120,000
working-age people are diagnosed with cancer each year
Incentivising senior management
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Qualities of a leader
We look at the skills and qualities every entrepreneur needs to take a business through significant expansion
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Productivity and the pandemic
Now is the time to focus on strengthening productivity
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Recruiting remote workers
As Covid-19 forces changes to the way companies operate, how can you integrate new colleagues into the team when they are working from home?
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Thriving through a recession
Former KPMG Chief Restructuring Officer Stuart Lawson used to help some of the country’s biggest businesses overcome tough times – now he does the same for SMEs. We asked him for advice on navigating a recession
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Six steps to boost productivity
Martin Brown of business advisors Elephant’s Child offers some top tips on ensuring your business is as productive as possible
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Playing the long game
Growing a business to sell a business
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How to recruit and retain top talent
It's not all about offering great salaries and brilliant perks
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It’s about culture
Why diversity and inclusion is more than just headcount
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Leading in changing times
Five practical tips for entrepreneurs in an uncertain business environment
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Retaining key staff
Some tips on how an expanding business can hold on to its most important employees
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Five resolutions for expansion
As your business matures, you need to ensure it’s in the best possible shape for exit. Richard Murray, Chief Commercial Officer of business growth advisor Elephants Child has five New Year’s resolutions that will keep you on track
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Ways to combat stress in the workplace
Resilient individuals can mean reduced sickness absence and better productivity – all leading to enhanced company performance.
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Perks of the trade
Offering your staff perks can help keep them motivated and productive. But when deciding what to offer, your location as well as the gender and age of your employees truly matters
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Are all small businesses lifestyle businesses?
People start businesses for all sorts of reasons. Bivek Sharma of KPMG looks at whether the dream matches the reality.
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Cultivating culture
Corporate culture may be hard to define and even harder to embed in an organisation – but it’s vital if you’re to attract and retain the best talent
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Professionalising your management team
Entrepreneurs have the vision to get a business off the ground but they may need professional managers to help them expand
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Making Tax Digital – an update
The Government's Making Tax Digital project is intended to simplify tax for businesses and HMRC. But will it succeed?
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Critical decision
Providing critical illness cover is good for businesses and good for the people they employ. Unum, provider of employee benefits, explains why
DNA of an entrepreneur
Business leaders can be defined by the issues they are juggling. Click on one of these hexagons to read more about a topic that is key to our entrepreneurial clients
Start-up
Improving cashflow
Managing the risk to my business
Rewarding my employees
Incentivising senior management
Raising capital tax efficiently