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Core skills all businesses require
Core skills your business needs to function successfully in areas including leadership, finance, and personnel.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
Manage workplace absence and sickness
An overview of the basic principles of managing absence and sickness effectively.
Leading your staff through change
Using communication skills to reduce disruption during periods of change
Employee absence as a conduct issue
How to manage an absence problem as a conduct issue where you may need to take disciplinary action.
Marketing, entertainment and subscriptions expenses
What types of marketing, entertainment and subscriptions your business can claim as business expenses.
Staff expenses
The types of allowable business expenses which you can claim for staff, and what you can't claim for.
Office, property and equipment expenses
How to claim business expenses for your office, property and equipment and an overview of eligible items.
Clothing expenses
What clothing items are classed as allowable business expenses that you can claim as expenses for your business.
Absence and sickness policies: what to include
An overview of what to include in absence and sickness policies.
Managing absence and sickness: five things you should know
Top tips to help employers effectively manage unexpected workplace absence.
Benefits of an absence and sickness policy
Productivity, morale, and staff retention can be improved with clear workplace policies on absence and sickness.
Employee absence due to bad weather
Flexible working and other issues you may have to tackle during bad weather.
Sources of leadership training
Forms of training available and where to get them
Legal and financial costs expenses
What you can claim for accountancy, legal and other professional fees and information on how to write off bad debts.
How to claim business expenses
How to keep on top of your business records in order to claim your business allowable expenses with HMRC.
Employee absence due to conflict at work
How to manage staff who are absent because of disputes or other conflicts in the workplace.
Employee absence as a capability issue
How an employee's illness can affect their ability to perform their job.
Lead and motivate staff: five top tips
The following top tips will help you to enhance your leadership skills and motivate your staff
Becoming an effective leader
Strategic focus, change management and other leadership skills, and how to acquire them