Latest Guides & Tips
- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Next Page »
Maximise staff potential
Remove the outer layer of fluff from theories on staff engagement and you’re left with a way to better manage your employees and improve operational efficiency.
How to manage staff
Whether you are looking to increase staff development or need some quick-fix help, there are a range of HR solutions available.
How to pay staff
Take the pain out of payroll with our easy-to-use guide on PAYE and National Insurance.
Clock on to short-time working
If waiting to reduce staff overheads is something you can no longer afford to delay, short-time working could be a way to save money without letting employees go
Flexible staff
The recent sacking of 850 agency workers by BMW demonstrated how companies use non-permanent staff to protect themselves in a turbulent economy. But you need to know the pitfalls before hiring temporary workers.
Reducing salary
There are other ways of reducing your staffing budget without having to take the axe to your workforce.
Avoiding stress in the workplace
Stress at work is no laughing matter, with 13.5 million working days lost to businesses last year. Here, SmallBusiness.co.uk and charity The Eden Project offer some tips to defuse office tension.
How to fight workplace bullying
Bullying affects up to one in ten employees. But intimidating behaviour, as displayed by presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, can go unnoticed. Here Steve Williams, head of equality services at employment expert Acas and SmallBusiness.co.uk offer some tips for banning bullying.
Redundancy: softening the blow
It is never easy making someone you know redundant. But it can be even harder when you’ve worked closely with them in a small business environment.
Promoting from within
The average cost of bringing in a new employee is £4,500 to £8,000, according to figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. So it’s no surprise that promoting internally is popular with employers.
Training: the key to retaining staff
Learning on the job can lead to a more motivated and productive workforce and enable your staff to keep up with the latest trends in areas such as technology and people management.
A quick guide to staff pensions
You may wish to offer a pension scheme as a benefit for your employees. It can help with staff retention and will give your staff the impetus to save for their retirement in addition to their state pension.
Healthy body, healthy business
Managers should keep an eye on the profit and loss of their health as much as they do on the health of their business, suggests Dr Dorian Dugmore, Secretary General of the World Council for Cardio Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and one of the speakers at Inspire2006 – the UK’s first event for chief executives for SMEs.
Starting up later in life
By 2010 around 25 per cent of the UK’s workers will reach retirement age, many of whom won't have saved enough for a pension. Is starting your own business another option? SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to three entrepreneurs who launched their businesses later in life.
Holiday and new employees
When you employ new staff, you may wonder how soon they can begin to take holiday. SmallBusines.co.uk clears the issue up.