According to the IPSE, there are 4.8 million self-employed people in the UK, 42% of these are freelancers. When it comes to the overall British economy, freelancers account for about 6% of the total workforce, fulling a variety of roles across a variety of industry sectors. Needless to say the majority of freelancers work from […]

Any business leader will of course look to the future to potentially find methods of refining their ability and taking home wisdom to run their business with. This requirement is no less important from the top of a fortune 500 company to a humble home business. We take inspiration from the world around us, and […]

Read any article on any popular business website or blog, and you’ll likely come to the following conclusion: Running a business is hard. If you read the biographies of any successful CEO, you will often realize just how draining and intense these jobs can be. For those who are getting into business, this can be […]

While your business may, in fact, comprise of multiple teams and even different offices, it needs to appear unified. As your startup grows to become something bigger and better, you may come to realize just how difficult this can be – especially if you don’t keep an eye on how your business is evolving. Image […]

Small manufacturing businesses used to be popular startup ideas. However, most small companies have trouble competing in this industry thanks to all the massive organizations they’re up against. For many, it feels like a fight they’ll never win. On the contrary, you can definitely compete against the big boys, but only if you follow this […]

When it comes to being the hostess with mostess there isn’t all that much you need to do – when you have great friends and family, you could get away with buying in a small cake and handing out the cups of tea. Sometimes though, you might want to do something a bit more extravagant, […]

Whatever your career choice, whether it’s developing your entrepreneurial ambitions, or you are into the blogging side of things, networking is a fundamental skill we all have to master. For a lot of us, networking is incredibly intimidating, but when it comes to developing people skills, it is a necessary evil. So, for those that […]

If you have run your business for a while, you will already be well-aware that it can’t all be plain sailing. You are bound to make mistakes along the way. However, it is the ways in which you respond to these errors which will define what sort of company you are running – and how […]

If you want to boost your team communication or if you know that you are not entirely happy with how your team is working right now then you have nothing to worry about- because there are things that you can do to really turn things around. Team communication is vital when you operate a business, […]