Contract Bid Writing
The write stuff Public sector contracts are the holy grail for many small businesses, offering the prospect of a significant amount of business without concerns about spending months chasing payment. The most recent data from [...]
Recruitment Retention
Reducing the retention deficit Small businesses have never had more options for finding new staff. But the effort of getting the right person can all be for nothing if they don’t stay long enough to [...]
Insolvency 2
Winding up Ireland is generally perceived as a pretty good place to do business. The World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business report ranks Ireland as the 24th easiest place to run a business of the 190 [...]
Apprenticeships
Learning on the job Apprenticeships may still be perceived in some quarters as a ‘back door’ into professions that have traditionally employed graduates, but they represent an alternative to an expensive university education and a [...]
Employee Surveillance
Watching the workers Monitoring employee activity may sound like a good idea, especially with so many staff working from home. But if the process is not properly thought through it can have significant negative effects [...]