Grow Your Business

New start-ups and small businesses often fail to give much thought to their standard “Terms and Conditions of Business” (T&Cs). That is, until there is a dispute with a customer,…

Devising new products and bringing them to market are vital parts of growing a business, but successful new product development rarely happens by accident. Product design is a complicated area,…

If you are taking on a new employee, you need to be aware of a whole range of issues. With staff come a range of responsibilities that you, as an…

Free publicity is a great way to spread the word about your business. If you can get your business featured regularly in the newspapers, magazines and websites your target audience…

Your business may offer amazing products and a fantastic service. But if your potential customers don’t know it exists, your wonderful business is likely to disappear without trace.

As salaries, working hours and development opportunities are becoming more aligned from business to business, offering staff perks, benefits, or incentives is a way of attracting and retaining talent. Glassdoor,…

Taking on your first employee should be an exciting time. It means your business idea is working and you need help to expand. But while employees will help your business…

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, employees are entitled to take a minimum of 5.6 times their normal working week as paid annual leave each year. As employees typically place…

When running your business, there may be times when you’ll need to obtain legal advice. Quite often, a solicitor will be called upon to review a contract, or to provide…

An effective incentive scheme is an important way for small businesses to motivate their staff in order to improve performance and boost profits. Responding to incentives is part of human…