Swindon and Wiltshire's best business brains give advice and opinions on hot topics.
So much has already been written about the ball-tampering scandal that has hit Cricket Australia. But what could business owners learn from this?
Expectations of staff should be set from the top that projects and tasks will be completed on-time, and to a high level to meet your company goals. Read more: Expert opinion: What business owners can learn from Australia’s cheating cricketers
In an important decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal recently confirmed that calculating holiday pay for part-time or term-time workers based on the established calculation of 12.07 percent of annualised hours is not correct.
Going forward, this ruling could also affect the way holiday pay is calculated for casual and
If you are thinking about selling your business because you want to retire or move on to pastures new, it may be worth considering whether a sale to your existing management team might be an option.
Management buyouts can work well in almost any type of business, provided you have Read more: Expert opinion: Is a management buyout a good way to sell your business?
The Government have launched the 'Share the Joy' campaign to raise awareness of the benefits for parents in the first year of Shared Parental Leave.
Shared Parental Leave was introduced in 2015 to offer choice to eligible parents in respect to childcare, and allow mothers to return to work sooner Read more: Expert opinion: Employees need to be made aware of their right to shared parental leave
Back in 2016, the referendum result caused many businesses to be concerned about their European Community Registered Intellectual Property Rights.
A year and a half on, and with negotiations between the UK Government and the EU moving along at a pace considerably slower than a skeletal sled, has any progress Read more: Expert opinion: How will Brexit affect intellectual property laws?
The best teams produce the best results. Obvious isn’t it: not simply the best players, but really good players who play well together, play for each other, and are really, properly committed? Think of the best teams in your favourite sport and it becomes clear.
So what about in business Read more: Expert opinion: The power of having a brilliant team – how engaged is your team?
A lot of the UK is looking at heavy snow this week. Undoubtedly businesses everywhere will be feeling the impacts and worrying about what their obligations are and what it is going to cost them.
There are three particularly pertinent issues for your business, firstly your staff getting to work Read more: Expert opinion: How to run your business in the snow