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Starting up and running a business these days is not quite as straightforward as it was in the days when our grandparents had an idea and took it flying, as it were. Maybe our grandmothers were in service, i.e. were employed by a bigger, richer family, doing their kitchen and […]
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When you have built up your new company over a couple of years and are successful enough to need to hire help, what is the best way to get the best out there. Interviews can be a complete nightmare for a lot of folk. Not just the person being interviewed […]
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There are more small businesses today than ever before – due partly to the pandemic a few short years ago that prevented normal industry from running in the ways it always had. We had to move away from a work force that attended the office or industrial unit five or […]
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We all need to make our way in the world once we have finished formal education and realised that this is it . . . . no more softly softly cushioning from ma and pa. Time to get out there and earn a crust or two. If we have been […]
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Starting from the top in terms of, well you have to start somewhere . . . an autocratic leader will often be strident and outspoken with a vision of themselves as the smartest guy on the block by a mile & the rest. They take no prisoners and generally are […]
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I am constantly amazed when I need to contact a major company and find myself on the end of a never ending menu button pressing exercise. I seriously question how they stay in business. I had this experience recently. It involved a major airline who excel in providing […]
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Growth and financial security are the two main things that a would-be business magnate needs to concentrate on. There are so many strings to the title Business too. It can mean how someone runs their money making operation, whether they are a sole-trader content with earning less than £100K or […]
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One of the happiest business outlets I have ventured into of late is a yarn and habidashery shop in a village near the market town I live in. This particular shop is wonderful. It has a seriously big yarn side, with all kinds of products for knitting, crochet, by machine […]