All Starting A Business articles – Page 22
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Feature
How to help your business during Coronavirus
By Dr Lynda Shaw , neuroscientist, business psychologist and change specialist. The news at the moment about COVID-19 is very alarming, and for many our anxiety levels are on high alert which in the long term can be at the expense of our mental and physical health. So what can ...
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Leading virtually during the COVID-19 crisis (and beyond)
By Dr Andy Brown, CEO, ENGAGE . The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the way millions of individuals work. Many people are now working remotely for the first time, separating employees, managers, and leaders who previously worked together in more centralised locations or structures. This is an understandably stressful time ...
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It’s rare to see a unicorn: Why ‘slow and steady’ is still going strong
By Charlie Davies, CEO and co-founder of TravelTime . In 2009 I was stuck in a traffic jam when I had the idea to change the way we do location based search. Humans search in time, but the way we are often forced to do online search is by distance. ...
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Three-quarters of Brits believe virtual meetings are a waste of time
A new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library , reveals that 75.9% of Brits think virtual work meetings are a waste of time; with one in three (34.4%) admitting that they excuse themselves from online meetings that they get bored of. The study surveyed 2,000 working professionals ...
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UK consumer shopping habits set to be permanently altered by COVID-19 lockdown
The shopping habits of UK consumers have been permanently altered by the coronavirus lockdown, new research has found. Commissioned by global commerce services company, PFS, the survey looks at changes in consumer online purchasing behaviour, as well as their perceptions and expectations of brands around the pandemic. Consumer behaviour The ...
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NewsOBR predicts strong economic bounce back, says Rishi Sunak
At today’s government press briefing, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said that the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects a strong bounce back in the UK economy later this year. The OBR report did in fact predict that the UK economy could contract by 35 per cent by the end of ...
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Opinion
The importance of strategic and empathetic furloughing
By Ian Cowley, Managing Director of Cartridge Save . We’re hoping that we’re not going to have to furlough. We’re very fortunate in that we are still doing a lot of orders. However, the current uncertainty means that could all change overnight. To that end we’ve got a plan in ...
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Watchdog suggests that it is the lockdown rather than the virus itself that will badly hit the economy
Britain's economy could shrink by 35% in the second quarter and see unemployment jump by two million, according to a scenario published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The Office for Budget Responsibility has today released an initial exploration of the possible impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the ...
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Pensions and furloughing
By Penny Cogher and Larisa Gordan from Irwin Mitchell. Since the Government published details about its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, there have been many questions asked about what it means for pensions. While we don’t yet have the complete picture about furloughing and its impact on pension contributions, ...
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Nearly half of self-employed fear they will not have enough money to cover basic costs despite government support
New research by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has found that almost half (45%) of the self-employed fear they will not have enough money to cover basic costs like rent and bills during the Coronavirus crisis, despite the government support on offer. Overall, two thirds ...
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What can your business do to support staff mental wellbeing whilst Covid-19 is with us?
By Craig Bulow, Corporate Away Days . As you consider how Covid-19 is affecting your business it is very important to also consider how it is affecting your staff. I don’t mean the medical aspect of the virus, but rather the impact on employees’ mental health as they face the ...
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Opinion
Freelancers and SME’s: Survival in this crisis. Advice from entrepreneur who co-founded, owned and produced Dirty Dancing on Stage
A talk by Michael Jacobsen, Serial Entrepreneur 14/04/2020 at 14:00 The world is going through a multi-level crisis unprecedented in modern history and without a short or medium term solution. Heath, economic and financial problems now take centre stage. Michael Jacobsen is an entrepreneur and one of the ...
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Coronavirus checklist: 10-steps to safeguard your business
By David Luck, CEO at Capital on Tap . With many office-based businesses still required to work from home, it can be stressful trying to manage your company and protect your employees, customers, and interests. Capital on Tap's CEO, David Luck shares his “business health MOT” checklist, to ensure ...
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Happy news: Orders fly out for bigmoose coffee co #supportsmallbusinesses
bigmoose has never been about making money, everything they have done in the past few years has been completely funded by donations. However, owners Chloe and Jeff decided they wanted to grow bigmoose and so the dream of bigmoose coffee co was born.
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Happy news: Entrepreneurs come together to support UK’s 5m self-employed
A team of self-isolating entrepreneurs from London’s burgeoning Fintech sector built a proof of concept which aims to support the UKs 5m self-employed in the COVID-19 economic crisis.
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Happy news: Comedian Joe Lycett backs Boss Brewing vs Hugo Boss
Boss Brewing are a multi-award-winning craft beer brewery from Swansea, South Wales.
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Fears around 5G masts are entirely baseless and we welcome the moves by government to dispel these myths, says Three UK
Mobile phone mast fires are being investigated amid conspiracy theories claiming a link between 5G and coronavirus. Robert Finnegan, CEO, Three UK said: “Engineers in Three are working through the coronavirus to keep people in the UK connected, to their loved ones and to their work. This is absolutely vital ...
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Pensions’ triple lock must be axed to help pay coronavirus bill as recession looms, experts say
The triple lock guarantee of increases in the state pension should be abandoned to ensure the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis is fair to working-age households, a think-tank says today. The Social Market Foundation said that the huge economic cost of the emergency measures deployed to manage the epidemic ...
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Pub goers tell company bosses: Cancel rents during Coronavirus crisis to save our locals from permanent closure
Pub goers and beer drinkers across the country are sending thousands of emails to pub company bosses, asking them to take urgent action to cancel rents for pub landlords in order to save locals from permanent closure. Whilst some pub companies have offered support to their tenants by cancelling rent ...
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Four new lenders announced under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) – The Co-operative Bank, Cynergy Bank, OakNorth Bank and Starling Bank. Following their approval, each lender will be putting in place the operations required to start ...
