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7 signs you're dealing with a micromanager (and how to manage them)

Health and wellbeing

24 October, 2023 by Aimée Brougham-Chandler

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How to manage time off in lieu (TOIL) for your employees

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05 August, 2025 by Sarah Benstead

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How to calculate bank holiday entitlement for part-time workers

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25 April, 2024 by Sarah Benstead

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What is Human Resource Development (HRD)?

At the heart of every successful SME is a set of highly skilled employees.

Your business may have all the insight, investment and tech in the world,...

Business Process

22 April, 2020 by Laura Sands

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Why use an Employee Rewards Scheme?

Employee Engagement

15 April, 2020 by Laura Sands

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7 ways to encourage autonomy in your team

Company Culture

3 April, 2020 by Laura Sands

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10 top tips for managing your remote team

Flexible Working

31 March, 2020 by Laura Sands

COVID-19 | Top 10 UK HR publications

Top 10 UK HR publications

HR policies and processes

26 March, 2020 by Aimée Brougham-Chandler

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Coronavirus FAQs for work

Health and wellbeing

12 March, 2020 by Aimée Brougham-Chandler

3 reasons to outsource learning and development with Improve

3 reasons to outsource learning and development

Employee Performance

10 March, 2020 by Aimée Brougham-Chandler

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How conflict kills productivity and how to stop it

Employee Engagement

20 November, 2019 by Sarah Benstead

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Want to boost productivity in your small business? Here's how

Employee Performance

15 November, 2019 by Sarah Benstead

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Timesheets are dead. Long-live collaboration

Company Culture

2 October, 2019 by Aimée Brougham-Chandler

A guide to HR software for SMEs

Business process

Recession-proofing your SMEs culture

Company culture

A guide to holiday entitlements

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