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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

Success

Scalability refers to the ability of a business to increase revenue without much increase in costs. But although this doubles your cost in time and ingredients, you don’t need to buy a new oven. But although this doubles your cost in time and ingredients, you don’t need to buy a new oven. Now, you bake twice as many treats.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

She relied on these four experts to keep her company looped in on the tiny tweaks and massive overhauls in today’s quickly evolving technology. For example, anytime Apple changed its operating system or upgraded Siri, her company needed to adapt. “We based virtual assistant is $10 to $20; an overseas assistant will probably cost less.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. I always say that it is extremely important for assistants to attend training courses throughout the year.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Forex Robot : Take Your Company Public In Less Than 10 Days? Starting a Small Business?

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. He or she also needs to understand supervision, training, and administration, and how they can benefit the business. Low-cost training courses are available online.

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Launching Assist Travel 2016

Practically Perfect PA

Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particularly when it comes to business travel. Assistants have to navigate their corporate travel policy while ensuring their Executives have a smooth business trip while relying on suppliers to make that happen. Our suppliers know these are the predicaments faced by assistants.

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To boost productivity in the UK, we need to think big and different

Workplace Insight

The direct cost of avoidable error in the construction industry, for example, is around 5 percent of project value according to international studies highlighted by construction industry experts GIRI (Get It Right Initiative). Contract supply chains enable growth and flexibility within a company along with many other benefits.