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Ways to Improve Productivity in the Workplace

The article was written by Sara Pantaleo. Boosting productivity in your organisation means you will be able to increase profits.  Small businesses have twenty employees or fewer.  Therefore, it is essential to have strategies to make your business more productive and efficient. Some of the ways to increase productivity in your small business include tools,…
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The powerful, inspiring women leading family businesses

When I first joined the family business, I found it very difficult to break through the sexism and invisibility of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.   Even though I was developing and improving the business, I was seldom acknowledged in the early days and treated like a little sister.  Not just from my family…
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Crisis Management Planning

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it..Warren Buffett   What is a crisis? A time of intense difficulty or danger? So, in business, a crisis is related more to a significant adverse event with possible reputational damage. An out-of-the-ordinary event, disclosure or set of circumstances, real or perceived,…
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Franchising is like a marriage

Will the new changes to the Franchise Code ensure more franchisee success? A new Franchising code was released on the 1st of July. The new fully updated Code Legislation can be downloaded! More disclosure and a stronger contract will not guarantee franchisee success. Instead, a strong business model, passionate franchisees, and a strong relationship between…
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Cash is King

So it’s the end of the financial year, and your accountant reports your business has a nice profit.  You are surprised and tell them you cant understand as you have no money in the bank and don’t know how you will pay the taxes on the profit. According to a report released by ScotPac in…
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Leading Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace

Does Diversity mean better performance? In the last few months, there has been a lot of news about gender issues and how our Government has handled complaints by women for serious alleged incidents. Many private business leaders were horrified and I have heard many say, ‘This would never be tolerated in private business!’. We have…
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