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How to Prioritise your Work
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How to Prioritise your Work

It’s a struggle we’ve all had, when your to-do list is longer than the hours in a day, learning how to prioritise your work is possible one of the most useful skills you can acquire. Why do we need to learn how to priorities work? With constant emails, demand for your time and juggling different projects, we can often become overwhelmed with the share number of tasks we need to complete. This can lead to us feeling stressed and overworked as we try to do everything.

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Books to Help you Get Out of a Creative Rut
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Books to Help you Get Out of a Creative Rut

We’ve all been there when we hit a wall, where you just think “I’m out of ideas” or “I don’t feel inspired”! The pressure to constantly be creating something new can often compound leaving you in a rut. Therefore, some resources which can help kick-start these cogs moving again are always a welcome helping hand. Here are some of the books we think might help get you started again.

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Health Benefits to Working Locally
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Health Benefits to Working Locally

In honour of World Health Day, we are sharing some of the health benefits of working locally. World health day celebrates the formation of the world health organisation intending to highlight public health concerns. One thing the pandemic has made us realise is the unhealthy nature of the average commute, as we used to cram onto pack trains and bus’s for often lengthy commutes into the city centre.

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Start-Up Resources: Finance for Small Businesses
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Start-Up Resources: Finance for Small Businesses

A daunting part of running a small business can often be getting your head around finances, this can be anything from setting a budget to learning how to price your services. Here we aim to provide some useful resources to make it easier to manage your finances.

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Start-Up Resources: Social Media for Small Businesses
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Start-Up Resources: Social Media for Small Businesses

Marketing a small business can often be difficult when funds and resources are limited. However, building a social following can be an invaluable way of marketing your product, as well as connecting and building customer loyalty. Here we provide some useful links and resources to help kick start your social media. Don’t forget to download our social media calendar to help plan out your posts!

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5 Ways To Create A Productive Work Environment
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5 Ways To Create A Productive Work Environment

Having a positive work environment can have a huge impact on your productivity, motivation and even your mental health. Sometime we need a boost to refresh the way we work, here are 5 simple ways you can refresh your working environment to improve your productivity!

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