Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

  As the chart below shows, sole proprietor contract labor expenses increased 38% between 2010 and 2013.    Over the same period salary and wage expense increased only 10.7%. In 2013 contract labor was 36% of total labor costs, up from 31% in 2010 and just 20% in 2003. 

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

And then there was another initiative in Vienna that started back in 2003. And then the second innovation, if we can call it that, is the changing habits of the new generation that grows up with flexibility and mobility in everything they do. And I think the second to third year cities were not catching up.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2016

Whether your business has “taken the plunge” to going paperless recently, or you’re currently weighing up if you should do so, it pays to fully understand what this means and how you can manage the both the process of change as well as the way you work in future.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Many of my friends and colleagues run their businesses from all over the world and I have had a mobile business since 2003. Money example: snapping a picture of a biz expense to my Money notebook in Evernote at the moment of spending. I hope you are enjoying this series Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Living the Mobile Life.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5% the recession is nothing the media hyped up, since you lost your job because of it, you should know; 4.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. This is now a more grown up generation,” says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. There is nothing like real life to wake people up. Keep up the good work!

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

This is where I would definitely look for an accountant who belongs to a professional body, and holds a current and up to date practicing certificate, at least this way I would know this ‘stranger’ has gone through a certain standard of training and will have had to achieve a minimum level of experience before being admitted to membership.

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