Having seen businesses continue to succeed while their employees work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s no surprise that a number of companies plan to keep offering the option of remote working. In fact, according to a Gartner Inc survey, 82% of business leaders plan to allow their staff to work remotely some of the time.
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Reopening your business or bringing additional staff back to the office is a positive step. However, there are also anxieties around keeping everyone safe – your staff and also anyone else visiting your premises. Looking ahead how will you be able to judge when your risks in relation to Covid-19 increase, and you need to do something different? Will you be able to identify a new source of infection in good time? One way to help with all of this is to introduce regular and methodical testing.
[continue reading…]Despite more shops opening as the lockdown is being eased there are still many businesses that will remain closed or at best will be operating at reduced capacity for a while yet. A large number of employees will stay on furlough until autumn. All this means that ‘business as usual’ is a long way off. Unless your business happens to be one of those fortunate ones that have been doing well since the lockdown started, you may be seriously concerned about survival.
[continue reading…]Small business owners will be relieved that lockdown looks set to be easing. However, this isn’t a return to normal. Business needs to think of the changing situation as moving forward into a new normal and continue to deal with the reality of the coronavirus. Handling this period will take resilience and adaptability from business owners.
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