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  • Managing Underperformance

    Managing UnderperformanceSeptember 25th, 2026 in Blog

    Managing Underperformance: How to identify performance concerns early, support improvement and avoid common management mistakes. Every business relies on employees performing to the required standard. When performance starts to slip, the effects can quickly be felt across the organisation. Deadlines are missed, colleagues pick up additional work, managers spend increasing amounts of time firefighting and customers may begin to notice the…

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  • Culture Atrophy

    Culture AtrophyNovember 27th, 2025 in Blog

    For many start-ups and small UK businesses, their culture is one of their strongest assets, giving them an inimitable competitive advantage that can drive tangible results and boost productivity. Healthy cultures often exhibit shared purpose, drive, innovation, genuine relationships, loyalty, adaptability and resilience. However, as companies grow, change direction or face prolonged pressures, their culture can shift and be susceptible to…

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  • Small Business Fraud Prevention

    Small Business Fraud PreventionSeptember 1st, 2025 in Blog

    Whether it’s internal mistakes or deliberate deception, workplace fraud poses real financial and reputational risks for small businesses. You may not be aware, but there is also a new law that establishes a corporate criminal offence of “failure to prevent fraud” (introduced on 1st Sptember 2025) under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 that aims to help increase transparency, disrupt economic crime and strengthen…

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  • Coronavirus Information and Employment Update

    CoronavirusApril 6th, 2020 in Blog

    I hope the following information will be helpful, for both immediate and longer-term reference. Take care Important Coronavirus Information for Employers The gov.uk guidance pages remain the best source of up-to-date information for employers: General Employer Advice (6th April 2020) Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) (4th April 2020) Kay’s comment: Please note that the link on furloughing was updated on 4th April 2020 and includes important…

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  • Employment News, Post-Brexit, Apprenticeships and GDPR

    HR News flexible furloughing anti-racismJuly 5th, 2017 in Blog

    Employment News – Summer Edition 2017 It is a challenging time for UK’s small employers – employment measures post General Election and Brexit still lack detail, but here is a round-up of recent employment news and likely developments! POST BREXIT & POST ELECTION IMPLICATIONS UK employment laws will continue to reflect EU legislation, although, within the next five years, there may be some modification to more controversial laws…

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  • Family Business Charter

    family business charterMarch 3rd, 2011 in Build and Develop your Team, HR Help for Small and Family Businesses, Resolve Problems with Staff

    If you are running a family business, what do you do if: A relation wants a job? Different family members want to be in charge? A family member is not pulling their weight? Read on to find out how a Family Business Charter could help ...

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  • Staff motivation this Christmas

    December 8th, 2010 in Build and Develop your Team, HR Help for Small and Family Businesses

    Some of the best ideas to help manage and motivate staff, particularly at this time of year, come from other fellow businesses. I've had a go at putting together some of my favourites ...

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