FUNDING FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

Brighter Directions are pleased to be approved providers for the Leadership Development grants available for businesses around the region. Grants are available for up to £1,000 matched funding from the Leadership & Management Advisory Service to eligible businesses in order to develop essential management skills. For more information to check if your business would be…

FACEBOOK DEBUTS ‘FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS’

At the end of last month, Facebook debuted a step-by-step online guide aimed at helping small businesses use the social networking site. The company describes the new site as a ‘online education centre’ for its users giving information about how to set up a profile page and create targeted advertising on the site. The timing…

NEW OFFICE STARTERS – INDUCTION PROCESS

As a manager, you are legally responsible for the health and safety of your employees. A high-quality health and safety induction for new employees will help you meet your responsibilities. For many businesses, all that’s required is a basic series of tasks set by the HSE governing body and have lots of information available to…

UK ROITS AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESSES

Have you got the “riot” measures in place for your employees? Most small businesses have woken this morning to face the aftermath of the riots taken places across the UK with the situation expected to be an ongoing concern for businesses located in the areas. Is your business adequately equipped to deal with the HR…

NEW BRIBERY ACT – ARE YOU COVERED?

Taking a valued customer out for a three-course lunch or sending a client a bottle of champagne as a thank you gift can be an important part of a maintaining a good working relationship. But upcoming reforms have made many small firms question whether wining and dining clients will remain straightforward. Will the Bribery Act…