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Keeping Public-Facing Worksites Safer, Cleaner and Quieter

Nothing tests public patience quite like a pavement full of barriers, a drill starting at breakfast time and dust. Work has to happen. Shops need refits, roads need repairs, schools need maintenance and hospitals need upgrades. But when a site sits next to people trying to shop, study, rest or work, the way it’s managed matters.

Public-facing worksites sit in the middle of everyday life, which means safety, cleanliness and noise control are not finishing touches. They shape how people feel about the job from day one.

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4 Simple Tips to Build a Successful and Long-Lasting Medium-Sized Business

Many business-owners thrive on a strong sense of ambition for the future. However, because the vast majority are usually too busy meeting their immediate needs, they forget to adopt sustainable practices to ensure the longevity of the endeavour.

Building a successful and long-lasting business is reliant upon your ability to balance the long-term with the short-term, and to pursue avenues and opportunities that support both timeframes. In this article, we will discuss a few tips that should help you achieve this.

1. Focus on Keeping Your Overhead Costs Low

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5 Ways to Improve Patron Cleanliness in Your Restrooms

We have all become hyperaware of our personal cleanliness - particularly around our hands - during the 2020 pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus. One of the earliest and still most effective ways to combat infection is to wash your hands well and thoroughly as often as you can, and this is set to become a norm that we carry forward long after the year’s pandemic effects fade. Equipping your public restroom so that it is conducive to cleanliness is something you should invest some money into. Here are some options.

Doorless or Contactless Entry and Exit

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Leading property consultancy opens new Exeter office

A leading national property consultancy has launched a new office in Exeter as it expands its presence in the South West.

Fisher German has opened a new office at Exeter Business Park as part of ambitious, long-term growth plans.

The firm, which has 26 offices across the UK, offers a broad range of professional services including all aspects of land and property management and consultancy.

It covers the six main property sectors of rural, utilities and infrastructure, sustainable energy, planning and development, commercial and residential.

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End of the annual report as we know it? Researchers set out future of corporate reporting

How can companies make their annual reports meet the information needs of investors and other stakeholders more effectively?

This is one of the questions addressed in The Future of Corporate Reporting , a discussion paper published by the Financial Reporting Council, with an independent literature review (available here ) by academics from the University of Exeter Business School.

The study considers a common criticism that annual reports can be too long, inaccessible and confused about their audience and purpose, and calls for a new set of common principles for all...

Logistics in remote places

Managing logistics in remote places can be a challenge, but the truth is that such locations can often play a key role in the establishment of many crucial supply chains. That’s especially true when it comes to the mining, oil and gas industries.

PLS Logistics states, “ Simply moving freight from point A to point B without any analysis and planning results in high transportation costs. Industries located in remote places have to plan ahead, coordinate and consolidate shipments to meet challenging logistics conditions and avoid additional costs.”

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How to Digitally Track Your Business Expenses

Tracking expenses is essential for business. It lets you know how your business is doing with indicators in terms of revenues, expenses, profits, debts, and more. It also makes your tax preparation much easier, especially when you are audited by the IRS or state tax authorities. However, workdays can get pretty jam-packed, so it can be difficult to find the time to do this essential operation. However, in today’s app-driven market, there are various easy solutions to help you track your business expenses digitally that will enable you to save time and draw accurate conclusions.

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4 reasons why everyone should learn trading

We are now living in a time where everyone wishes to have a side business or a small source of extra earning either to pay their bills or get a good ROI from time to time. While there are many options out there in the market of earning now, one such source is day trading. Yes, the similar online forex trading job in which you are bound to keep an eye on foreign currency rates and then convert your dollars to pounds in order to sell them and make profits.

However, as the above-mentioned example is one aspect of trading, there is a lot more that one can achieve by learning the...

Tips and tricks to become a freelance photographer

For some, working for themselves is one of those big dreams. Satisfaction, freedom, no one is looking over the shoulder (except your partner), oh, life, right? Well, not in all cases. Freelance photography life can be difficult.

Lack of weekly check-in stability, with no colleagues talking or having lunch for long periods with a small payment. For it to work, you need to be devoted and follow some specific rules. Freelance Photography Jobs has changed the trend of professional photographers globally. This opportunity has also brought a massive chance in saving money, and time to...

Iive Bit Presents What is DeFi and why should you care?

DeFi has been all over the crypto news lately, as its value continues to grow. With a total market cap of $275 million at the start of 2019, DeFi surpassed $5 billion in stored funds in August 2020. So what is DeFi, and why is everyone so excited on this subject?

Why you should care about DeFi

DeFi is the abbreviation for Decentralized Finance and describes a modular set of dapps (decentralized applications) that can be used to perform various financial transactions online. Unlike traditional centralized finance where your data and money are stored in silos controlled by...

Chudleigh-based Lightfoot helps civil engineering firm cut higher-risk driving by two-thirds

Skilled Labour Services, which specialises in the supply and provision of skilled labour for groundworks and civil engineering construction projects, has seen incidents of higher risk driving within its fleet plummet by two-thirds thanks to Devon-based Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology and rewards platform.

Operating without a dedicated fleet manager, the business wanted a self-managing solution that would help to cut both fuel and vehicle bills, at the same time as helping their drivers to be safer on the road.

Business

Keeping Public-Facing Worksites Safer, Cleaner and Quieter

4 Simple Tips to Build a Successful and Long-Lasting Medium-Sized Business

5 Ways to Improve Patron Cleanliness in Your Restrooms

Leading property consultancy opens new Exeter office

End of the annual report as we know it? Researchers set out future of corporate reporting

Logistics in remote places

How to Digitally Track Your Business Expenses

4 reasons why everyone should learn trading

Tips and tricks to become a freelance photographer

Iive Bit Presents What is DeFi and why should you care?

Chudleigh-based Lightfoot helps civil engineering firm cut higher-risk driving by two-thirds

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