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Valuable Skills For An IT Manager

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Valuable Skills For An IT Manager
Skills are an important part of any job role. But too often, businesses and individual employees focus their skill development in the wrong direction. Developing yourself in a direction that is not directly beneficial can essentially be a waste of time, so be sure to focus your skill progression on related topics. Global sourcing, enterprise architecture, or virtualization, these are some of the skills that an ideal IT manager should look to incorporate into their work. These skills will make you more valuable to a business, especially a large organization. IT managers can’t be proficient in everything, but they are expected to have fluency in major business and technology issues. Its recommended by many business professionals...
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The Best Small Business Tools

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The Best Small Business Tools
When starting a business, you’re likely going to be starting off small. Its in these humble beginnings that the best business tools can make the biggest impact. So don’t start with anything less, here is a list of the best tools you can make use of within a small business. 1. Dropbox A powerful app that ends the challenge of storing and syncing files and documents on different devices and computers. It also allows a business owner the ability to share files with others using a cloud-based system. This is essential for modern businesses, the free version comes with 2GB of space, with paid plans for a fee. 2. LinkedIn Many people are...
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Trading Hours for Retail Businesses

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Trading Hours for Retail Businesses
Within business there are specified hours in which a retailer can be open to the public. In the UK these hours are enforced by law, with penalties incurred on the business if they do not abide by them. Shop Size and Sunday Trading The law varies depending on whether the shop is large or small. A small shop is one that that measures up to and including 280 square metres. A large shops are defined over 280 square metres. Fortunately for small shops, they can open any day or hour. However large shops must close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. They can open on Sundays but only for 6 consecutive hours...
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Business

Branding in Business The Right Way

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Branding in Business The Right Way

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When working on your business’s brand, it is vital to have a clear vision of who you want to be and what you want your business to stand for. You also need to make sure you’re not copying the other brands that are out there, so be bold, unique and authentic. You can be daring with branding and playing the safe option may one day come back to haunt you, especially if you’re crushed by opposition and competitors who are bolder and demand more attention. If you really want to build a brand that people remember, you have to stand for what you believe and let your personality come through,...
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Keeping A Work Space Fresh With Varied Office Furnishing

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Over time the sight of an office can become a tiresome thing. The same computer, the same chair, the same potted plant. But this doesn’t have to be the case. Just as the sight of the office can become mundane, it can also become a refreshing feeling to work within each day. There are many ways to achieve this, with one in updating the office with varied furnishings. Changing the visual stimulus you, and your colleagues experience each day helps to keep the mind refreshed and spirited. Obviously in high pressure office environments changing the plants isn’t going to have much effect, or even be noticed by some. But a general...
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