1. Retain talentHire today, gone tomorrow? It is important that you remain an attractive employer through the downturn. If you lose your competitive edge, you could be dealt a serious blow.
2. The 6 Rs of Restructure. Restructures can knock your balance. If you need to reorganise your business, make sure you take these 6 factors into account before you start.
3. Consider the alternativesWhat are the alternatives? There is a temporary option that could balance your costs in the interim.
4. Calculate the real cost Panic job cuts could impede quick recovery for your business, with an estimated £16,375 cost attached per employee. Calculate the cost using this formula.
5. 10 downturn survival tips Although fear and uncertainty will underlie decisions, markets will recover. If you're cutting costs, be prepared.
The SIA SBN management team are putting together the Programmes for the next meeting. Details will follow, but below is the Press Release from The SIA.
As part of the SIA’s stakeholder engagement strategy, the third Small Business Network meeting will be held on Thursday 19 March in Warwick.
The meeting is being organised and facilitated by representatives from the network, with the full support of the SIA. The event follows the successes of the first two meetings held in January and June last year.
The meeting is an opportunity for those working in small security businesses to engage with the SIA and others in their industry. Delegates will be able to discuss and explore issues about the industry and regulation.
The departure of Mike Wilson from The SIA and the apparent reasons for it, in many ways strengthens the need for the SIA Small Business network to voice the concerns of the smaller organisations within the licensed sector.
We are in the process of arranging a few regional meetings and a larger national meeting perhaps for March 2009: details of which will hopefully follow shortly.
We would also like too canvass your opinion with the following question.
“What are the two most important issues that you would like The SIA Small Business Network to raise with The SIA” We can then act accordingly.
We look forward to your replies and to see you at future meetings
On behalf of the joint Chairmen, apologies for the lack of any output recently. Pressures of day jobs and a couple of flu bugs have delayed some planned activity.
Rest assured that things are happening. We are in the process of arranging a meeting with Mike Wilson and are looking for venues for the next SIA SBN meeting.
Apologies particularly to those of you who expressed an interest in getting involved with the running of the Network. I know we have been in touch with some of you, but not all - yet.
Could I please ask that if you are still keen to get involved that you please drop me an email (again) perhaps indicating what function you would like to get involved with e.g.. organising national or regional meetings, PR, fund-raising / sponsorship, SIA liaison etc.
Promoting Best Practice is I feel a function of the Network and if you have some interesting experiences of problems that you have encountered and the ways in which you dealt with them, please let me know. It would be useful to share some of these case studies with other members of the network. Perhaps you could prepare a short presentation to deliver at the next meeting?
Anyway, we hope to be in touch shortly, but here are a few final questions for you.
Can you offer or suggest a venue for a future meeting and if so where?
Can you suggest any possible sponsors that we can approach as we need to move towards being self-funding?
Would you be prepared to speak at a future meeting? On what subject?
