Category: Blog

If you’re looking at recruiting tech talents, the chances are you’ll engage the services of a recruitment agency, advertise on well-known job sites, take a slot with specialist publications and maybe post something on LinkedIn. There’s nothing wrong with doing any of these. They can often get you brilliant results,[...]

If you’re designing and/or building a website or app, the most important thing to consider are the people who’ll be using it. Yet, this is often the thing that gets forgotten about or is seen an afterthought by many companies. But user experience, or UX, as it’s commonly referred to,[...]

Well-being is one of those words that’s everywhere right now, particularly in the world of work. You can see it splashed across job adverts and company websites, and it takes up lots of newspaper column inches and airspace on radio talk-shows. But is it simply the latest buzzword or something[...]

In business, it doesn’t usually pay to have your head in the clouds. However, there is one time when you really should do it – when you’re storing your data. Cloud computing isn’t new. It’s been around for a good few years and has shown itself to be more than[...]

2020 is the year old-style apprenticeship frameworks are being replaced. This is something the Institute for Apprenticeships has been working towards for the last three years. The idea behind this is to raise the overall standard of apprenticeships for those taking part in them, and the employers apprentices go on[...]

We’re living in times when things change incredibly quickly. This is particularly true of technology, where things have progressed so rapidly over the last 25 years or so, it’s led to this period being named ‘Industry 4.0’, or the fourth industrial revolution. It can sometimes be difficult to stay on[...]

A human resource (HR) function is critical for any business, no matter how small. From payroll and benefits to hiring and firing, or making sure you’re following the latest employment laws, having your own HR team can often have benefits that outweigh the costs. Understandably, in today’s uncertain economy, businesses[...]

A business is only as strong as its employees, so how do you recruit the best staff should be a key objective? Hiring is a laborious task and a costly one, so taking the right steps and putting the effort in will reap rewards. It needs to be an efficient[...]

Elevating your business to the next level is never going to be easy. There comes a time, through natural evolution, where many businesses are faced with one of biggest decisions the company has faced since it began – do we scale up? Scaling up a business is not a step[...]

Never underestimate the power of networking when it comes to business. Professional networking is not just about swapping business cards or gathering a list of connections on LinkedIn, it is a crucial part of your business strategy – and if it isn’t, it should be. Heather White, founder of Smarter[...]