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Advantages of employing and retaining older workers
Key benefits that employing and retaining older workers can bring to businesses.
Employment rights of older workers
How employers can meet the legal rights of older workers including retirement age, age discrimination, and caring for dependants including grandchildren and parents.
Factors to consider before sales
The initial steps you need to take before you begin to sell your product or service including competition, customer base and market share
Sales promotion examples
Methods you can use to promote and price your product or service including vouchers, deals, discounts, free samples and loyalty schemes
JobStart
Employer incentive scheme to help people aged 16–24 and 50-64 years old at risk of long-term unemployment enter the workplace.
Employing and supporting older workers
How employers can embrace the benefits of employing older workers and meet their legal obligations and challenges of an ageing workforce.
Five top tips to promote an age-diverse workforce
How employers can create a workplace that is inclusive to workers of all ages to give them a competitive advantage in recruitment and retention.
Ageing workforce: challenges for staff and employers
How employers can identify and address the challenges of an ageing workforce.
Avoid common mistakes in sales forecast
The key things to avoid when drawing up a sales forecast including wishful thinking, not making it achievable and moving goalposts
Online recruitment of new staff
How online recruitment differs from traditional hiring practices, the advantages of online recruitment, and how to get the most from recruiting new staff using virtual processes.
How to make online recruitment work for your business
How to ensure virtual recruitment processes fit with your business strategy and deliver the best possible candidates.
Advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment
The many business benefits that virtual recruitment processes can bring for employers hiring new staff and some potential drawbacks.
What is online recruitment?
Recruiting staff using online processes and how this differs from more traditional face-to-face recruitment practices.
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.
The difference between contractors and subcontractors
Understand the differences between contractors, and subcontractors and what this means for your business.
Family employees and health and safety
Protect the health and safety of family and non-family members at work.
Family employees and tax requirements
You must report tax, benefits, and expenses for all paid workers.
Using contractors and subcontractors
Discover how using contractors and subcontractors for short-term work or specialised skills can benefit your business.
Employing young family members
The rules on age, working hours and type of work for young people.
Employing your partner
Your legal responsibilities when employing a partner are the same as for any other employee.