In this article we explore some of the innovations leading the way in environmental business ethics. Environmental management is not a new concept, in fact the first standard was published in 1994 by the BSI group. BS 7550: 1994 set out ‘the requirements for the development, implementation and maintenance systems aimed at ensuring compliance with…
This month we have been looking at options for adult education and continuous professional development (CPD). If you missed the first blog or our Newsletter you can view them now by clicking on the respective links. To conclude our coverage of this topic we have taken a look at online resources to support your endeavours….
For many of us September is dominated by the children going back to school. It impacts on us all in some way, from changing schools, to organising uniforms, to remembering the significant increase in traffic and as such setting off earlier from home. With this in mind we thought we would take the opportunity to…
Last month over 2000 attendees came together to listen to leading speakers from around the globe at London Fintech Week 2019. This year’s Key Note Speaker, Lord Anthony St John, referred to London as the future of finance, and Fintech. For those of you who missed out on the event we have provided a review,…
We live in an unpredictable and volatile world. The only thing you can be certain about, is that life is uncertain. Be prepared. “Aon (provider of risk management) says that 80% of companies that fail to recover from a major disaster will go out of business”. Those are high odds which can be easily avoided if…
Average pay rises are to jump to 3.5% according to the DailyMail today. Compulsory pension contributions are breathing down our necks. And the government has announced a rise in minimum wage from October 2015. All in all, staff costs are on the increase putting even more pressure on small businesses. 3.5% doesn’t seem like much. So why…
You’ve made the brave decision to go ahead with your business idea and work for yourself. This is great news. It also means your to-do list is endless. One item that needs to be on your list, is choosing the right legal structure for you. This process can be daunting. I outline below, in basic…
There are some simple things you can do today, to start increasing your profits without winning new clients. Making some minor changes to the way you do business will be barely noticeable to anyone- apart from you, of course, as you’ll know you are becoming more profitable. 1. Increase your prices. No really. A small…
Businesses are in the habit of measuring many things: customer satisfaction, financial performance, staff performance, market share and share value to name a few. And then there are hundreds of key performance indicators out there. David Parmenter has some books on the subject, in which he describes an endless number of them. But I think, one…