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Grow your business organically
Difference between organic and inorganic business growth; their pros and cons, and how to grow your business organically.
Compete to win business
How to overcome competition in business and find ways to win customers and business from your competitors.
Find new business opportunities
How to spot new business opportunities, find ways to exploit them and successfully compete for new business.
10 CSR activity ideas for positive social impact
Examples of meaningful CSR initiatives to help you encourage teamwork, build reputation, and contribute positively to the community.
Allowing time off work
When staff have a statutory right to time off, when it must be paid, and how to deal with discretionary requests.
Time off work for training and certain job-related duties and activities
Time off for training for those to be made redundant, union and safety representatives, and pension scheme trustees.
Who has the right to time off work and when is it paid?
Time off for trade union work, TUPE consultation, pension scheme, and public duties is a paid, statutory requirement.
Time off work for information and consultation purposes
Time off to be a representative in redundancy and transfer situations, and to attend information and consultation meetings.
Time off work for personal commitments and emergencies
An employee's right to unpaid time off to look after dependants in an emergency, discretionary and extended leave.
Time off for public and judicial service and duties
Time off rights for employees taking part in activities relating to public bodies and the legal system.
Statutory time off work for parental reasons
Time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave or parental leave, and time off for pregnant employees.
Create a knowledge management strategy
How to develop a knowledge management strategy, and use it to transfer, share and use knowledge to grow your business.
Sharing knowledge in your business
How to share knowledge effectively and efficiently between different people and areas in your business.
Knowledge management systems
Overview of the systems you can use to manage knowledge in a business - eg data mining, analytical and reporting tools.
Assured Skills: delivering skilled employees through pre-employment training programmes
The Assured Skills programme offers you the chance to recruit high quality individuals who are 'job ready'.
Employees working from home
The key issues to consider if you decide that working from home is a possibility for your business.
Paid and unpaid statutory time-off rights for workers
Information detailing whether you are legally obliged to pay an employee for time off.
Advantages of managing your staff's time off work
The benefits of allowing discretionary time off work, having a time-off policy and considering flexible working.
Advantages and disadvantages of employees working at home
Key advantages and disadvantages of home working - from productivity boosts to problems monitoring performance.
Time off work for employees in the armed forces
Supporting employees linked to the armed forces can benefit your business by promoting leadership skills.