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3 Business New Year’s Resolutions for 2022

2022… not long ago, that sounded like something out of science fiction. Now it’s literally around the corner! So, with such a significant date soon to arrive, are you clear about your business[...]

Virtual Receptionist Appointment Booking Helps Poor Diary Management

Charlotte Menhennet, Sales Manager of call handling solutions provider Answer4u, looks at how inefficient diary management may be impacting on the productivity of companies across the UK – and[...]

How to Get the Best Out of Your Team

As a manager, you’ll usually be judged by others on the outputs of your team, so it’s crucial for both you and your organisation that you get the best from them. One of the most important things[...]

9 Time Management Techniques You Should Practice in the Workplace

We all seem to have our quirks around time management – whether we’re always 30 minutes early for fear of being late or are always late because we underestimate how long things will take, whether[...]

Choosing the Best Finance Apps and Software for Your Business

We are increasingly comfortable with using software and apps to help us with our everyday lives. According to app statisticians Business of Apps, 197 million mobile app downloads were made across[...]

How to Make the Most of Your Inbox

Emails. You come back in on a Monday morning and the first major task is sifting through the pile of emails that have landed in your inbox. Amid the meetings, calls and documents you've got piled[...]

Is Poor Time Management Preventing Business Growth?

Most people assume that the pesky issue of time management is ironed-out at school, and thereafter in our adult lives managing our time is a small if not completely obsolete problem. In reality of[...]

Importance of Effective Business Diary Management

Any company will understand the importance of keeping an accurate business diary. It’s a key organisational tool for many businesses and can be the difference between a company that expands and[...]

Deciphering Desks: What Does Your Work Station Say About You?

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Albert Einstein

The Pareto Principle and What It Means For your Business

You may not have heard of the Pareto Principle, but we’re betting you’ve heard of the 80/20 rule? This was a rule originally put forward by Vilfredo Pareto, who during a study into the[...]