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Earth Day commences on the 22nd of April. Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. It celebrates the importance of recycling in preserving our natural resources and securing the future of our planet.

You’re reading this because you care. Because you want to make a difference, but the harsh reality is that you care more about your day job, the bottom-line, fund-raise, your next hire. Because that pays the bills and keeps the roof over everyone’s head. Once that’s all done, then you can worry about being sustainable.

The spirit implies your psyche or soul. The act of nourishing your spirit is spiritual wellness. Our physical, mental, and behavioural health condition determines our spiritual health.

If you use a managed service provider (MSP) for your small business’s IT needs, you may have noticed that your monthly spend with them has increased. This is because Microsoft has raised the price of the monthly subscription licence for the Office 365 suite.

This Earth Day, Gaia’s Farming Co. is urging people to make a sustainable swap from dairy to its deliciously creamy ‘Hemp and Oat M*lk’ and extra chocolatey ‘Hemp and Coco M*lk’.

The best way to understand how an industry works is to get involved in whatever capacity you can. For example, if you want to open a shop, go and work in one. Doing this will give you an insight into what it takes to run a shop on a day-to-day basis. It will give you an understanding of what customers want, the potential pitfalls and the products that sell best. Working in a shop doesn’t mean you’ll make a success of your retail business, but it will give you a solid foundation to build on.

The first thing I ask my employees during our monthly 1:1’s is ‘how are you doing?’. Our sessions are 90% revolved around what that person is dealing with, their workload, their home life – are they struggling? If so, why? 80-90% of someone’s output is based on their mindset, so if you don’t know what is happening in your teams’ minds you can’t possibly expect to accurately judge their performance or potential. As its stress awareness month this April here are some honest thoughts on stress in the workplace.

Starting a business isn’t an easy task. In fact, developing your idea and encouraging growth can be a journey filled with adversity.

A group of Teens, passionate about Martial Arts, want to go for an adventure. One evening, they explore some Karate classes in their local neighborhoods. But as they walk from one training centre to the other, they’re scared. Because they feel, they don’t have ‘flexible bones’ for a 180° stance. They won’t join these classes even though they’re very much interested in Martial Arts.

Increasingly, the logistics industry is a technological one. The fortunes of the online retail sector is particularly interwoven with the growth of logistics – with both enjoying substantial growth during the pandemic.

Starting a business is an exciting time. You’re full of enthusiasm and excitement at all the possibilities. It’s fair to say you have big plans for your business – you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t.

Technology has enabled and connected people during a rough time these past two years. In fact, whilst often it does get a bad reputation, technology was for many a saviour. We are now fortunate to be in times where we can meet up in person, and this means events too.

How do you make sure your team is being productive while working from home? The move to remote working has left many businesses asking themselves this exact question. 

Much of the beauty industry in the UKand further afield is populated with freelancers; whether hair stylists, makeup artists or laser hair removal experts, the global pandemic accelerated the move towards freelance in the beauty industry.

The last two years have been challenging for many businesses, with the pandemic disrupting their working practices and forcing them to adapt almost overnight. 2021 saw a continued uptake of new business technologies, with the ongoing rollout of 5G equipment, increased remote and hybrid working, and the move to more cloud-based systems.

Brand identity and company culture have traditionally been the remit of entirely separate departments. While marketing would take on the brand identity aspect, company culture is more likely to be defined by HR.

A quick search online for terms like ‘customer experience’ and ‘business’ swiftly and overwhelming paint a picture of the need for artificial intelligence (AI), analytics and huge volumes of customer data to deliver a hyper-personalised customer experience.

Earlier this month I visited Qasr Al Farid, the tallest of the tombs at the ancient site of Hegra in northwest Saudi Arabia. Two thousand years ago, engineers with extraordinary vision, who were part of a thriving ancient culture, carved it out of the sandstone rockface.

Regardless of how much we, as a society, are able to utilise and implement technologies into business, global supply chains will always be dependent on the ways in which people interact with one another.