To have great employees, you need to be a great boss! It's a no-brainer; the better you are, the greater their morale and productivity.

But if your employees are suffering from low morale, it might have something to do with your leadership style. You might, in fact, be a bad boss!

When starting out in business, many entrepreneurs base themselves in a home office.

There are advantages to this, of course.

There are less overheads to consider, with no need to spend money on rented office or commuting costs. And there is the option to be nearer family, especially when the entrepreneur has to arrange their working life around the needs of the children.

This is definitely something that you need to be thinking about, whether you’re in business at the minute, or whether you’re thinking about setting one up, it’s definitely something that you need to think about. Business at the minute is such a crowded environment, with so many budding entrepreneurs getting into business at the minute. It’s as if everyone has that million dollar idea, and of course, the appeal of being able to be your own boss is just too tempting.

If you want your business to stand the test of time, it has to evolve. No matter what kind of industry you work in, you will always need new customers. Finding new prospects isn’t always easy to do and there’s nothing to say you’ll convert those prospects into loyal customers. When you want to find and keep new customers, you need to use a mixture of old and new techniques. Here are some tips on how to do it.

Despite the flood of online stores and the wealth of choice from internet-based shopping, the High Street is pushing back and there are times when a trip to the shops is just what’s needed rather than the anonymous experience of online retail.

In this blog we take a look at some of the real advantages of supporting the High Street and why face-to-face sales is making a comeback.

If you are just about to launch a business, it is important that you have a plan and know exactly where your first customers are coming from. Having a website and ticking the box is not enough; you will need to create engaging content and social media links, so you can start generating leads and sales as soon as you can. Below you will find a list of areas to focus on after you launch your business.

Running a business takes a lot of work, Of course, that's hardly going to come as a surprise to anyone. When you're a business owner, the buck stops with you. It's your job to pay attention to every aspect of your business in order to make sure that it's running smoothly. That's why it's so strange that there are so many parts of their business that business owners neglect. Some of these things might not seem like they're the most important part of owning a business, but unless everything is working as smoothly as possible, your whole business is going to suffer. Think of your company as a mechanism. If a single gear breaks, then the entire mechanism is going to stop working. With that in mind, here are some areas of your business that you might be neglecting, but shouldn't.