Top 5 tips for rewarding and investing in your workforce
Michael Kalli, commercial director at The Dining Club Group shares his top five tips for rewarding and investing in your workforce without pay rises.
Tag: Workforce
Five tips to unlock the true potential of your business merger
By Staff writer
Deals such as the proposed merger of Asda and Sainsbury’s often get the headlines, but businesses of all shapes, sizes, and sectors are increasingly turning to M&As as bosses look to supplement organic growth.
Why businesses are failing to communicate effectively with younger employees
The majority of UK businesses are failing to communicate properly with their younger employees and it’s affecting their workplace morale and productivity, a new survey has found.
The importance of investing in your leadership team
By Giles Fuchs
If someone was to ask me what is the single most important function of my role as managing director is, I would say: developing and investing in my leadership team.
Preparing for Brexit amid plans to make free movement a thing of the past
By Staff writer
Since the EU referendum result in June 2016 and the election ending in a hung parliament, employers have set their sights on preparing for Brexit and many are concerned.
To create a skilled workforce, Philip Hammond must give people of Britain the right tools
The British people need the right tools, if we wish to stand any hope of creating a truly skilled workforce that will make UK business a success.
Flexible working is oft-discussed, but here’s what you can learn from Vodafone’s approach
Kicking off the launch of Corporate Insights, a new interview series in which we hear from senior decision makers at large global firms about how they get the job done, two heads of Vodafone discuss the emergence of flexible working, implementation and what it really means for SMEs.
Maintaining our skills base with an ever-changing workforce
By Andrew Moore
In the modern business world working practices and the work environment have changed more rapidly in the last ten years than at any time since the industrial revolution. How do we retain our skills base
SME leaders face off: Three for and three against a Brexit
Always eager to cover both sides of the argument, Real Business canvassed the opinion of entrepreneurs and business owners on both sides of the European Union membership debate – producing some fascinating and explosive comments.
Low pay shouldn’t mean low value – Why I’m one of the lucky ones
On 28 May, we published an interview with Robert Stephenson-Padron, managing director of Penrose Care, a home care provider based in North London. Stephenson-Padron described the strongly ethical approach his business takes to valuing and supporting its predominantly female staff, and now we’re hearing from the other side of the fence.