It’s one of those delicate balances in a business space. You want to create a relaxed working environment so the culture of the business benefits, but you also need to have the opportunity to make this environment as productive as possible. Sometimes you can’t have it all. But what you need to do is ensure…
Being in business for yourself is certainly interesting. It’s one of those things that you may find really works out for you, or that you just struggle with. But even if you’re in the latter camp, it really doesn’t mean that you should look to give up or suffer from low success. Instead, it just…
IT is a huge part of any business, whether you have 2 members of your team or 100. Whilst we enjoy all of the positives of IT, and our business systems, a lot of the time safety and security falls to the back of our minds. However, the world of IT (and the internet especially)…
As an employer, you will want to always try and make your workers as happy and relaxed as you can in the office. There are so many different ways to adapt and change the office throughout your career and the changes we will talk about today are sure to make people feel happier and more…
Over the last five years, the UK has seen a sharp rise in self-employment. This isn’t surprising as it provides a level of freedom that you don’t get with other jobs. One area that’s proving popular is the driving service industry. From driving instructors to removals, there’s plenty you can do, but there is stuff…
Just as you care about continually improving your communication with customers, your clients are just as important. Clients are customers but they are not customers in the sense that the masses are. Clients vary from either private citizens, other businesses, and sometimes even governments. Just as we chase after the human connection with our customers,…
When you’re building your brand, the topic of trust can come up a lot. We need to trust the people working for us, as well as the clients, and in some way, the customer, so we can develop as a business. But there can be points when we hit a wall, and as such, we…
Any entrepreneur that wants their business to do well in the long-term needs to focus on finding their place. No company can make it without finding some form of distinction in terms of its brand identity or its individual products and services. You need to separate yourself from the many similar competitors in your marketplace…
Any business owner who has been in the game for a few years knows very well that serious productivity only comes from a great work environment. Hawking over your employees, treating them authoritatively, and shutting yourself in your office and only speaking to a privileged few is, in other words, a thing of the past…
What single factor do all successful businesses have in common, regardless of the sector in which they operate? It’s not endless funds, or even great staff, although most will have these too. It’s the simple factor of fully understanding their customers. And the great news is, that’s something your business can also become brilliant at,…