Maintaining a founding company culture within startups isn’t easy, especially when they begin to grow. So how can entrepreneurs ensure that their staff retain that entrepreneurial drive and innovative thinking that first set the company on the road to success
Discount deal sites such as Groupon have proved a big hit with shoppers. However, Perkbox, set up by three founders from Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo!, has ensured group buying is also being offered to small companies, and is part of our Everline Future 50 2016.
You’re paying your staff, so they should be satisfied with that, right Wrong. Real Business has discovered that today’s employees should absolutely be viewed by bosses as consumers if they truly want to make their businesses successful hubs of productivity.
By Nigel Wright
Nigel Wright, managing director of Converge Technology Specialists, examines how agile working is enabling SMEs to grow with a competitive edge.
Whether you’re a small business with only a couple of employees, or an established medium-sized firm with a staff count in the hundreds, payroll is a core operational component that you cannot afford to get wrong.
By Nick Hogan
With many business leaders seeing recruitment as strictly a HR function, Nick Hogan, head of human capital management at Access Group, discusses why companies should be investing in technology to prevent losing their most talented employees.
Picture care workers, cleaners and catering staff. These traditional women’s jobs have the unenviable distinction of being three of the lowest paid jobs in the UK – typically well below £10 per hour. And that’s a big problem – particularly in the adult social care sector, where attracting the very best is important to deliver quality of care.
In Didier Elzinga’s previous role as a Hollywood visual effects chief working on CGI for the likes of Harry Potter, he decided to branch out to start a software business where he could harness his experience as a “glorified psychiatrist.”
The success of a good entrepreneur is marked by the success of the people they surround themselves with.
