All "mission-statement" articles
- Perception and reality: the brand-building guide
- A small-business guide to how various businesses establish - or fail to establish - a reputation in line with customer experience.
- See more in: brand, branding, advertising, marketing, Body Shop, Nike, Stella Artois, news analysis
- Choosing the right name for your business
- Your start-up's name can convey more than just the product or service you sell. Here's a guide to the factors to consider and the things to avoid.
- See more in: names, branding, start a business, startups, guides
- Distribution Unlimited – door-to-door distribution
- No business experience is required for this new franchise package, but a good knowledge of your local area is absolutely vital.
- See more in: franchises, buy a franchise, franchisors, distribution, interviews
- Calculating the potential profit of a franchise
- Advice on how to ascertain the profitabilty of a new franchise business, by Robin Every of Card Connection.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchising, franchises, guides, research
- How to draw up an employment contract
- By law you have to write an employment contract soon after an employee starts, but the contract doesn't cover all obligations between parties.
- See more in: HR, staff, employees, employment, legal, contracts, employment contracts, guides
- Management v leadership – part two: The importance of building a team
- Management guru Nicholas A Tsiougos discusses the importance of team building in managing a business.
- See more in: HR, management, leadership, systems, team, guides
- 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
- Uniting behind a common business vision
- What could Braveheart possibly have to do with business? William Buist of Abelard Management Services explains...
- See more in: values, vision, strategy, staff, HR, human resources, guides
- Thank Darling for the VAT cut? Thanks for nothing
- Finance broker Henry Edjelbaum vents his fury at Alistair Darling for burdening retailers for short-term political gain.
- See more in: VAT, government, Alistair Darling, Labour, budget, taxes, opinion
- A book to read when... you need a laugh
- Although it's not to everyone's tastes Joseph Heller's anti-war classic Catch-22 made it into the dictionary. Not many books can claim that.
- See more in: Catch-22, novels, books, fiction, reviews
- History of business – regulation in the Middle Ages
- Bureaucracy is a major bugbear of small-business owners, but even hundreds of years ago there were plenty of hoops for the small businessman to jump through.
- See more in: Middle Ages, bureaucracy, red tape, regulations, merchant guilds, craft guilds
- Personal phone calls cost business £1m a day
- Business phones are being abused for personal use suggests new research.
- See more in: mobile phones, VAT, tax, telecom expense management, HR, news
- Raising finance to buy a business
- Money makes the business world go round - and raising finance to buy a business is one of the hardest hurdles to surmount.
- See more in: funding, banks, loans, providers, angels, investment, venture capital, VCs, buy a business, guides
- Getting the stationery right
- Trivial as it might sound, getting your company stationery right means complying with legal requirements. Andrew Small of Franaccounts takes you through it...
- See more in: stationery, guides, start a business, startups, legal
- Keeping customers in a downturn
- Retaining your existing customers is especially vital in a recession. Here are some strategies for keeping them happy, and keeping them spending on your products and services.
- See more in: customer service, customers, guides
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