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20th March 2017
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Advice for SMEs employing family & friends

Advice for SMEs employing family & friends

Employing Family and Friends

It’s common for SME’s to find themselves employing family and friends when they expand their business and their teams. Carole Burman, MD of MAD-HR talks to Nic Pandolfi from Menta Suffolk on how to overcome the pitfalls of doing so – the advice is true for all businesses and all employees so well worth a listen.

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