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The gig economy has grown in leaps and bounds over the last few years, present new opportunities to a wide range of people. Unfortunately, the negative stories surrounding the mode of operations deployed by many employers have taken away some of the positives that can be linked to an increasingly gig based UK economy. Here are some ways to ensure you are not being exploited.
Everyone who owns a home can all agree that you can always find a way to fix, polish or improve something. With today’s hectic schedules, it’s much easier for homeowners to let the professionals handle all home related issues. That’s one of the major reasons why the concept of investing in a home decoration franchise can prove to be extremely lucrative. In fact, statistics indicate that home decoration is a $300 billion market that is expected to rise. In this post, we’re going to take a close look at five of the best home improvement franchises that are available.
Credibility is a valuable currency in today’s market. There are so many competitors pursuing the same market segment, which is why it is becoming more important to maintain a good reputation and credibility. For small businesses, credibility makes all the difference.
Investing in the right instruments can help boost your business’s credibility. In this article, we are going to walk through the three best ways to increase your business credibility and gain a competitive advantage.
A small food business could be just what you’re looking for if you are ready for a new adventure in your career. Whether it’s a café, a street food van vendor or a restaurant, when you’re running a small food business for the first time, it’s important that you understand how to handle, store and serve the food that you sell.
Your key to success is ensuring that you keep your customers safe, and ensure your produce is safe to eat and free from any allergens. You should follow the EU Food Regulations to make sure the food that you serve is correct as per the regulations. Erudus, a company which stores and shares food labelling information within a data pool for customers’ benefit, has helped to put together this start-up guide for those aiming to run their own small food business:
Selling a home is a stressful time in peoples’ lives, whether they have a real estate agent at their disposal or not. In cases they do, it’s common for sellers to think they’re helping an agent out when in reality they’re actually hurting the process. To their credit however, who could possibly know the best features of the house than someone who’s lived in it for many years? While this may be technically true, it’s important to make sure that your clients know early in the partnership that their actions can either help you sell their home or make it more challenging.
Here are few things that many home sellers do (often without realizing the negative impact) that all real estate agents hate.
Starting your business can be very challenging especially for first timers. There are number of items you need to take care of before you can open the doors for business. Opening a restaurant is even more challenging due to number of health and employee related regulations and permits you need to address. Ni wonder first time entrepreneurs feel stressed out even before they can start the business. It helps to have guidance from someone who has been in your shoes before. It also helps to do research and learn everything you can before jumping in the water. Here is a mini guide we have developed for first-time restaurant owners to help you navigate the treacherous waters.
Managing a business is all about being in the right market, making the right decisions, developing best products and providing excellent customer service. In short, you need to be the best in all aspects while staying ahead of competition. Now, we all know that you are bound to find some challenges in certain aspects of managing the business. Also, you need to remember that your competition is not standing still while you are working on improving the business. So how do you make sure you bring out the best while at the same time staying one step ahead of competition. Here are some techniques you can deploy to achieve your best.
It’s quite common to offer employees a medical benefits plan, but more and more businesses are starting to look into offering a legal benefits plan for their employees to use, too. It doesn’t matter what size company you operate, and how many or little employees you have, a legal benefits plan can not only be a good thing for your employees, but it can be a huge incentive for staff to stay with your company.
Let’s look at what a legal benefits plan is, and what you should know before you make your decision.
Health and safety legislation has made modern workplaces far safer than they were 100 years ago. Major accidents and incidents are rare, but accidents do happen, and small business owners and managers need to have systems in place to deal with the aftermath of such an event. Failure to do so can have serious consequences on your business, employees and yourself. To deal effectively with such incidents you need to understand what you need to do before and after the incident. Here are few tips that will help.
Every company in the world has issues with workforce productivity. There are always new ways to work harder, to create better synergy in the workplace, and to get the most bang for your buck. While you’ll never truly be able to operate at 100%, you should always endeavor to get as close to this as possible. The key is to put yourself in the best position to work effectively. Here are ten ways to improve your productivity.
