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Businesses need to take real action to create a more sustainable workplace

Workplace Insight

For example, in 2022 a high street bank had its advertising campaign pulled for promoting its tree-planting scheme and net-zero plan without acknowledging that it is financing fossil fuel projects. Or, if they are changing their equipment, they could look at purchasing refurbished items themselves.

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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. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Purchase orders, invoices and expenses. Assistants should be in control of all financial aspects relating to their executive’s office including purchase orders and invoices. Such tasks include: maintaining office equipment, placing stationery orders, managing office furniture, booking and maintaing meetings rooms etc.

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3 Loan Alternatives for Small Businesses

Small Business CEO

Examples include: Supplier discounts for bulk purchases. Increase productivity with upgrades to personnel and equipment. … Finance loan alternatives small business loans' In particular, startups and new companies often don’t meet the rigid criteria of banks.… Seize growth opportunities.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Success

Although everyone’s personal finance journey is exactly that, there are certain steps we all can take as we pursue financial feminism and literacy. Get familiar with your finances. Knowledge is power, and knowledge of our own finances is especially powerful. Compared to African American participants, who responded to 2.3

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Q & A: What are successful cost-cutting solutions in small.

The Small Business Blog

Even if you need the service or product from your supplier, check others all the time, insurance, telephone, utilities, etc. I have known people to go in blindly, purchasing an expensive site, before knowing what their internet strategy is, simply because they are intimidated by technology and a consultant told them that was what they needed.

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