Business growth

We’ve all got our hobbies - things we turn to in our spare time, lose ourselves in, and love to do - but not everyone realises that in some cases, our fun and fulfilling pastimes could be turned into paid sidelines or even lucrative businesses. Over the last 12 months we’ve all turned to our hobbies more than ever, after all, what else has there been to do? 

Taking on an apprentice can offer major business benefits and ultimately result in a new pool of home-grown talent for your company.  Apprenticeships are all about earning while learning - your new prodigy will work alongside you or other experienced staff members with the aim of achieving a work-based qualification at the end. 

Advertising is one of the pillars of business success, no matter how big or small the business in question is - it’s what grabs consumer attention, puts you on their radar, and ultimately turns them into paying customers. But spreading the word about your fantastic small business can seem tricky when you have a tight marketing budget, so in this article, we’ll cover 13 ways to market your business on a budget.

The aim of the game for most businesses is to make more money, and how do they do that? By making more sales. But how do businesses encourage customers to purchase more from them without coming across as pushy and overbearing? Unfortunately, we don’t have a definitive answer but we do have is nine tried and tested techniques for encouraging customers to put more in their basket without sending them running for the hills with heavy-handed sales techniques. 

Hallelujah! Boris Johnson finally shared the news we’ve all been waiting for on February 22nd - how we’re going to come out of the other side of lockdown once and for all. Step two of the COVID recovery plan was shared along with the publication of the government’s updated COVID-19 advice which states all retailers throughout the UK can prepare to open their doors once more after April 12th.