Seasonal staff can be a big help to your business during the busiest times of year — but only if you're able to properly integrate them...

Time and attendance software might seem like something of a luxury on the surface, but when you start exploring what it can actually do, it quickly becomes obvious that it's a no-brainer for many small businesses.

No business owner ever intends to be disorganised, but building a staff rota without considering the number of employees you'll really need for a given period is a recipe for disaster, often resulting in too many or too few staff being scheduled to work.

The average manager spends almost five hours a week planning and managing rotas — that's more than two workdays every month. While building a rota from scratch usually takes the bulk of a manager's [...]

While the majority of managers and business owners appreciate the importance of planning and sharing their staff rotas well in advance, things often start to go wrong when they need to tweak their rotas after they've gone live.

It might not be the most glamorous aspect of running a business, but your staff rota can have a big effect on day-to-day operations.

Even for independent business, the kind of culture you foster can have a big impact on the happiness and wellbeing of your employees — not to mention your customers’ perception of your brand. Company [...]

Every good manager wants their staff to be happy, healthy and productive. But when you've got books to balance, rotas to manage, and leave requests to juggle, the matter of your staff's [...]

Sick of your staff showing up late for work? Wish you had some way of guaranteeing that your team turn up on time?  We've got just the thing! The Employee Lateness Alarm™ [...]