These are exciting times for entrepreneurs and start ups, with bold new business ventures coming on-stream week in, week out. You might say Wales is the home of the small business – according to latest Welsh Government figures, of the more than 238,000 active firms in Wales, 99.3 percent of these are SMEs. And those […]
Julie Walters, Business Development and Marketing Manager at the Welsh enterprise support specialists, Business in Focus, explains how careful branding of your business and its products is pivotal to positioning yourself effectively in the marketplace. Unless you are in the business of branding, you might not appreciate the careful consideration that goes into creating […]
The strength of any company – no matter what sector they operate in – is to be found in the quality of its personnel. Consequently, recruiting quality candidates should be at the forefront of every business owner’s mind. There are any number of pressures upon companies looking for the right candidate – not simply do […]
In April 2018 companies which employ a workforce of 250 employees face the deadline to publish their gender pay gap calculations. This is designed to shine a light on the workplace culture within larger companies, and to reveal disparities that may be undermining the progress of some sections of the workplace. SMEs don’t have to […]
