How to attract new generation of workforce – top HR tips and advice for SMEs (CIPD conference)
Three tips for SMEs looking to attract talent, based on the following facts: 50% of employees will be millennials by 2020, 75% by...
The explosive rise of ‘social recruiting’
With 97 per cent of UK millennials on Facebook and over 500 million tweets being sent globally each day, the rise of social media...
Of Monks, Boxing, Tennis, and Hockey
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. “ Malcolm X
In...
Hidden Gems
Hidden gems
Business owners planning their exit need to ensure they maximise the value of the company’s assets.
As the UK economy emerges from recession, returning confidence is driving a renewed inte...
Cost-effective rewards and incentives – top HR tips and advice for SMEs (CIPD conference)
Although 1 in 4 employees receives tangible rewards in the form of money, this may not be an option, especially for small businesses....
6 Tips To Crush Social Media
I honestly can’t remember not using social media in one way or another to forge relationships, build brand awareness or create sales prospects. I recall using sites such as Hi5, Bebo and MySpace long before the...
Automatic Cycle
Automatic cycle
Employers must be ready to re-enrol staff into a workplace pension if they previously opted out.
Three years on from the start of auto-enrolment, large companies are restarting the pro...
Rifles and railways – how can they help us to learn?
"In order to achieve peace we must first and foremost be prepared for war”. This extract from Prof Israel Auman’s piece also talks about having to change the state of mind at the core to prepare for the horrors...
3 reasons why the customer isn’t always right?
Anyone and everyone will have heard of the saying ‘The Customer is always right’. But how many times have you had to grit your teeth, or silently remind yourself of this phrase, knowing its actually you that’s ...
Storm Abigail Assists Learning
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Miller – US writer 1921 - 1994
In the day following the arrival of Storm Abigail ...