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How to turn around a struggling business
The areas of your business that you should assess in order to uncover any problems or potential problems.
Steps to make your business more efficient
How you can get the most out of your staff, processes and resources to reduce costs and improve your business.
How you can improve your profitability
How to identify and take advantage of the opportunities within your business to enhance your profit margins.
Advantages of employing part-time workers
The benefits to employers of employing a part-time worker.
Recruiting and managing part-time workers
How employers can bring part-time workers into their business.
Options for part-time working
Considering term-time-only workers and job sharing as options for part-time working.
Changing an employee's working hours
How an employer can reach an agreement with a worker when you want to change their working hours.
Introducing job-sharing
Job-sharing is a good way of allowing part-time workers to cover full-time job positions.
Privacy and data protection in direct marketing
What steps you must take to protect your customers' privacy and data and comply with the law when carrying out email, telephone or any other direct marketing.
Data Protection Act
How rules on data protection are likely to affect your business including what personal information you store, how long you retain personal information, how it is stored and what it may be used for.
Frequently asked questions about email marketing data protection
Some frequently asked questions about data protection in marketing including advertising for third parties, email marketing lists and similar products and services.
Electronic, email and telephone marketing regulations
Email, telephone and fax marketing regulations including rules about opting-in and opting-out of email communications and the telephone preference service.
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
The practical steps you can take to make sure your e-marketing complies with the privacy regulations.
Data protection when buying marketing databases
Your responsibilities when buying personal information for marketing purposes including informing individuals and seeking consent.
Data protection offences and enforcement
Offences under data protection law relating to notification, obtaining data without consent and breaching notices.
Data protection and direct marketing
Tell people who you are, how you will use their information and if you will pass it on to other businesses to comply with data protection regulations.
Using cookies and the law
You must be open about what cookies do, how and why you use cookies and provide instructions on how to turn them off to comply with electronic communications regulations.
Selling effectively on eBay
How to successfully sell your products on eBay including getting your items found by potential customers and how to increase your schemes.
Getting started on eBay
The basics of get started selling products on eBay including creating an account and listing and the different fees and rules.
Product strategy - positioning and differentiation
How to focus on your existing products or services and position them to meet your customers’ needs and distinguish them from your competitors.