When you are running a construction company, there’s one thing you can be sure of: something will go wrong. It’s inevitable. Construction is a changeable industry. Contracts collapse, suppliers go out of business, and even the weather can play havoc with your ability to meet the timeline you had planned. …
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Common Startup Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Mistakes are a great way to learn in life; it’s how we move forward and become successful. In business, however, too many mistakes can be a problem. Too many startup mistakes might mean that we can’t move on, and we have to fold. So although mistakes are one of the …
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The Fingers Of Shame: 5 Ways To Ruin Your Business Reputation
(image) In business, your reputation matters. Garner a bad reputation and your customers won’t want to buy from you, clients won’t want to work with you, and your staff will flee your business like the sinking ship it will inevitably become. Still, if you are keen to ruin your business …
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It’s Progress for Electric Vehicles
Business is booming for the electric market – 2017 was a record year for new car sales, with approximately 132,000 new electric registrations by December. The success across the market could be attributed to some of the latest developments in the industry meaning that some of the initial set backs …
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Industries May Be Dying, But These Careers Are Rising From The Ashes
No matter how you look at it, certain industries we’ve relied on for centuries are coming to an end. It’s sad, but it’s likely many of them will make it through the next decade. Certainly, areas such as high-street retail have been holding on for a long time already. And, …
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Remote Control – 5 Benefits to Telecommuting
Photo by Mia Baker on Unsplash Traditionally, to earn a crust you had to wake up at the crack of dawn, leave the comfort of your home and battle traffic jams, all before arriving at your destination tired and in a bad mood. Technology has enabled us to ditch the …
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Performance vs. Cost: Why the Cheapest Option Isn’t Always Best
Almost every business owner has one thing at the forefront of their minds: profit. After all, earning a good living and being able to afford the finer things in life is the main reason that people set their own business up! However, with every executive decision that is made regarding …
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How to Help Protect Your Van from Theft
There are a large number of vans across the UK used for commercial purposes. Recent news has warned us that a van is broken into every 23 minutes in the UK – with van tool theft up by 30% as of April 2017. Many of us, including tradesmen and business …
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A Step-By-Step Guide To Securing Your Business For The Future
Most entrepreneurs would agree they want their businesses to remain successful and profitable for as long as possible. The issue is that some people let their operations stagnate, and that is when problems begin to arise. For instance, you might lose out to new competitors if you fail to alter …
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Could Your Company Be Greener?
Every business owner must take sustainability seriously, particularly if they want their businesses to survive. The fact is that statistics show that half of all businesses don’t make it past the first year, and a quarter of those left don’t make it to five years. Business owners have the odds …
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Carillion Collapse: A Vital Lesson For Construction Firms
If you work in the construction industry, then the collapse of the UK’s largest construction firm is unlikely to have escaped your notice. The company, the second largest in the UK, went into liquidation on January 15th. The news not only sent shockwaves through the UK, but around the world, …
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Going Global: 4 Things You Need To Consider
If you are in charge of a growing business, you may be thinking about going global. It may be the next stage in your expansion plans, but there are challenges ahead. We will examine some of them in this article, giving you a brief overview of the obstacles you will …
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Ways in Which A POS Software Can Help You Manage Your Employees Better
The point of sale (POS) represents the actual moment and place of a transaction, the one when the customer pays for the purchase. In order to make things easier, many businesses have begun to use a point of sale system that allows business owners to access numerous additional features. With …
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Keeping The Good Ones: Small Business Employee Retention
Multimillion-dollar businesses have a distinct advantage over smaller ones. This advantage is that they have a larger budget to provide incentives and benefits to their employees, an action that can help keep the staff they have spent time recruiting and training and save them a lot of hassle and money …
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High Street Retailers Must Cater for Needs of Older Shoppers
There are far too many older people that are finding high street shops unwelcoming, with confusing automated checkout machines and nowhere to sit down for a rest. Older people’s charity, Anchor, had commissioned a report that highlighted that older people aren’t getting catered in high street shops and warns if …
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The Main Points of a Solid Business
A business should be built on the foundation blocks of greatness. Each businesses foundation blocks are unique in a certain way, but they should all loosley be based around the same things. When you first start a business, you’ll often feel like your mind is running around like a headless …
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