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International business travel: working hours and pay
Working hours and pay issues employers need to be aware of when asking staff to travel abroad on business.
International business travel: health and safety
Learn more about health and safety and limit your risks before you send employees overseas.
International business travel: expenses
Why keeping receipts for overseas expenditure is essential to claiming expenses for business travel.
Employment businesses - content of terms with work-seekers
Terms that should be agreed with those looking to seek work.
Taking on voluntary staff
The benefits and challenges of taking on voluntary workers.
When an employee resigns
Steps to take when an employee resigns, including carrying out an exit interview and dealing with difficult situations.
Checklist: what to do when an employee resigns
Useful checklist to help employers manage the resignation process.
Resignations: conducting exit interviews
Investigate the reasons staff may have for leaving your business so you can address them and reduce staff turnover.
Finding out why an employee wants to resign
How to deal with an employee who has handed in their resignation and the requirements around notice periods.
Advantages and disadvantages of taking on volunteers
The business benefits and risks of taking on voluntary workers.
Ten tips to increase profits
Simple strategies to help you reduce costs and increase the efficiency, productivity and value of your business.
Strategies to improve sales and profitability
Increase your business' profitability by assessing your current performance, controlling costs and processes, and maximising sales.
Increase profitability through supply chain management
Examine your purchasing processes and supply chain management to identify if you can increase profitability and efficiency of your supply chain.
Continuous improvement for better profitability
Importance of reviewing productivity and market trends, and analysing your business performance, to maintain the profitability of your business.
Reduce business costs to increase profits
Analyse your direct and indirect business costs to control and reduce expenditure and maximise your profit.
Enter new markets to increase profits
Increase your profitability by extending your products and services into new sectors or territories.
Improve productivity to increase profits
Understand the relationship between productivity and profitability - their differences and impact on your business' bottom line.
Target your most profitable customers
How to identify your best customers and sell more products or services to those customers that will deliver the most profit.
Strategies to increase sales revenue
Try these strategies to increase your sales and boost the profitability of your customers, product lines and business.
Calculate your profit margins
How to work out your gross profit margin and your net profit, and use these measures to increase revenue and profitability of your business.