An article I recently read by Retail Gazette, highlighted a study by independent survey company Vivatic, that has shown that 1 in 10 Brits have imagined killing their boss!

A good thing about working in sales is you get to  analyse  the other salespeople you meet in your life. Whether they’re selling you a house, a car or a new curtain rail, you just can’t help but assess and evaluate their sales performance like an Olympics judge.

There’s no denying it, the digital social world is now just as important as the physical one, if anything they are now a unified space in which we operate, across nearly every aspect of our daily lives.

So, you’ve got a candidate who in football terms is Lionel Messi with the same talent but 10 years younger and they’re willing to dedicate the rest of their career, in a Barcelona- esque  reign of quality and results, to one lucky company. You’re not going to allow Real Madrid or Man City to steal this one out from under your nose, you’re going all in and offering them the best deal a club could offer such an auspicious talent. So make sure you include these 3 things:  

It’s no secret that with the developments in social media and the dominance of influencer marketing, that building a personal brand has become more important than ever, brands are more and more starting to give the people the mic, in order to convey their messages.

So, we ask you, what’s your personal brand?

We’ve all made bad decisions at work. We didn’t ask for that raise soon enough, we didn’t announce our plans to become manager more enough, but sometimes the worst decision of all can be the decision to do nothing. Here are a few ways to see if you should be doing something about your current employment status:

Getting the chop has happened to the best of us and it’s never pleasant. You have the stress of your finances, the dread of having to re-write your CV and all the uncertainty that comes from unemployment.

Here is a short list on how to  recognise  that you have fallen just over your  managers  tolerance  threshold,  so that perhaps you can nip it in the bud and keep yourself in the healthy land of employment.

It can be so tough to find good staff these days! Or so some say. What if I told you maybe it’s not about you finding them but more about how you attract them.

We all hate Mondays! So much so that we have even posted countless images of cats in precarious situations with hilarious captions to depict how much we hate Mondays.

But why do we hate them so much? Well it’s the end of the weekend and the start of 5 straight days of 9-5 or sometimes 8-6 madness….cue shiver down spine and the need for that second coffee.

A recent study by  The Culture Company  has shown that bad company culture is costing UK businesses around £23 billion a year, with around a third of Brits leaving their jobs because of it.

In the wake of Gary Oldman finally winning an Oscar after all the great performances he’s done, Tinker tailor Soldier Spy and Dracula among my favourites, spanning a career over 3 decades. We wanted to offer some of our own advice for finding your own Oscar winning employee.

Also, we’ve popped some famous film quotes in there as hats off to some great films, see if you can guess them all, and leave your answers in the comments.

Resigning from your job doesn’t need to leave both parties with a sour taste in their mouths. If done correctly and tactfully, it can actually help rather than hinder you later in your professional life.

Have you ever been driving down the motorway - merrily, whimsically and without a care – when suddenly, you were cut up by a BMW? You grit your teeth, sound your horn, maybe even shout a four-letter word or two, but most of all, you want information.

Imagine this, you wake up on Thursday morning, its 6am and you think ahhhh I’ve got two more days of work till the weekend, that’s twenty hours of my life!....Oh wait hang on, no I don’t, I have one day left and today is only six hours long and I don’t need to start till 10am…..and you hit that snooze button and fall asleep for another two whole hours before you get up and make yourself a lovely healthy breakfast and enjoy some fresh coffee, before you leave for your last day before your 3 day weekend begins.

As we said this probably isn’t exactly breaking  news  to most, Brits tend to be a pretty moany bunch and we love to hate things. However, what you might not have  realised  is that nearly 40% of us admit to hating our jobs and its mostly down to feeling undervalued and company culture.

It’s Squeaky, tastes quite often like rubber unless cooked by a Michelin star chef, but regardless of that we  brits  love it, we fry it, make burgers out of it, it is  of course  our beloved Halloumi! And there is a race against time to save it, according to an article by Wired.com!

With the new year, comes resolutions and goals of creating a better self, but do we really create goals that are right for us?

If finding top staff is becoming a problem, then here’s some of the top areas you need to be fulfilling to drive up the interest from the best around.

Right folks, we’ve been talking a lot recently about technology, about office environments and the properties of great management, but today we’re going to take it back to basics and we are here to inform or remind you all of what some of the best interview questions are to ask.

What are you going to have for dinner when you get home tonight? Yeah? Why that? Why not salad and noodles? Or if you were thinking of having salad and noodles, why not quail egg  omelettes?

Sugar is everywhere in our food - and it's contentious because in large quantities it does actual physical damage to our bodies, causing impaired cognitive function, compromised absorption of needed vitamins and minerals that we do need, and has even been shown to reduce our immunity for up to six hours immediately following consumption.

We all know them and hate them. The rude, obnoxious, aggressive clients who make all our jobs needlessly stressful. We’ve looked through the website clientsfromhell.net  in order to compile a few stories about clients of the very worst kind and giving you a few anecdotes that will make you glad of your workplace (or if not, get in contact with us immediately!). Enjoy.

Personal growth and development mean a great many different things to different people, what may be a small achievement for one may be a giant leap for another and what may seem like a catastrophic failure to one may be a vital learning experience to someone else. We all have our strengths and weaknesses and we all have our own paths, goals, and  ambitions. Whatever your goal in life, here are 10 inspirational quotes that we hope will keep you motivated along the way to it. Enjoy!

The alcoholic beverage industry is gigantic in Europe and the trends that are flooding the market place this year are only going to bolster the strength of the brewing trade even more so. Here is a quick look at a few of this year’s biggest trends in the beer game:

You only have one chance to make a first impression and your first day on the job is that first impression. You need to be well presented, articulate, in a good frame of mind and looking ambitious and ready to go. In order to aid you in being seen that way by whoever hired you, here are 5 quick things to avoid at all costs on your first day at work (and every day after that, if you can).

Following on from last Monday’s article, we thought we would continue exploring the trends of 2019 that  centre  around the UK alcohol industry. Specifically, we want to focus on the craft beer breweries that seem to be popping up all over the country. We want to focus today on a select handful of these breweries and bring them more to into the limelight.

Craft beers are a huge trend this year that is expected to explode all throughout the 12 months in a variety of different places. Listed below are 3 of the breweries to keep an eye out for:

Right, so, first things first.

Millennials can be a handful. Short on experience, short on patience and seem to only have a limited amount of effort to give. But despite these shortcomings of youth, research shows us that millennials report to strive in many more areas, not least of all being career development.

We hear all too often from our clients when they recant times they have had to ‘let go’ a new member of their team, and all too often it’s for such reasons as, ‘they were terribly disorganised’, or ‘they didn’t appear to be motivated much/at all’, or – and most commonly – ‘their time management was atrocious’

How do you keep yourself motivated?’ is a common interview question and it’s asked to find out how you deal with the inevitable tedium of the 9-5 grind. According to a Gallup Poll of American workers, 65 percent of US workers report feeling either unengaged or are actively disengaged from work, leading to low morale, lack of productivity and just a feeling of general negativity.

Here are 3 ways to keep yourself motivated at work and ensure that you don’t succumb to negativity being your primary mindset at work:

A while ago, we were looking into trends of the food industry and found 2 companies in particular that claimed to be creating the future of food –   Impossible Foods  and  Beyond Meat, both American newly formed firms who have recently moved into the UK market.

We’ve been talking a lot about craft beer trends recently, so today, we thought we’d go the whole hog. Plenty of you who have read these blogs have been getting inspired by the young  start-up  craft breweries we’ve been describing, so we thought we would lay out some more professionally orientated marketing tips for  anyone  who is interested at giving the world of craft beer a crack!

We hear it from the old timers all the time, ‘Oh, I remember the good old days when-‘and off they go on their tangent. Usually about how much nicer, faster, cleaner and more hassle-free life was back at a certain point. Well, today we thought we would test that little theory…

This one is a nostalgia piece for the older among you and a history lesson for the youngsters, so without further ado, here are 5 ways in which office-based technology has changed for us over the course of a mere 25-year period.           

The future of food may lie in – what we can only describe as – a ‘test tube burger’.

Right, it’s Friday. We’ve all had a long week; we’ve all done well and we’re all a little closer to hitting our monthly targets. Let’s kick the boredom and have a bit of fun.

Africa has always been a land of mystery to us Europeans – a land of mineral wealth, extravagant wildlife and wonderous adventure. Along with that though, Africa has given us some of the most diverse and creative foods imaginable. Today though, we wish to delve into the more unusual food stuffs from the continent of human origin and bring you 4 of their strangest culinary delights. Enjoy:

It may have come as a surprise to many of you football fans to see Liverpool central defender, Virgil Van Dijk winning the PFA Footballer of the Year 2019. Yes, he’s had a great season, and so have Liverpool as a whole (just not quite as good as Man City’s) but when was the last time that a central defender won this highly coveted award?

Following on from our article earlier this week on NeuroNutrition, we wanted to present a more sceptical take on another 2019 trend that is sweeping Silicon Valley right now – so it’s only a matter of time until it makes it to our shores – Biohacking.

They give us the benefit of their experience and the pearls of their knowledge, whilst ensuring that we don’t repeat the same mistakes they did – they are our mentors. Mentoring new staff is a skill that is vital in building a successful team who will integrate into your company culture.

The question on every CEO’s mind when they contemplate how to get the most from their employees: How do we have fun at work without disrupting productivity?

We’ve all got that one friend who always orders sulphuric vindaloo with extra gunpowder when we go out for Indian food. They eat it with ease, no sweat at all, and only seem to need a swig of beer to pacify a level of spice that would be like an inferno to you. Send them this article to let them know that there are foods in the world that will send even their innards into overdrive.

Here are 4 of the hottest and spiciest foods on Earth:

The summer is here, and you’ve run out of excuses – it’s time to get out and start running like you said you would. But don’t worry, we’ll give you a bit of advice to help you get going.

The drink of all summer drinks must be Gin. Smooth, fruity and best enjoyed with tonic water, this will be a staple for many a garden party this season. Today, we want to take a closer look at Gin, it’s varieties, how it is distilled and what truly makes it the King of the summertime.

Enjoy:

Your hard work will play the most prominent role in your success, but if you don't formulate your goals correctly, it will be much more challenging to accomplish them.

If you’re looking to lose a few inches around the waistline and a few not notches of the belt, we have you covered. Weight loss foods are always hugely popular for this time of year, so here are our 3 picks for the most efficient and easy to purchase foods that will help you shed those pounds.

Enjoy:

BrewDog – a Scottish craft brewery who we have written about previously – are now learning the price of irony in today’s internet age. The Brewery are no stranger to controversy when it comes to their marketing strategy and have been in the spotlight more as of late – but we’ll get to that later.

So, you have great, great interest in developing your career and shaping it into a clear path that leads to a fantastic goal. The trouble is, the company you work for doesn’t care to help you. Problem.

Recruiters have heard them all – the best, the worst and all that’s in-between – so today we thought we would share our pearls of wisdom and enlighten you with some tips on the best and worst things to say in a job interview.

Here’s a short list of the Good and the Bad reasons for leaving your last job. Enjoy!

We all need a confidence boost every now and then. When you’re in an interview situation, you’ll likely need one even more. Confidence isn’t something that can be taught in a classroom, but it is something that can be exercised and strengthened through practice and persistence. Here, we have laid out 3 ways in which you can improve your confidence, for job interviews, for first dates or for whatever else. Enjoy!

I’m sure it is in fact true that the Danes hate to see it leave just as much as we love to see it arrive, but Carlsberg is overhauling its namesake beer brand in the UK, changing everything from its taste and packaging to glassware and marketing as it shifts focus from quantity to quality in order to ‘change the way people think about Carlsberg’.

Your CV is what every potential employer will initially judge you by. It contains your work history, your relevant experience, and your hobbies and past times – basically, everything that any employer needs to know about you (at least at first).

Well, it appears Gillette has done a 180 turn on their #metoo movement ad, after their parent company  Proctor & Gamble reported an $8 billion financial loss  from the resulting backlash, seemingly embodying a phrase that is spoken loudly across certain corners of the internet: ‘Once you go woke, you go broke.’

Congratulations, you got the job! Now it’s time for your first day. We all remember our first day at a new job and, hopefully, for the right reasons. Here are 5 mistakes and blunders to avoid doing on your first day at your new workplace. Enjoy!

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you read the words…Piccadilly Circus?

Having a strong company culture is essential to the modern business. Employees feeling valued and cohesive within your environment is exactly what every great company share. It can be difficult though to know where to start and how one goes about improving their company culture. Here we have laid out 4 tips to help. Enjoy!

Brewdog and Deliveroo are showing everyone else how it’s done by upping their investment in big brand campaigns significantly over the course of this year. They’re showing they recognise the need to spend above-the-line to differentiate from their competitors.

Over the past two years, FMCG ultra-giants Unilever and P&G have concentrated their efforts on bringing transparency in how they handle media, however this has only led to massive losses. They’re not alone either!

No matter which side of the political fence you sit on, the future of Brexit looks somewhat uncertain for SME’s at the moment. From staffing to exporting, marketing logistics to data protection, everything that was once certain seems entirely up in the air.

Have you ever dated someone at work? If so, how did your fellow colleagues react to it? Or more to the point, how did management react? Or did you keep it a secret as intra-workplace relationships are/were forbidden at the company?