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Essentials Every Small Business Needs to Compete

In the fast moving business landscape, small businesses face fierce competition. To thrive in such an environment, it’s crucial to equip your business with the right tools and strategies. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale up, here are some essentials that every small business needs to compete effectively.

1. Online Presence

Having a strong online presence is non-negotiable in the digital age. A well-designed website that’s also easy to navigate, mobile-friendly, and optimised for search engines is essential. If you don’t know where to start when it...

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Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Carers needed for roles in their neighbourhoods in south Devon

PEOPLE from south Devon wishing to make a real difference to the neighbourhoods where they live are being invited to take up a paid role in care within their own communities (July 2020).

Guardian Homecare, which operates in the Exeter and surrounding areas, has more than 100 carer positions available across south Devon and it says these jobs are highly-skilled, well-paid and emotionally rewarding.

Manager for the care provider, Catherine Porter explains: “Becoming a carer in the community where you live has many benefits but, most importantly, you are vital to the service...

Traffic control services as an integral part of a safety strategy on your construction site

Consequences of the poor traffic control services on the site

Despite the importance of the traffic management project for the construction industries, it is often neglected and given too little attention. Road vehicles are one of the factors that can harm the site workers and all participants in and around the construction area. Thus, the services of a traffic control agency for the temporary procedure for ensuring the safe organization of work should be a top priority for businesses.

The majority of accidents during construction work are caused by a range of factors:...

Serge Belamant’s Track Record of Improving Society through Technology

Serge Belamant is the Founder of Net1 UEPS Technology and the founding father of blockchain technology. His work on FTS, COPAC and UEPS all have a track record of improving society through technology; through his story we can reach some insights on the history of banking and social welfare in South Africa and what the future may hold for the troubled nation-state, so hard hit by COVID-19.

A Brief History of NET1 Technology

Net1 Technology was founded in 1989 after Belamant left a firm called SASWITCH. In 1995 Net1 Products was hired by Visa where Belamant used the firm’s...

Backlinking as an Integral Part of Site Promotion

One of the ranking factors that should not be neglected is the site’s reference weight. It gives the resource great importance and significantly raises its positions in search engine results. That is why when optimizing sites, a lot of effort is put in building and analyzing backlinks.

Although link building can significantly boost the effectiveness of the site promotion, such manipulations can also bring harm if done incorrectly. To avoid problems, it is important to build your link profile wisely without breaking the rules. In this posit, we will tell you how to make the...

Unwanted tools to help change lives in Africa

Following the launch of RGB Building Supplies’ Tools for Africa appeal in January, the builders merchant is thanking trades and the community local to Exeter for helping to donate 15 bulk bags full of preloved tools which have been passed to Devon-based charity Amigos.

Amigos works closely with another UK charity called Work Aid, which will now refurbish the donated items before sending them to Africa. The tools will be used by young people so they can learn construction skills and help lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

For the past 13 years the charity...

Stagecoach helps businesses bounce back with new tailored solutions to help employees, customers and the education sector

Stagecoach is helping businesses, the education sector and event organisers to bounce back from Covid-19 with a range of tailored solutions through a ‘one stop shop’ approach to help employers, pupils and customers.

As the UK comes out of lockdown, public transport continues to play a vital role in the country’s recovery ahead. As well as helping to restart the economy, it is vital in bringing normality back to many areas of people’s daily lives.

Covid-19 has brought about many societal changes such as home working, more targeted travel and more flexible working. A...

The benefits of using packaging robots

Material handling robots make packaging applications easy. The Universal Robots are fitted with collaborative technology for automated bin picking ana packaging. The collaborative arms can perform different tasks in a production plant with precision.

Packaging, palletizing, bin picking and kitting applications make the processes easy to handle. The following are the benefits of using packaging robots .

Reprieve for Worker

Some tasks in an industrial plant involve a lot of repetition, which can reduce the workers' motivation. Packaging robots perform these tasks instead...

Employers urged to consider mental health as employees return to the workplace

Managing employees experiencing mental ill-health is one of the biggest challenges employers face and never more so than during the current pandemic which has produced for some employees a perfect storm of isolation from colleagues, family and friends, the pressures of managing home working and worries about the future.

Even before the pandemic, research in 2016 and 2017 found that 1 in 6 employees in the UK reported mental ill-health each week and a third of fit notes with a known diagnosis note mental or behavioural disorders as the reason for absence.

Employers will be...

A Guide to Your First Marketing Campaign

A good marketing campaign could decide if the product or service you’re advertising is successful or not, so it’s useful to put the time in to ensure that you’re doing it correctly. Online marketing can be difficult and overwhelming for first timers, as there’s a lot of specialist terminology and jargon you have to navigate through and embarking on a campaign can perhaps be the most challenging. There’s a lot of things to consider, but with this guide to break it all down, there’ll be no reason why you can’t create a killer marketing campaign to boost your business.

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Is this a good time to invest in oil shares?

The oil market shows signs of recovery

Following a few challenging months, the oil market is showing signs of recovery. Will it last or will the aftermath of the coronavirus and Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war lead to another drop?

This question is not only important for Brent or WTI crude traders. The oil industry involves numerous companies and affects indices, oil ETF futures and many other financial instruments. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at what’s been happening in this volatile market, discuss what could happen next and then explain how it relates to oil...

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Essentials Every Small Business Needs to Compete

Carers needed for roles in their neighbourhoods in south Devon

Traffic control services as an integral part of a safety strategy on your construction site

Serge Belamant’s Track Record of Improving Society through Technology

Backlinking as an Integral Part of Site Promotion

Unwanted tools to help change lives in Africa

Stagecoach helps businesses bounce back with new tailored solutions to help employees, customers and the education sector

The benefits of using packaging robots

Employers urged to consider mental health as employees return to the workplace

A Guide to Your First Marketing Campaign

Is this a good time to invest in oil shares?

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