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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
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Your guide to recruitment
This market synopsis examines the trends and market developments affecting the recruitment sector within the UK.
Resources for new ways of working
Flexibility provides updates on the world of flexible work, with news, views, reviews, articles, links and other resources.
Promoting health and wellbeing
This site highlights the importance of health and wellbeing at the workplace and provides advice on on common issues such as stress and drug problems.
Solving work disputes
ACAS has over 30 years of experience in helping organisations of all sizes to avoid and resolve disputes in relationships at work.
Understand the causes of stress at work
The material and resources on this site are aimed at helping you to understand the causes of stress at work, and to identify and solve problems in your workplace.
Allowing time of work
This guide explains why allowing your staff time off work for personal and family reasons can have real benefits.
The importance of HR policies
This site by The Department of Health features information about the development and implementation of HR policies.
Management and development of staff
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the professional body for those involved in the management and development of people.
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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