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Compare Insurance quotes for Employers Liability
Employers’ Liability insurance covers you and your business against claims from employees injured at work or taken ill as a result of working for you. Compare Insurance quotes for Employers Liability to ensure your business can cover claims without compromising its financial stability.
Key Person Insurance
Let us find the Right Key Person Insurance Policy for your business. Call our Independent Expert Advisers on 01773 771380 or click here to find out more
Health for Work Adviceline for Small Business
Free NHS Adviceline helps employers minimise the impact of staff illness and provide essential support to staff with physical and mental health issues. Visit our Health for Work website
Flexible Skills Bank
Tap in to this pool of professionals looking for flexible, or ad hoc work to fit in with their family commitments. Click here
Free law firm comparison site
TakeLegalAdvice.com is a free online search and comparison service to locate the most suitable lawyers, both locally and internationally, to handle your client case.
Guidance for employment matters
The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform provides extensive information on employment matters.
Apply for flexible working hours
This site provides an overview to flexible working and work-life balance.
The Disability Discrimination act
This website provides information about the Disability Discrimination Act and real-life stories and tips for small to medium-sized employers.
Recruiting disabled staff
This site by the Department for Work and Pensions provides information and advice on recruiting disabled staff.
Better employment relations
ACAS offers extensive information, advice as well as problem resolution services with the aim of improving employment relations.
Rights of employees
Any information on the rights of employees, can be found on this part of the Directgov website.
Other Employing Staff Resources
Can your customers find you?
If you have a web presence, then you need to ensure that customers can find it – otherwise, it’s just a waste of money.
Email and web hosting
This video looks at the the importance of business email and web hosting for SMEs.
Three Minute Mentor - Setting up a Home Office
Whether you're based at home full time or just occasionally, you need the right tools at hand. This short video looks at how you can set up the perfect home office
Will Alan Sugar sweeten business prospects?
Marc Barber 10/06/2009
While any help singled out for small businesses should be welcomed, the appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as ‘Enterprise Tsar’ smacks of gimmicky desperation. (2 comments) Have your say »
Credit crunch: What does it mean for you?
Penny Proffit 25/01/2008
In the current global economic climate, small business owners are likely to be concerned about the consequences of the credit crunch. Penny Proffit has teamed up with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to bring you ten quick tips for survival. Have your say »
Basic building block of any Internet marketing campaign
Guest Blogger 07/07/2008
For almost all sectors of commerce today, the Internet, or more specifically the World Wide Web, is now a key tool for business. In the field of marketing in particular it has become crucial.
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The low-down on employment law - what does it mean for you?
There is now a multitude of employment laws that you must follow when employing staff, and the number is growing all the time. This factsheet provides a summary of the main regulations you will need to know about and explains what you must do to comply with them. To purchase the factsheet, visit Scavenger now.
