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Our most recent edition is now live and ready to read on our site.

Features this month include a guide to overcome the most common fears when facing the process of scaling up a business, as well as the importance of upholding values in a global business.

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This week’s 5 must-read stories you may have missed.

Monzo hit with a data breach, HSBC’s chief executive resigns and Rolls-Royce signs £350m contract with the Ministry of Defence.

Pat Lynes discusses

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Most people will have experienced being in an unnecessary meeting at some point in their working lives, with employees revealing they make up excuses to avoid them.

So here are 7 small business tips to make meetings more productive.

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How can we make the most of good marketing?

Here with Vindis, who offer Volkswagen Servicing, we examine the impact of marketing, and whether investments are worthwhile.

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Here’s why freelancers should be an engagement priority.

The almost universal drive for a more flexible working culture and the ever-pervasive nature of technology have already changed the way we work.

Lucy Maber at @Brandpie explains.

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Self-employed workers could miss first MTD deadline.

An upturn in demand for advice about Making Tax Digital from self-employed workers, who are required to file their first digital VAT returns by 7th August 2019, is putting pressure on accountants.

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IBM axed 100,000 employees over the last few years to appear ‘cool’, Just Eat and Takeaway are in talks for a merger and Facebook is one step closer to its vision of letting people type with their brains.

Pat Lynes discusses.

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Is your business reputation protected against potential risks?

Here Phil Cookson, partner at @roythornes, gives his insight as to why having a plan, and following correct procedures early on, is key.

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The importance of tracking nonfinancial KPIs.

Robert Douglas, at @AdaptiveInsight, says by defining and getting the business to collaborate around these nonfinancial metrics, a business can gain a substantial edge over their competition.

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The benefits of being your own boss.

You’ve finally made the decision to drop your steady-paying job with security, in favour of a life of entrepreneurial-ism.

So what are the real benefits

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5 reasons your business is losing money in mileage claims.

@autotrip1 Managing Director, James Finlayson, says your business might be incurring unnecessary costs if your drivers use log books or excel spreadsheets to record their mileage.

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Complaints are an opportunity, not a failure.

Here Martin Ellingham, Senior Product Manager at @Aptean, explains how a centuries-old Japanese custom can transform a company’s customer experience.

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We are currently in a period of high employment but uncertainty surrounding Brexit has reduced the talent pool further.

Below Jennifer Warawa, EVP at @sageuk, proposes a diversification in hiring practices as the solution.

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The winners edition for our 2019 Global Business awards is now live and available online.

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Here are 5 ways to improve well being at work.

Here Chris Barez-Brown, founder of @uppingyourelvis, provides some tips can advise on how to take the stress out of them, and make them much more manageable.

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Santander opens its first ‘work cafe’ in the UK, academic publisher Pearson announces a new digital model and new government scheme helps workers who may lose their jobs to AI.

Pat Lynes at @SullyandStan provides us with the stories

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Sir Alan Duncan, foreign office minister, has announced his resignation over fears that Boris Johnson will become the new Tory leader.

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More employees have been caught for occupational fraud in the UK than anywhere else, research from SAS shows, making UK employees the most untrustworthy.

Find out more here: https://t.co/WG6D9BKM54

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A loyal customer base is brilliant for business. The probability of selling a product or service to an existing customer is 60-70%, with 65% of a company’s business said to come from existing customers.

So how can you do it?

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SME owners are concerned about corporate competition.

65% of SME owners are concerned that multinationals and other large corporates ‘have too much say’ over the future viability of their business, according to research compiled by Menzies LLP.

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