Staff

Friday 30th July 2021

Getting the very best from your staff in 5 quick steps By Sid Madge, Meee According to Gallup, 85% of the global workforce is disengaged, and it is estimated that the cost of a disengaged employee could be 34% of their annual salary. What can you do about this? Well, in every strong relationship it’s…

Embed Change

Wednesday 28th July 2021

Ensuring the change you want to embed in your business succeeds  By Karen Dunne-Squire, Elation Experts Every business is full of amazing ideas. But ideas don’t always coalesce into real business benefits. Here are five key tips that every business can embrace that will ensure that those brilliant ideas, that you know will solve the…

PD Skills

Friday 23rd July 2021

The seven attributes of highly successful property developers By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, propertyCEO The trick to being a property developer is to play the role of a CEO rather than that of a Project Manager. A Project Manager looks to manage the project personally, which involves ensuring that all professionals, contractors, and tradespeople do what…

Being Back

Thursday 22nd July 2021

Being back in the office brings benefits and challenges By Craig Bulow, Corporate Away Days A year of lockdown has been tough on many people, but not all in the same way. Now that employees who have been working from home or who were furloughed are returning to office environments, it is the responsibility of…

Home Interiors

Monday 19th July 2021

High-Quality Great Value Home Interiors When you walk into a showroom in the knowledge that you have x amount of money put aside to spend on a new kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom, it’s understandable that you might feel somewhat vulnerable. You’re walking into a room full of expert salespeople who most likely know a lot…

Disabled Workers

Thursday 15th July 2021

How Social Enterprise Kent is supporting people with disabilities and health conditions Since 2017 Social Enterprise Kent has been successfully delivering the Let’s Get Working project across East Kent. Let’s Get Working is a bespoke and highly effective employability project supporting people who are unemployed and have disabilities and health conditions, to go into long-…

Older Workers

IMPROVING LIVES, SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES How Social Enterprise Kent is Supporting Older Workers Social Enterprise Kent (SEK) is the lead partner for the Building Better Opportunities project Lots More to Offer which has been in operation since 2017. In partnership with Swale Community and Voluntary Services ( SCVS) based in Sittingbourne, the project is delivered across…

Hospital Tech

Wednesday 14th July 2021

Which technologies are changing hospitals? By Joe Fernandes, founder and CEO, BuzzStreets If you are a film buff or sci-fi aficionado you will be aware of the many technologies that have been imagined by creative writers.  The automatic door first thought of by H.G. Wells, the wireless headset worn by Uhura in Star Trek, to name but…

Managing Holidays

Saturday 3rd July 2021

Given the ongoing restrictions to travel we think employers could have to deal with holiday congestion this year and face an increase in requests to carry forward holidays to take the time off in 2022. Delayed weddings, foreign holidays missed and overdue visits to see family overseas are all likely to contribute to this. It’s…

PropDev

Thursday 1st July 2021

Deciding which property development project is right for you  By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, propertyCEO Choosing the right property development project can often present something of a challenge, particularly for the new or inexperienced developer. Many a head has been turned by the chunky profits that can be made from larger schemes. Of course, economies of…

social images

Managing your social media imagery By Emeka Ikechi, Director, Vanity Studios Serious professionals do not have a low resolution holiday snap on their LinkedIn profile. That may sound obvious, but this type of mistake is very common. Whether you are a freelancer, own a business, or are simply looking to level up your job prospects,…

Biosample

Wednesday 30th June 2021

Business interests versus needs of researchers By Robert Hewitt, MB BS, PhD, Biosample Hub The business of sourcing biospecimens for medical research is like any other business – profits are important. For the brokers who charge a fee to act as an intermediary between the hospital biobank where the sample was originally collected and preserved…

Business Mums

Monday 28th June 2021

BEING A MOTHER AND AN ENTREPRENEUR By Judy Piatkus, author of ‘Ahead of Her Time; How a One-Woman Startup Became a Global Publishing Brand’. More new businesses have been registered by women in 2021 than ever before.  But for women hoping to become mothers, or who already have families, the challenge of running your own business…

Impact

Saturday 26th June 2021

Make a positive impact in all your meetings By Ga Lok Chung, Toastmasters International One of my all-time favourite scenes from a movie is from Big (1988) starring Tom Hanks.  The premise of the movie is a wish ‘to be big’ which turns twelve-year-old Josh Baskin into a thirty-year-old man, played by Hanks. After heading to New York,…

Angel

Wednesday 23rd June 2021

Why angel investing could be for you By Gavin Heys, Envestors Private Investment Club  If you enjoy watching the likes of Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones battling to become an investor in an exciting new company, you might have wondered if there are opportunities for you to become involved in angel investing.  Many people like the…