burnout

How to strike a balance between driving productivity and avoiding burnout

In today’s demanding business environment, it is crucial for businesses to recognise the importance of establishing equilibrium between productivity and mitigating the risks of burnout. While productivity fuels organisational growth and success, excessive workloads and unyielding deadlines can result in exhaustion and diminished motivation. Burnout, an unfortunate consequence of such circumstances, not only affects individuals […]

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metaverse

The Metaverse: What is it and what do businesses need to be thinking about?

The metaverse is an online virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) space where users can interact with a computer-generated environment and with other users in real-time. It is an interconnected digital universe that extends beyond individual VR or AR experiences, offering a shared online space for people to work, play, and socialise. While the […]

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website

Is your firm’s website accessible and inclusive?

Is your firm’s website accessible and inclusive? Find out how to improve your offering now. In our highly digitalised business world, creating a website that is accessible and inclusive is no longer just an optional add-on, but rather a crucial element for success. Not only does it ensure that all users can access and navigate […]

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Porter’s Five Forces

How to use Porter’s Five Forces model to assess your competition

Use Porter’s Five Forces model to assess the overall competitive landscape for your particular market – here is all you need to know.  Porter’s Five Forces model is a widely used framework for analysing the competitive environment of a particular industry or business sector. Porter’s Five Forces are five separate  factors that can impact business […]

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HR challenges

How to manage the key HR challenges facing businesses

In today’s competitive marketplace, attracting and retaining top talent, fostering employee engagement, and managing workplace diversity can be complex issues that require a strategic approach. To start with, recruiting and retaining talented employees in the current market is a major challenge for many small and medium-sized businesses. While you may not be able to offer […]

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Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme

Facility to claim Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) is open

On 29 May 2023, Revenue confirmed that the facility to make claims under the extended Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS), in relation to periods from 1 May to 31 July 2023, is now open. The TBESS claim portal can be accessed via the e-Repayments system in Revenue’s Online Service (ROS). Businesses who have already registered […]

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Lock on a keyboard

How to manage cyber risks in today’s world

Businesses need to be vigilant and take steps to manage cyber risks effectively. Cyber-attacks are on the increase and it’s not just large, international corporations that are being targeted. As businesses increasingly rely on technology for their day-to-day operations, they are also exposed to new and evolving cyber risks. Cyber-attacks can not only damage a […]

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Chat GPT

Chat GPT: What is it and what could it mean for businesses?

Chat GPT is an artificial intelligence technology that has the potential to revolutionise the way businesses operate. It is a state-of-the-art language model that uses machine learning to understand and respond to natural language input. It has been trained on a massive dataset of text, allowing it to generate responses to a wide range of […]

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how to increase prices

When and how to increase your prices in business

Knowing when and how to increase prices in business is imperative but is now a good time to do so? Inflation has been running high for a while, wages are rising and supply chains are still catching up after the disruption of the pandemic. Many businesses are facing increased costs and many managers are considering […]

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Premium brand

Here is how to create a premium brand

A premium brand enjoys a loyal following and can charge higher prices for their products or services. So, how do you create one? A premium brand is a company, product or service that is perceived to have a higher level of quality, an elevated status or increased value in the eyes of its target market. […]

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