In a time where the public transportation system is expensive and unreliable, more and more people are turning to taxi, private hire and lift offering services. This includes people looking to get to work on time, arrive at the airport or even just to get across town. A Rewarding Career …
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Hiring a Car for a Business Trip – What You Need to Know
The car rental business is ferociously competitive, which means the services offered are often firmly squeezed to keep the headline price low enough to make it onto the price comparison sites. This, in turn, means it pays to stay abreast of this business model so you can ask the right …
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The Importance of Background Checks Before Hiring
Small business owners require staff to help with various processes in their businesses. Whether it is in the accounts departments, as sales agents or casual laborers in the warehouses, business owners have to recruit workers to help with these crucial business operations. When recruiting workers into their fold, those who …
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The Right and Wrong Way to Sacrifice Quality
One of the biggest trade-offs that businesses all over the world have to keep in mind is the link between quality and cost. In most cases, reducing the cost of an item opens up the accessibility and thus, puts your product into more hands. However, it also means there’s a …
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Your Business’s Most Valuable Resource? Time!
When you’re running a business, you’ve got a lot of resources that you need to consider, all of which are extremely important and valuable. From the money that you spend in order to keep things functioning properly and keep your business in the black, to your employees who you rely …
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3 Alternatives to Layoffs When Times are Tough
It’s tough to be a small business these days, and many owners have been forced to downsize just to keep it afloat for as long as possible. To make the process go around and ensure that the ends meet, you’ve probably considered cutting down on one of your biggest expenses, …
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Benetrends: Women Entrepreneurs & Succeeding in Small Business
Hi readers! Recently, I had the honor of being interviewed by Benetrends on how I help women start and grow their businesses. In the interview, I share information about the state of women-owned businesses, work/life balance and even how I got started as an entrepreneur. Here is an excerpt from …
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How Turnover at Your Restaurant Is Costing You Money
By: Matthew Griffith Your favorite server just quit. The line cook you thought would be with you forever is moving away. It’s sad and frustrating, but employee turnover also can cost you a lot of money. Between the cost of hours lost to interviewing, of advertising the position, of training …
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Three Ways to Turn Around Your Business
No one ever said that owning a business was easy. If you’re experiencing difficulty making a profit, you may need some help. These three tips can help you turn around your business quickly. Follow them, and you may find your company more productive than ever. Focus on the core It’s …
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Freedom Financial Network: Managing Your Small Business Financials
In a hyper-competitive market, being a small business owner is harder than ever. Throw in the management of financials, and many entrepreneurs are lost. Just having a great idea is not enough to grow and thrive. Entrepreneurs with little or no experience in finance desperately need to educate themselves. At …
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Be Better At B2B Sales
If you are selling to commercial and business operations, you can’t afford to miss out on the information below. Don’t get left out in the cold One of the easiest ways you can improve your company’s business to business sales is to stop cold calling. What is the conversion …
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How Cash Advances Can Be Used to Your Business’ Advantage
When it comes to becoming a business owner, you have to get a little savvy with finances. After all, you need to use credit in order to be entrusted with larger sums of money down the line. If you go your entire business journey without engaging with any sort of …
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What Should Business Owners Include In Their First Promotional Budget?
All new entrepreneurs will understand how hard it can become to create budgets for their businesses. That is because it’s impossible to know what the future might hold, and so unexpected events can throw a spanner in the works. However, knowing the areas in which it’s most critical to spend …
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Can a BYOD Culture Improve Productivity in the Workplace?
Smartphones have changed our day-to-day lives – from working practices, to socialising and communication. In the month leading to December 2016, it is estimated that there will be 42.4 million smartphone users in the UK. In January 2017, the Labour Force Survey found that there were 31.85 million people in …
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Everything Old Is New Again: Ecommerce & the Retro Resurgence
Modern consumers love shopping online because it’s convenient and easy. With a few keystrokes, you can find virtually anything in existence and have that product delivered right to your front door. Even more amazing, large enterprise vendors as well as individual entrepreneurs and small business people are driving ecommerce. In …
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How Platinum Rapid Funding Group Can Fund Your Small Business
The vision to start your own business may be impaired if you don’t get adequate funding. This is where Platinum Rapid Funding Group (PRFG) comes in. The group focuses on helping you realize your entrepreneurial dream as it facilitates the injection of capital to your business. The company ensures fast …
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