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Mentoring versus coaching
The differences between coaching and mentoring and how your business might benefit from one over the other
Clarifying mentoring roles
The importance of clearly defining all aspects of the mentoring relationship
Mentoring types
Different types of mentoring, including one-to-one, group and remote mentoring
Mentoring programmes: monitoring, evaluating and reviewing
How to monitor and assess your business mentoring programme
Mentoring: resolving problems
Planning for the situation where a mentoring relationship breaks down
Exporting to the USA - Pia Rossini (video)
Blayne Shaw and Kirsty Roy of Pia Rossini explain how they started exporting to the United States of America.
Doing business in China: five top tips
Follow our tips to help you understand the culture of doing business in China
Diversifying our farm - Cavanagh Free Range Eggs (video)
Farm diversification example with Cavanagh Free Range Eggs, who successfully diversified their farm to create a business
Skills to Succeed
Helping employers develop the skills of their workforce
Lead and motivate staff: five top tips
The following top tips will help you to enhance your leadership skills and motivate your staff
Starting a successful business - The Present Tree (video)
In this case study, Catherine Cunningham, founder of The Present Tree discusses how she started a successful business
UK sanctions regimes
Information on UK sanctions regimes currently in force
Blacklisting of trade union members
Description of the law that prohibits the blacklisting of trade unionists
Marketing your product or service overseas
Ideas for how to market your product or service overseas.
Blocks of shared parental leave
An employee taking shared parental leave (SPL) can split their leave into up to three separate blocks instead of taking it all in one go
Keep shared parental leave and pay records
You must keep shared parental leave and pay records for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Starting a business as an entrepreneur with a disability - Little Grooming pet studio (video)
Claire Hamilton discusses the challenges and rewards of starting a business as an entrepreneur with a disability
Running a business as an entrepreneur with a disability - Omagh Music Academy (video)
Claire Bowes discusses some of the support and advice available for disabled entrepreneurs to start and run a business
Starting a social enterprise - SlackPress (video)
How SlackPress developed into a self-sufficient social enterprise that engages with the local community
Shared parental leave and pay
Employers' duties in relation to shared parental leave and pay and how to best manage these new rights for your employees