Its Business Innovation all the way in Birmingham and our aim is to bring business together @ The Midlands Expo Birmingham Here at Great British Expos we are delighted to bring back one our longest running Exhibitions The Midlands Expo (Birmingham) on Thursday 24th June @ The Holte Suite, Aston Villa FC, Birmingham. This exhibition is the ultimate event for businesses within the Midlands region, designed to help you network, make new connections and grow your business. Attending the Midlands Expo gives SMEs a huge advantage. Join over 1000 SMEs from across the region who will be attending the business…
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Xero’s Small Business Index is at its lowest point since February 2021, suffering the most drastic monthly fall since April 2020 Tougher economic conditions caused by rising inflation has left the UK’s small businesses squeezed tighter between soaring energy bills and wages on one side, and slower consumer spending power and late payments, according to the latest data from Xero, the global small business platform. Xero’s Small Business Index, based on anonymised and aggregated data from hundreds of thousands of small businesses, fell 11 points to 83 in April. This is the lowest reading since February 2021 and the most…
Julianne Ponan, the founder of award-winning, allergy-free food brand, Creative Nature, will be one of the key speakers at The Allergy & Free-From Show in London this summer. It’s ten years since Julianne Ponan aged just 22 started making her own healthy snacks out of frustration at the lack of nut-free products on the market that weren’t packed with additives. She used superfood ingredients to improve the nutrient value and used her then fiancé, Matt, as a guinea-pig to get the flavours right. Julianne has life-threatening allergies and her business, Creative Nature, was built to cater for those with problems…
Michelle Stark, Director at Fasthosts shares the four key indicators you should look out for when checking your hosting provider’s cybersecurity is up to scratch. Just as a physical shop wouldn’t underestimate the importance of burglar alarms or CCTV cameras, businesses operating in the online world can’t afford to overlook their cybersecurity. The internet is constantly expanding and evolving, and the wider a business casts its net into this, the more likely it will catch something it doesn’t want. In fact, there are 65,000 attempts to hack small to medium sized businesses occurring every day in the UK and this…
The workplace can be very stressful at times and, while some stress can be avoided with proper task delegation, communication and resource allocation, another less obvious factor is negatively impacting many workers’ mental wellbeing – gut health. With corporate wellness high on the agenda for many organisations, now is the time for employers to prioritise their teams’ gut health as part of their overall approach to employee mental wellbeing. However, with limited understanding amongst employers on the intrinsic connection between the gut, the brain and workplace wellness and performance, it is no surprise that so few are taking their…
A new study on skills in the workplace has revealed a list of the most important skills that workers expect a manager to possess, with leadership right at the top of what they want. Around half (51% of men and 45% of women) of the 2,048 working-age adults polled by Censuswide, on behalf of enterprise LMS provider Digits, thought leadership skills were the most essential. Verbal communication and teamwork skills ranked joint second for over a third (35%) of people, closely followed by empathy and problem-solving skills (30% and 29% respectively). Surprisingly, written communication skills came last on the list…
The sustained performance of family businesses can be attributed to several characteristics and next-generation leadership skills unique to their business models. A Global Family Business Report from KPMG Private Enterprise and the STEP Project Global Consortium highlights how emotional attachment to one’s organisation and the ability of next-gens to take risks and experience life outside the family business are critical elements of future business success. ‘The regenerative power of family businesses’ brings together insights from 2,439 CEOs and other leaders from top family businesses across 70 countries and territories, illustrating the common factors that make up the formula for family business…
Harrods, the world-famous luxury department store, has solved one of its biggest headaches by diverting tonnes of its used paper hand towels from general waste. Having already reduced Harrod’s waste by replacing its paper hand towel product with a more absorbent alternative, Banner, the full-service business supplies company, identified Kimberly-Clark Professional’s RightCycle service as a circular solution for paper towel sustainability. The service seamlessly recycles all existing hand towel waste. The used paper towels are regularly collected, compressed and processed into new paper products. Critically, Banner was able to set up this service at no additional cost to Harrods while…
Global demand for eSIMs is skyrocketing — in 2021, there were 1.2 billion eSIM-enabled devices, and this figure is expected to rise to 3.4 billion by 2025. In recent years the world of work has changed at a rapid pace and businesses face the challenge of determining which new technology is right for them. Here Hamish White, CEO of eSIM as a Service provider Mobilise, explains how eSIMs can help manage employees and provide business opportunities. For decades, SIM cards with a programmable IC chip called a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) have been used to store authentication parameters, including…
When it comes to attracting top talent, branding is about more than just the company’s colour scheme and the logo: it’s about reflecting the things that make a workplace special, proving to candidates that the business is reliable and straightforward, and making the candidate feel valued. In a competitive, continually developing jobs landscape, this makes sense. Businesses are looking to differentiate themselves in any way they can – especially as demand for skilled candidates continues to outstrip supply. Bullhorn’s annual Global Recruitment Insights & Data (GRID) report found that improving employer branding and recruitment marketing is a top priority for…