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Small Business Closure Scenarios

Small Business Labs

   By way of comparison, the SBA chart below shows small business closure and startup rates between 1990-2015.      On average about 8% of small businesses closed each year between 1990 and 2015 and 10% closed at the height of the Great Recession in 2009. Business closures are tracked by U.S.

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Ep 246: Jared Kleinert – CEO of Offsite

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

If you’re planning a team retreat, Offsite can save you time, money, and stress. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

If you’re interested in the restaurant business, this is the perfect chance to note what thrives overseas, be it individual dishes, types of cuisine or certain franchises. Yes, I’m the uptight stressed one, and he’s the infuriatingly open-to-whatever one. And those skills translate directly into the office or boardroom. Big Returns.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. We haven’t calculated our travel stat for 2016 as yet, but in 2015 Steve was on the road 171 days to 44 cities in 11 countries,’ she said. ‘I

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

It can be very stressful for employees if they have nowhere to take a personal call during the day or simply “be alone” According to the University of California, we are open to distraction every three minutes, with a consequent impact on our ability to focus and concentrate.

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Ultimate travel itinerary

Practically Perfect PA

Well along with the usual stresses of travelling your boss also has to attend meetings and act professionally when in many cases they are dealing with jet lag and the continuous business activities back in the UK office. A small list of good restaurants close to the hotel or office. Assist Travel.

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A day in the life: Rebecca-Monique Williams, Adaptive Lab

Practically Perfect PA

On days where I’ve been too knackered after work to cook, for lunch the next day, I’d pop to one of many great restaurants near the office. There are some fab vietnamese restaurants – I’m partial to a kimchi banh mi. What is the one piece of advice you would give to other assistants?