Performance
Continued Ideas and Fresh thinking in a Family Business
One of the big advantages of family businesses is the access they so often give to cross-generational input. As younger family members grow up and take an in...
Creating a Positive Work Environment to Suit Everyone
Key to the success of any business are its internal culture and the environment in which it operates. This is no less the case with a family business, but ju...
Dealing with Laziness and Poor Performance
Running a family business is often hard work, but it can still be an enjoyable endeavour, and a successful one, because you're part of a team. However some p...
Dealing with Work Related Stress
Stress in the workplace - whether it's your own or other people's - can be a big problem for a small business. Even if you try to knuckle down and work throu...
Establishing a Shared Vision for Business
If your family business is to be successful, it's important not just that day to day tasks are completed effectively, but that everybody is working toward th...
Holidays: Ensuring Family Members Get Time Together
When you're working for somebody else, taking holidays is fairly straightforward. The moment you start working for yourself, it becomes complicated. It's sti...
How Family Businesses Have Fared in the Late 'noughties'
Estimates from the Department of Trade and Industry showed that at the start of 2006, there were 4.47 million private sector enterprises in the UK, including...
Inter-Generational Marketing and Market Research
One of the big advantages of running a family business is that you have automatic access to people of different generations, which can be a major help when i...
Minimising Domestic Distractions During Work Hours
One of the problems with working from home is that you can never entirely get away from the pressures of your domestic environment - or the temptations. This...
Practical Organisation and Administration.
If you're new to running a business, or if you've been having difficulty getting yours to run smoothly, it may be time to take a look at the basic organisati...
Sick Leave: When the Whole Family is Affected by Illness
One of the hazards or working in a small office, shop or workshop is that illnesses can get passed around very quickly. This is even worse when your work pre...
What Are the Advantages of a Family Business?
If you’re considering starting up a business with other members of your family, or perhaps joining your family business that’s already established, there...