Skip to content
Advertisement · Leaderboard 970×250
RealBusiness RealBusiness — Telling the truth about SME Life
Contact Us FREE Newsletter
  • Advice
    • Accountancy
    • Business Law & Compliance
    • Business Technology
    • Choosing Suppliers
    • Entrepreneur
    • Finance
    • HR & Management
    • International Trade
    • Leadership & Productivity
    • Loyalty & Rewards
    • Managing Your Cash Flow
    • Managing Your Fleet
    • Raising Finance
    • Sales & Marketing
    • Selling Your Business
    • Work & Wellbeing
  • Guides
  • Interviews
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
RealBusiness
  • Advice
    • Accountancy
    • Business Law & Compliance
    • Business Technology
    • Choosing Suppliers
    • Entrepreneur
    • Finance
    • HR & Management
    • International Trade
    • Leadership & Productivity
    • Loyalty & Rewards
    • Managing Your Cash Flow
    • Managing Your Fleet
    • Raising Finance
    • Sales & Marketing
    • Selling Your Business
    • Work & Wellbeing
  • Guides
  • Interviews
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
Contact Us FREE Newsletter

Tag: Firing

These violent delights: Be cautious when firing an employee with a darker side

July 13, 2018

By Shane Schutte

The recruitment process sadly neglects to inform business leaders what types of thoughts go on in candidates’ heads. So, it comes as a shock when an employee decides to try poisoning a colleague. When you decide to fire that employee though, take extra precautions.

Difference between firing staff and making them redundant

October 20, 2017

By Shane Schutte

There are plenty of terms that describe the fact that someone has left your employ and it’s the nature of their termination that truly sets them apart. That’s why we re taking a look at the difference between firing staff and making them redundant.

Legal action against City Link marks new approach to former directors of bankrupt companies

October 15, 2015

By Shane Schutte

Three former directors of City Link have been charged with criminal offences in relation to the collapse of the company last Christmas – which led to the loss of 3,000 jobs.

Protecting your business from annoyed ex-employees

September 16, 2015

By Ed Gregory

Here are five must-read tips to help protect your business from annoyed ex-employees.

Recent Posts

  • Private equity doesn’t build businesses, it bets on them
  • Meet Mark Sweeny of de Novo, the eighth fastest growing UK business
  • How employers can encourage men’s mental health in the workplace
  • From Olympic trials to a £5m wealth management platform: Strabo’s Ben Waterman
  • Take back control: new CMA rules let UK businesses block Google’s AI from scraping content

Recent Comments

No comments to show.
RealBusiness — Telling the truth about SME Life

Real Business has championed entrepreneurship in the UK since 1997. It is now the main source of inspiration, education, and collaboration for the owners of fast-growing businesses, from startups to mid-market companies. Real Business provides readers with high profile interviews, news, insight and industry benchmark reports, as well as a growing stable of events tailored to SME growth.

Main Links

Our Social Media

Do you want to write for us?

Click below to find out more

Find out more

© 2026 RealBusiness. All rights reserved.

Search

What are you looking for?