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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (9) --- ** # Vistage UK Blog ** Category: All categories Uncategorized Business Leading, Not Managing Getting Ahead Strategy Work/Life Balance Issues Employee Motivation Life At The Top Sales Vistage Members Speakers HR Economy Marketing Recruitment Vistage Change Management Being a new CEO Vistage Chair Exit Planning/Strategies Family Business Technology Vistage Staff Time Management Vistage Open Days Mental Health Brexit Negotiation Scaleup Business Cybersecurity Raising finance 171 Results ## sgilroy ### Recent Posts [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 24, 2012 ### [Trial periods could help firms adopt flexible working practices, claims report ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/trial-periods-could-help) Employers should be given the option to create 'trial periods' in order to see if flexible work arrangements are right for them. That's according to a report.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 20, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59837208.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/leaders-should-work-on-marketing-and-financial-marketing-skills-claims-survey) ### [Leaders should work on marketing and financial marketing skills, claims survey ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/leaders-should-work-on-marketing-and-financial-marketing-skills-claims-survey) [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 19, 2012 ### [Investing in family businesses could prove fruitful ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/investing-in-family-businesses-could-prove-fruitful) Financial investors may want to consider the long-term rewards that investing in a family business could return. An article by reuters.com suggests that while.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 18, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59838181.png) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/workplace-shake-up-will-make-it-easier-to-hire-and-fire) ### [‘Workplace shake-up will make it easier to hire and fire’](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/workplace-shake-up-will-make-it-easier-to-hire-and-fire) This was the Daily Mail headline response to last week’s Government announcement of a number of changes to employment law. Perhaps not surprisingly, the.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 14, 2012 ### [ Family Businesses more resilient than non-family companies](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/family-businesses-more-resilient-than-non-family-companies) New research has revealed that a family business is far more resilient in the long-run than non-family companies. The study, conducted by Credit Suisse and.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 13, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59842534.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/tory-mp-calls-for-capital-gains-tax-holiday) ### [Tory MP calls for capital gains tax holiday](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/tory-mp-calls-for-capital-gains-tax-holiday) The government should introduce a three-year capital gains tax holiday, according to former minister Liam Fox. The Tory MP believes David Cameron needs to.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 12, 2012 ### [Politeness and manners can work wonders in the workplace](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/politeness-and-manners-can-work-wonders-in-the-workplace) The dawn of digital communications could be a factor in why impersonal, cold interactions are plaguing the workplace. That's according to Ron Ashkenas, the.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 12, 2012 ### [Flexible working essential, claims Age UK](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/flexible-working-essential-claims-age-uk) Flexible working should be a staple in every UK business, according to a new Age UK report. Reported by freshbusinessthinking.com, the firm's 'A Means to Many.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 10, 2012 ### [Government urged to make business finance applications less complicated](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/government-urged-to-make-business-finance-applications-less-complicated) The government has been urged to make it less complicated for small business owners to secure access to funding. Michael Izza, who is chief executive of the.. [Uncategorized](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/uncategorized) September 7, 2012 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/hub/258171/file-59017207.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/put-some-effort-into-online-pictures-says-ceo) ### [Put some effort into online pictures, says CEO](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/blog/put-some-effort-into-online-pictures-says-ceo) The chief executive of a technology start-up has urged fellow business leaders to put some effort into the pictures they upload to the internet. Speaking to.. 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