BusinessWings provides some pointers.
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- Don't pay too much national insurance
- Andrew Small of Franaccounts gives advice on how to avoid giving the taxman too much.
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- Marketing agencies
- It’s all about who you know if you want to buy a marketing business, according to the founders of The Minimart marketing agency.
- See more in: Marketing, marketing agencies, direct marketing, creative, digital, guides, industries, agency
- Relocating your office
- Moving house is supposed to be one of the most stressful events in your life, and guess what: moving office isn't a walk in the park either. Rosie Rogers of ReallyMoving.com gives her advice on minimising disruption.
- See more in: office, relocating, moving, relocation, guides
- How to find an accountant
- How good is your accounting, bookkeeping and tax knowledge? Probably not good enough to avoid hiring an accountant, says Mark Lee of the Tax Advice Network.
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- YO! entrepreneurs
- Yo! Sushi founder and one-time 'Dragon' Simon Woodroffe is to talk about his colourful life as an entrepreneur at the Grampian Awards for Enterprise finals.
- See more in: Grampian Awards, Scotland, Scottish, Tricker PR, Yo! Sushi, Dragon's Den, ENET, Simon Woodroffe, news, Award
- Start-ups and tax
- If you're even reading this subheading then that's a good start: you're facing up to the less glamorous side of running a small business.
- See more in: tax, income tax, national insurance, corporation tax, VAT, business rates, stamp duty, capital gains tax, tax breaks, capital allowances, tax relief, guides
- Redundancy – a blessing in disguise
- The threat of redundancy looms larger than ever, but if you've got corporate experience then you could spend your money on a lucrative management franchise.
- See more in: redundancy, corporate, management, franchise, managing, guides, franchises, franchising, franchisees
- Employing immigrant workers
- Small businesses need to be more vigilant than ever about hiring foreign workers, says Laura Mitchell of Clarion Solicitors.
- See more in: HR, recruitment, immigration, immigrants, foreign workers, employees, staff, employment, hiring, legal, guides
- Top tips for planning meetings
- A small-business guide to making your meetings as productive as possible, from 'Meeting facilitation' experts Meeting Magic.
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- Paying respects: paid leave for funerals
- It's an emotive subject, but having a clear policy can preclude many problems says Peter-Jon Chalmers of Empire PR.
- See more in: HR, legal, funerals, employment, staff, employees, guides, paid leave
- Sir Philip Green
- He isn't popular with everyone, but as a retail boss Philip Green has a phenomenal record.
- See more in: Philip Green, Arcadia, Marks and Spencer, Bhs, retail, profiles
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