How to Take Your Catering Business to the Next Level


Is your catering business ready to take that next all-important step in its ongoing development? If so, you must seek to smash through that proverbial glass ceiling — pronto! The longer you allow your organization to remain rooted in its current position, the more likely it will be to stagnate. If this is, in fact, allowed to happen, your capacity to provide a cutting-edge catering service will take a serious hit. This will have a profound negative impact on your reputation, which in turn will have an adverse effect on the amount of ongoing custom that you attract.

If you want to catapult your company right to the very pinnacle of its field, it’s imperative that you heed the following advice. Here are three things you must do to take your catering business to the next level:

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5 Major Challenges Facing Small Business in the USA This Fall


It has been a turbulent summer in the US, as new optimism and a rebounding marketplace met extreme weather and rising COVID-19 cases. Small businesses are going to be facing a lot of challenges in the months ahead. Here are some of the most important ones that you should pay attention to. The best defense is to prepare yourself ahead of time.

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Starting a New Business? Here are 3 Hacks You May Not Have Thought About


If you are launching a new business right now, then the chances are that you have spent at least the last sixth months to a year keeping an anxious eye on the news. You will have been intently focused on the business markets. You will have been tracking the government’s Coronavirus restrictions, and wondering if the staff shortages due to Brexit are going to hit your company.

It has been a gruelling eighteen months as we have gritted our teeth through the pandemic, but things are starting to look a little brighter out there. It does finally seem as though a new business could have a better than fighting chance at succeeding, but it is always a good idea to look for additional ways to better your odds. Here are a few hacks that you might not have thought of.

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5 Innovative Small Business Ideas to Pursue in 2021


With many business ideas to choose from in 2021, it can be challenging to figure out which one is worth pursuing. However, while following a new trend is sometimes risky, taking risks comes with rewards in the long run. So, if you’ve been wondering about starting a small business owner, 2021 is the best time to do so. After all, being your own boss is an outstanding prospect, considering you won’t answer anybody other than yourself. In fact, according to various small business statistics, one of the main reasons entrepreneurs start their own business is being their own boss.

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How Can Business Owners Improve Employee Morale with Recreation Facilities


Business owners who want to grow their business first need to focus on their employees, not customers. This seems somewhat unusual! After all, it’s the customers who really bring cash to your business. Employees cost businesses money in terms of salary and benefits business owners need to provide.

However, when you think hard it is not as unusual as it seems at a first glance. Your employees are the face of your business. They interact with customers every day. If your employees are not happy it will reflect on their interaction with customers. Your customers will not receive good customer service and they will not come back to your business. That is why it is important to keep employee morale high.

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Financial Consequences of Work-Related Injuries


The direct and indirect costs associated with workplace injuries can be massive. Business owners must worry about medical expenses, compensation payments for the injured worker, legal fees, possible OSHA penalties, and lost productivity. And even with workers’ compensation coverage, injured employees can still face numerous challenges before obtaining the financial help they need.

Read on to discover the financial consequences of a work-related injury.

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5 Effective Ways to Increase Customer Retention and Entice New Customers


The key to longevity and profitability for any business is the nurturing and subsequent expansion of its customer base. Now, more than ever, businesses, regardless of industry, need new customers to build their capital up again after the devasting pandemic.

Here are the most effective and relatively affordable ways to increase the customer retention levels of your business as well as enticing new customers to your products and/or services.

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How Businesses Can Make a Good First Impression


Every business owner knows that to have a successful business, you need to make your clients happy. The more impressed your clients are by your business, the more likely you are to have a good client reputation. You surely already know that a client’s first impression of your business can make or break the relationship between your client and your business, which is why it’s so important to make it a good impression. But how exactly do you do that? While it may sound like an easy task, there are many factors involved when it comes to a client’s impression of your business, and we’re here to discuss them.

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How Can Businesses Protect Employees from Covid-19


Covid-19 has wreaked havoc in the lives of everyone all over the world. Ever since its first appearance in China in December 2019 and subsequent spread in every country, the lives of people have not remained the same. Masks are ubiquitous anywhere you go; social gathering has been limited or completely eliminated and businesses have been shut down.

In the last few months there are signs that the spread is getting under control, resulting from higher vaccination rate and herd immunity. Businesses are slowly making plans to open up and bring employees back to the office. As they prepare to do, it is still very important to take all the necessary precautions to protect employees, and themselves, from being affected. Here are the steps business owners can take to prepare for reopening and protect their employees.

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10 Great Small Businesses to Start This Year


Thinking of starting a new business this year? Now is a great time to stop putting in long hours for someone else’s dream and turn your passion and know-how into a money making venture for yourself and your family. But what marketable small business skills do you have? Can you start a small business without any starting capital? You may be surprised. Here are 10 perfectly-timed small business ideas to start in Singapore to get your entrepreneur-side motivated to make this the year you start your business.

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