Growth Vouchers are a government programme to assist small businesses to obtain strategic advice. To be eligible to apply you must: have fewer than 50 employees have been trading for at least one year not have paid for strategic advice in the last three years, and be independent (not...
Your staff are your biggest asset! Highly motivated staff will result in lower staff turnover, lower sickness absence, higher productivity and a great advertisement for your company. We are running a seminar with the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce focusing on ensuring your employees are...
Rachel Downer from Canterbury HR is running a series of seminars with Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce: For new employers there is a session on Starting to Hire Staff on 20th June at Maidstone and 3rd September at Ashford. Do you want to know How to Get the...
Rachel Downer will be speaking at the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on Tuesday 12th November. Problems relating to the use of social media in the workplace are constantly hitting the headlines and it is important that employers are aware of what they...
Rachel Downer is running 5k to raise money for Pilgrims Hospice on Saturday 28th October. As well as raising money for this worthy cause, it is a personal challenge for Rachel who has just started running using the couch to 5K programme, which takes you...
Conflicts at work can flare up out the most minor of incidents. It could be that one employee thought a colleague had stolen their lunch from the office fridge. Or maybe an administrator thought their boss was criticizing their dress-sense. Sometimes it can result from...
A lottery syndicate at a recruitment firm in Kirby recently won the top prize in the Euromillions of £28.8 million pounds and the winnings were shared out between the syndicate participants. However, one woman who regularly participated in the syndicate had been off sick with...
Spring seemed just around the corner and then suddenly there is another deluge of snow. This makes driving conditions tricky and plays havoc with public transport. So, as an employer, what should you do if staff can't get to work? Ultimately it is the employee's responsibility to...