Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Assistants bring many, many amazing qualities to their roles. We are often described as a ‘jack of all trades’ which means we have a lot of skills and can take on lots of different tasks. Yay us! Today I thought I would have a look at the 10 qualities that make a truly great Assistant. These […].

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

SCORE , a nonprofit association that provides mentoring services to small businesses, released their fall Small Business Jobs report recently.  It has some very interesting data on small businesses and their use of gig workers.  According to the report: Business owners reported a 37% increase in hiring gig workers over the past six months, compared to increases of 13% for full-time employees, 22% for part-time employees, and 12% for part-time independent contractors. 19.8% of b

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Mentoring 182

Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Sometimes a business can just spiral out of control financially, despite all the owner’s best initial efforts. This is reality, as markets can dry up, or unexpected expenses hit and compound one after the other. Growth problems are another big reason for a business to become cash strapped — from buying property and equipment in anticipation of expansion that never takes place — to being over-run with expensive inventory you can’t sell.

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Expenses Equipment UPS Finance 54