Entrepreneur – a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. One of the biggest achievements a person can make is by taking the plunge and becoming a business owner. Many people shy away from the idea because of the financial risk that they are posing to themselves. While this is normally an unavoidable part of becoming an entrepreneur, it shouldn’t be the reason that you stop yourself from taking the first steps into bettering yourself and creating your own legacy. Take it from someone who was quite happy in her regular 9-5 job. I loved it because I didn’t have…
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Looking After Yourself So You Can Look After Your Business
Running a business is no easy task, but when you’re feeling the effects from being hard at work for so long, it can quickly begin to take a toll on how you perform within your business. It’s really easy to neglect yourself when you’re the owner of a business, big or small. This is understandable because the running of your business directly contributes to the salary that you bring home each week or month. It’s important to make sure that you’re looking after yourself so that you can be sure that every decision you’re making is the right one for your business. Here are some tips on looking after yourself…
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How To Boost Productiveness In The Office
It’s all too easy to become distracted in the office when you’ve hit a bit of a wall at work. I know better than anyone how easy it is to procrastinate and tell yourself that you will do it later. This can become a problem if you end up falling behind on work because not only will you have loads to do, but you run the risk of losing clients. There are many things that you could be doing to ensure that you’re more productive in your office, so that you can stop procrastinating and continue working on your business. Make sure you’ve eaten and aren’t thirsty One of the…
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How To Prioritise Safety In The Workplace
When you’re the owner of a business, it’s important that everyone who enters and exits the premises can do so without being at risk of any sort of harm. This can be difficult to achieve, especially when some injuries happen completely unexpectedly, or an aspect such as mother nature contributes towards it. These things unfortunately can’t be predicted, but you can take steps into prioritising safety in the workplace so that you’re not landed with the guilt and lawsuits of injuries that could have been prevented, and here’s how. Get all machinery and electricals tested regularly One of the most common reasons for accidents is because of machinery that’s…
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Are you one of the FEW? Female Entrepreneur Week
I am super proud to be taking part in this year’s Female Entrepreneur Week (FEW). I’m going to tell you a little bit about what FEW is, and how you can get involved! My Story Not so long ago I was working 34 hours in a Doctors surgery as a medical administrator. The money was fabulous, my colleagues were lovely but I had a problem. Childcare was really hard to find when it came to half-term and summer holidays. I asked my bosses if I could reduce my hours and unfortunately they couldn’t offer me that position. So I had a decision to make. Do I find another job that…
