Human Resources Advice

Lord Sugar has recently just finished the first series of Junior Apprentice, in which he gave ten sixteen and seventeen year olds the opportunity to demonstrate their business skills and win the chance of a £25,000 fund to support their future.   If this has inspired you to take on a young employee, here is the legal position with regards to employment an...

  The appraisal process is often seen by managers and employees as either a necessary evil or a good way to criticise the Company. This is all very well, but obviously not a very constructive approach and one that will mean the Company will almost certainly suffer as a result.   The best way approach the appraisal is to take the following steps:-   ...

In 2008 the HMRC changed its rules regarding employees using their company vans for private use without incurring any tax costs. So why nearly a year on are we telling you about it – well because this weekend when walking around the sunny streets of Brighton, I couldn’t but help notice either the number of employees either employed to undertake drivin...

In these challenging economic times, it can be very easy to neglect your employees. It is all too tempting to decide not to spend money on training, cancel company functions or cut back on Staff Welfare. If you recognise this scenario, then you may wish to read on. It is true that employers are seeing high levels of employee loyalty right now. This is probably not to...

Managers of SME businesses that are going through tough trading times are often confused or surprised when they take the time to review their internal processes and procedures only to find that some or all, of them are not working in some way or another. Process malfunction can range from Order & Sales through to processing and paying supplier invoices, to making...