What’s the difference between good and bad services? Everyone throughout their life will have experienced them at least once from employees in different stores across the UK. Features of a good service: Good services is heavily judged in respect of the customer. If you receive good service it shows the employer and employees are respectful …
I’m sure everyone has experienced good or bad service in their lifetime So you ask this question well, what makes bad service? It is impolite staff who have a lack of knowledge and are lazy. An example would be, when I was once in a shop and I asked for one of the staff to …
Work experience to young people is the way forward for British businesses, there is much information about the skills shortage in the UK and what better way to tackle it than by inspiring the youth of tomorrow with a sneak peak of the dizzy world of commerce. With national statistics indicating 695549 children born in …
There was something missing at a recent trade show we attended. For the first time there was something slightly off kilter, a change in the tides. Maybe you noticed it too…….there was not a dollybird to be seen. Maybe that’s the wrong terminology but there were no scantily clad women of higher-than-average-attractiveness handing out jute …
Is a Smaller Builder the Answer? For a long time smaller builder and businesses in the construction industry have felt somewhat overshadowed by the big main contractors who get awarded all the desirable jobs. But are the tides turning? With the unfortunate collapse of Carillion and now other large firms being put under the microscope …
So what impact has the November 2017 budget had on our SME? Budget has seen many changes including UK growth our GDP downgraded from 1.8% to a safer tentative 1.4% Its not all disheartening news though, employees have several encouraging changes coming their way. They will be slightly better of with an extra personal allowance …
What’s on our Christmas (Autumn Budget) Wish List? With Chancellor Phillip Hammond due to release the Autumn budget on Wednesday 22 November 2017, we are waiting with fingers crossed to see if anything on our wish list comes true. As an SME in construction we are certainly feeling the strain. Living Wage, pension auto enrollment …
Howells Patent Glazing, our family run manufacturing firm with over 40 years’ experience, are on their way towards another record breaking year with the help of some very high profile contracts. Our already impressive list of prestigious projects include: the NEC, Millennium Point in Birmingham and Albert Docks. With a full service on offer, …
Everyone is talking about apprenticeships and NVQ’s at the moment, but how can that help you and your business to prosper? We have looked at what they can do for your business, how you can access funding to lower the impact on the balance sheet and how everyone can benefit from planning for success. …
Easter is fast approaching Sunday April 16th 2017 followed by Easter Monday, and here at Howells we are all looking forward to our Easter celebrations. Apparently it is predicted to be hotter than Spain according to the Met office so fingers crossed this happens. Warm up to Easter Not only is Easter the end …