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There was a sense of inevitability when Manchester United sacked Jose Mourinho. Exactly three years to the day since he parted ways with Chelsea for the second time, history repeated itself once more, with the United board calling time on his reign after a string of bad results left the club 19 points adrift of the league leaders and unlikely to…

Managing cash flow is one of the biggest challenges a small business owner has to overcome. It is the reason why many sound businesses often fail. They have a fantastic product or service, but cash flow problems and an inability to raise the finance they need in the short term can mean they cannot meet their liabilities and hence they fail.…

As we all know, the goal of marketing is to interest potential customers and clients into buying your products or services. In today’s digital age, companies are increasingly looking to market themselves more online, and rightly so. Digital marketing offers up a huge number of new opportunities to reach more people and to entice existing customers…

Are you searching for ways to boost staff morale, lower employee turnover and boost productivity in the workplace? If so, you need to focus your attention on corporate team-building activities. Team-building exercises are an easy way to create a company culture that works. Company culture involves the environment, values and goals of a business…

Back in the day, marketing was simpler. Everything was ruled by the four Ps: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. Marketing teams would define it all, and watch the sales roll in, or not. But over time, the four Ps have been separated. Product marketing became responsible for product. Finance took on pricing. Sales looked after, you guessed it,…

According to the UK Card Association, the number of card purchases rose to a record 1.4 billion transactions in April 2017. This increase is down to the migration of cash payments to cards, as well as the increased use and acceptance of contactless. In April 2017 the number of contactless payments accounted for 30% of total purchases, up from…

There’s a simple behaviour trait that can impact all of our relationships. For managers, it’s possibly the best communication tool in your arsenal. The art of listening. It’s pretty normal for organisations to fall over themselves to get customers to listen to them, spending thousands of pounds in the process. But more often than not, the same…

For a long-while, business leaders have referred to the Ansoff Matrix to help devise the strategy for growth.

A quarter of businesses who have applied for patents have no idea they could claim a valuable form of tax relief on profits known as Patent Box, research by tax specialist Catax reveals.