As an experienced HR consultant, I’m often asked for my tips on employing people within small businesses. Understandably, small business owners want to avoid the pitfalls along the way and ensure their staff are motivated and contributing fully to the…
Read our column from Uckfield Matters magazine here online... This month’s Uckfield Matters theme has got me thinking, do we need a ‘Women only’ networking event? Naturally, it’s not something that I could be involved in personally and while there…
If your 2019 plans include relocating a business, your priorities will be to minimise downtime and avoid any major impact on productivity. Here are our top tips for a smooth business relocation: Appoint a project manager - This might be…
I don’t know about you but with increasingly busy lives it’s difficult sometimes to be as ‘active’ as we all know we should be! But ‘active’ isn’t just about physical activity, good though that is! Here at the Chamber, we…
When you have enough reasons to do something, motivating yourself to do it is effortless. Bombarding your brain with reasons to act makes motivation easy and one powerful strategy is to read a book on a habit you want to…
It has been a real privilege to be able to help local businesses by offering the services of our conference room at our Uckfield Business Support Centre. Most recently we have hosted Uckfield Chamber of Commerce ‘Lunch and Learn’ and…
Happy New Year! If you’re anything like the rest of us, then every new year brings a fresh opportunity to do things a bit differently and make those resolutions that we have every intention of fulfilling. Yes, we can look…
Congratulations! You did it. You’ve started your own business. You are now one of two million limited companies in operation in the UK, with around 300,000 new formations taking place each year.* As for most businesses, you may require a…
Making Tax Digital means changes to your bookkeeping. We made it through GDPR and another deadline is now looming for small (and large) businesses. From 1st April 2019 VAT reporting must be recorded digitally and businesses must be using bookkeeping…
Don't let a lack of funding hold back the growth of your business! That’s the clear message from Business East Sussex to all businesses in the Uckfield area. Business East Sussex is the government’s Growth Hub for East Sussex –…