Tips on Event Networking
You walk into a business event what do you see? People - strangers
How to Get the Most From Your Sales Team
Your sales people are the driving force of your business — nurturing your existing customers and converting new prospects. So how do you build and motivate a sales team to ensure you maximise its potential and get the best results? Pick
Future-Proof Your Business: Buying Tip
Part two of Future Proofing Your Business, by Maria Chappell, Head of Category at Euroffice Group. Spot buying is just like being stuck in traffic! It’s a sullen day on a British motorway, traffic suddenly slows down, you can see it backing up
How To Prepare Your Business For Bad Weather
It’s normal for us Brits to complain about the weather, but sometimes our complaints are justified, when flooding and snow problems seriously impact our business. Make sure this doesn’t happen to you, by planning ahead for bad weather. Monitor forecasts Extreme weather
Future-Proof Your Business: Improving Customer Engagement
The Office Supplies industry is experiencing an unprecedented amount of change. The reducing volume of product sold and increasing competition has had a downward pressure on selling prices and consequently margins throughout our industry: manufactures, wholesalers and dealers.In these continually
SME Business Update
Our roundup of news for small businesses, including the introduction of the new Consumer Rights Act 2015 National Living Wage Small firms are worried that the National Living Wage (NLW) will affect their ability to hire new staff and expand their business.The
Marketing Campaign Top Tips
Understand who your customers are and when they shop, find out why they come to you and use this knowledge to define the target audience. If you have a website look at what time customers visit
How To Never Miss A Business Call
Every call matters, as an entrepreneur you can't afford to miss that important call from a customer or investor. How you manage calls makes the difference between winning a client and losing a sale.Most businesses start small and one of
Do’s and Dont’s When Starting Up In Business
Start ups operate differently from companies that have been around for decades. They are more fragile and require more blood, sweat and tears. How they operate from the start can make or break the company so we have put together
Business Aspiration vs. Stress Avoidance
Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us invigorated. But unreasonable workloads can lead to stress, which undermines performance, is costly, and can make us ill. Stress is the adverse reaction people have when excessive
Fear of Change – Simon Drakeford
Benjamin Franklin once said, “When you are finished changing, you are finished.” These are wise words that apply just as powerfully to business as they do to individuals. And yet the fear of change is still rife among both, rendering many paralysed
Top Tips For Working On The Road
If you have a job that takes you out of the office frequently, check out these great tips to see how you can stay productive and remove the stress of working while on the road. Remote working begins with initially setting