Employing People

Learn how to recruit, manage, and support staff effectively. Find guidance on employment law, creating positive workplace culture, and handling common HR challenges.

How Employee Engagement Can Boost Profits

Employee engagement is an underused business strategy. A report from the consultants BlessingWhite states that less than a third of employees engage with the...

How to Fire an Employee

Part of being an owner of a small business is dismissing an employee when this becomes unavoidable Dismissing a member of staff is never an easy task, but yo...

How to Motivate Your Staff

Many employers are now using incentive and motivation schemes within their businesses. With the advent of the Internet these schemes are now child's play to...

Pension Schemes for Your Employees

As an employer you are not legally obliged to set up any kind of pension scheme for your employees (an occupational pension) but you do need to offer your em...

Recruiting the Right People

As your business grows it may become inevitable that you begin to employ additional members of staff. You can read a beginner’s guide for first time employ...

Skills and Training for Your Staff

The people that work in your business are one of its more important assets. As such it's important that you continually develop and expand that asset to help...

Solving Employee Disputes

Every business with employees will at some point have to handle a dispute. Disputes can be over a wide-range of topics from pay to discrimination. It is impo...

Terms and Conditions for Employees

As your business expands it may need to take on employees. It is crucial that the terms and conditions of that employment are clearly understood by both you...

Using Consultants in Your Business

The latest research suggests that consultants and freelance workers now make up approximately 13 per cent of the UK’s workforce. As an asset, consultants c...