Blog - Business
Does it really feel like Christmas?
30th Sep 2020Business, Coronavirus, Employee Benefits, EventsHuman Resources
Staff Party Planning during a pandemic For those involved in staff party planning they would normally be breathing a sigh of relief by the end of August for having completed, what can be seen by many, as the most challenging/unwanted task of the year: organising the Christmas party! It is never easy to provide a celebration that is accessible and acceptable by all. That has the balance of professional ground...
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Purple Tuesday Spotlight
29th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Purple Tuesday Spotlight Purple Tuesday is about to celebrate its ninth birthday. Based in Norwich, with a team of thirteen, the software house supports a wide range sectors and industries. Having a broad client base, and being a tech company, placed them in a better starting position than many when the pandemic hit back in March, but the past six months have not been without challenges. They have had to...
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Employee Overseas Travel
29th Sep 2020Business, Coronavirus, Employment Law, HR ResourcesHuman Resources
How to Manage Employee Overseas Travel During Covid-19 As part of the Government’s plan to reduce the rise of Coronavirus infections across the UK, we have seen a number of counties placed on the quarantine list over the past few months, resulting in returning travellers from those destinations, being placed into self-isolation on their return. This has not only had a general impact on the wider population but also employee...
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Ledger Business Solutions Spotlight
25th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Ledger Business Solutions Spotlight Mark Ledger, Principal of Ledger Business Solutions works with owner-managed and family-owned SMEs throughout East Anglia. Whilst he describes himself as a Portfolio Finance Director, the title does not give justice to the roles he performs for his clients. These range from creating a business plan, to providing a regular senior strategic leadership role. During the past six months, his clients have included organisations in a...
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Job Support Scheme
24th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusHuman Resources
Announced today the Job Support Scheme The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today outlined additional government support through the Job Support Scheme to provide certainty to businesses and workers impacted by coronavirus across the UK. Delivering a speech in Parliament, the Chancellor announced a package of measures that will continue to protect jobs and help businesses through the uncertain months ahead as we continue to tackle the spread of the virus. The...
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Quickfire Digital Spotlight
20th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Quickfire Digital Spotlight Nathan Lomax started providing marketing and web services whilst still at school. Some ten years later, he is now one of three founders of Quickfire Digital: a web development and design agency. Quickfire Digital is emerging from the pandemic busier than ever, with an optimistic view of the future. Quickfire Digital was founded in 2017, by Nathan, Fred, and Martin. In early 2020 they decided the time...
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MAD-HR Spotlight
14th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
MAD-HR Spotlight Our MAD-HR Spotlight feature looks at a businesses most valuable asset - its employees. We also investigate the role the virus has played in turning businesses into either a hare, a tortoise or a hedgehog. Read on to learn more. Lockdown restrictions are easing, and businesses are trying to define and adapt to their new “normal”. Business leaders are faced with the challenge of managing the colossal impact...
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Safepoint – Spotlight
4th Sep 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Safepoint Spotlight The focus for Safepoint is employee protection and safety, by providing technology-based solutions to concerns with lone working. Launched successfully in 2019, they intended to do a marketing campaign in the first quarter of 2020 to introduce their app and guardian portal to the wider market: a campaign that has been delayed by three months due to Covid-19. Being a tech company, the move to homeworking in March...
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Kickstart Scheme
2nd Sep 2020Business, Coronavirus, Human ResourcesRecruitment
Kickstart Scheme Goes Live In the Chancellor’s Summer Statement, he announced that the Government will be supporting the UK’s economic recovery, with a number of measures which includes the Kickstart Scheme. This is a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term...
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Why Now Is The Time to Review Your HR Strategy
2nd Sep 2020Business, Employee Engagement, HR Resources, Human Resources, LeadershipRecruitment
HR Strategy An HR Strategy is critical to ensure the success of your business plan. It ensures that you have your most important asset - your people – in place to achieve the goals you desire. Without a robust, up to date HR strategy, you are unlikely to hit your targets and / or be able to sustain them long-term, or experience further growth. Now is the time for you...
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Big Drop Brewing Co – Spotlight
30th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Big Drop Brewing Co. James Kindred and Rob Fink founded Big Drop Brewing Co in 2016: a radical change from their previous careers of web design and law. Driven by their own desire to see quality alcohol-free beer readily available, they have since that time launched over a dozen products and received numerous international awards for their range of craft low/no alcohol ales. Being stocked by major supermarket chains, pubs,...
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HR Strategy – 5 critical steps
28th Aug 2020Business, HR ResourcesHuman Resources
5 Critical HR Strategy steps to implement in your business We love talking to clients about their plans for the future of their business, however the current pandemic has meant that many businesses are having to rethink their plans for their business and rethink their profit ambitions as a result. With a need to review your business plans, what impact does this have on your HR strategy and in all honesty,...
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Online HR Resources
18th Aug 2020Business, HR Resources, Human ResourcesOnline HR
Online HR Resources Innovation and creativity are becoming ever more critical to many organisations’ success. HR has the power to create the conditions most conducive to both, however how can online HR resources innovate and add value through technological solutions? Read on to find out. At the heart of innovation in HR is the implementation of new ideas, methods, and technologies to better meet the ever-evolving requirements of the organisation...
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Business Growth Coaches Network – Spotlight
18th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Business Growth Coaches Network - Spotlight Peter Basford, a business growth coach with the Business Growth Coaches Network, and his team have been working flat out since March. Not surprising when he describes himself as a mentor, coach, advisor, someone to celebrate success with and a shoulder to cry on – with that last one being heavily in demand at times during Covid-19. Like many businesses and SMEs, Peter’s type...
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Queuepay Spotlight
14th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Queuepay Spotlight In June 2019, Ellis Heighes had an idea for a quick and easy purchasing platform without the need to download an app. An idea that started with the principle of scanning a QR code to enable the purchase of a product quickly and easily for the consumer was developed and tested over the following months, and Queuepay was ready to launch in February 2020. A few weeks later...
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Evander – Spotlight
10th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Evander Spotlight Evander’s Central Operations is in Norwich, supporting 20 branches throughout the country. The UK’s leading provider of glazing and lock services, helping over 120,000 customers per year, they are a trusted brand with strong relationships in multiple sectors including insurance, facilities management and noise abatement. When Covid-19 started affecting businesses in March, it was no different for Evander. They have continued to operate throughout lockdown supplying prompt responses...
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Expert Print Management- Spotlight
7th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Expert Print Management - Spotlight Expert Print Management owned and managed by Paul Youngs is a successful Norwich based business working with marketers and marketing departments of businesses throughout the UK. Paul has over thirty years’ experience in the print industry, and over that time has seen significant change and survived economic turmoil more than once, but nothing quite prepared him for 2020. All three areas of the business –...
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New Anglia Growth Hub Spotlight
6th Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
New Anglia Growth Hub was set up in 2014 to provide free face-to-face business support. Since then, its team of expert advisers have engaged with over 9800 businesses, providing more than 51,000 hours of support across Norfolk and Suffolk. Businesses can access a range of support including help accessing grants and funding, international trade advice, training opportunities and specialist high growth support. Initiated by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership...
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Survivors Guide to Redundancy
3rd Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusRedundancy
Dealing with redundancy aftermath Survivors Guide to Redundancy - While the R rate may have become a much talked about piece of data in recent months, capturing the level of Covid infection ‘risk rate’, the other significant R word which keeps us all mindful of the pandemic impact – is Redundancy. This R Rate, continues to be high, and affecting businesses small and large throughout the UK. Indeed, the ONS (Office...
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Chase Plastic – Spotlight
1st Aug 2020Business, CoronavirusSpotlight
Chase Plastics Spotlight David Harris acquired Chase Plastics, one of the country’s longest established manufacturers of recycled plastic, in 2018. The company had a good reputation and established client base but needed new energy and a different approach to grow. Their historic demand had been based on price: it was cheaper to use recycled polythene. However, in recent years the increased focus on sustainability and the circular economy has created...
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