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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.
Holidays for the self-employed
Holiday entitlement for sole traders and the self-employed can be a tricky business. In the intance of a self-employed decorator who has worked for the same company for nearly two years, Peter Done explains why it's such a complicated issue.
Avoid discrimination headaches
Business owners have to be extremely careful not to discriminate on grounds of age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and many, many more.
Age and employment
It would be unwise to put an age ceiling on recruitment for two reasons currently and a third one from the 1st October 2006, explains Peter Done of Peninsula.
Enhance office productivity
Moving offices is one of the most important decisions a company can make. If planned, budgeted and managed correctly, it could improve operational efficiency, enhance corporate image and competitive advantage and improve your ability to retain employees. Read this article to find out how.
How to be a better leader
Three-quarters of small business owners admitted in a recent Business Link survey that their management and leadership skills left some room for improvement. Use these top tips to become a better leader.
How to become more efficient
Keeping a united workforce is certainly a challenge but many simple changes can be made that won’t cost. SmallBusiness.co.uk and the CIPD have these tips to help you make improvements.
How to avoid unfair dismissal claims
Dismissing an employee can be a difficult area to tackle for employers. This guide from SmallBusiness.co.uk gives an overview of the basics to help you avoid paying any unnecessary compensation and explains the basis for claims of ‘unfair’ dismissal.
Starting to employ people
When starting your business, you may well only be working with a small number of other people. If your business is a success and you want to expand, you may well look to take on employees. Even if you’ve been running a business for a while, now might be the time you’re looking at taking someone on.
Guide to dismissal and disciplinary rules
When the need arises to take disciplinary action against an employee you must follow the standard three-step dismissal and disciplinary procedure.
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