The inception of any business is both thrilling and terrifying. In order to rapidly grow your company, it’s important to consider taking calculated risks, but you need to have confidence that these will pay off. Getting your business to the stage of being able to expand its workforce is a major milestone for any startup owner, but employing extra staff too soon, or creating unnecessary roles, can have a costly effect and in some cases, spell the end of your dream of being your own boss.
So what are the signs that your business is ready to make its first hire?
*UPDATE: Please note that due to the Government’s announcement on 31 October of new national Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions between 5 November and 2 December, the Winchester Christmas Nutcracker Trail will now begin 3 December.
Winchester Business Improvement District (BID) have announced their plans for the festive season, which will include coordinating the city’s spectacular Christmas lights and new for this year – the Winchester Nutcracker Christmas Trail.
Introduce a friend to Basepoint to receive vouchers to spend in your favorite High Street Shops.
Basepoint is built out of a community. Help it grow by bringing in the companies you want to work with. Introduce a friend or company to Basepoint and we will send you up to £500 in high street vouchers*.
At Basepoint we build on our community, both in the local area and within the Business Centre itself.
If you’ve transitioned your team to working remotely in the past few months, chances are you’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to perfectly replicate the office experience at home—and that’s a big mistake. The real reason remote workers are more productive than their in-office counterparts is because their companies have let go of old ways of thinking about communication, collaboration and completion of tasks. Instead they employ what Molood Ceccarelli calls a “Remote-First Approach” to setting their employees up outside of the office. Ceccarelli is a remote work expert and agile coach. She is the founder of Remote Forever, a company dedicated to helping businesses maximize their remote working capabilities by creating business agility.
Avoid these remote missteps and you’ll see the benefits in your bottom line.
When starting a new business your time is divided between the work and the red tape. Taking a Unit in Basepoint was one of our best decisions. The supportive friendly st… ”
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Deborah Goode, WPA Healthcare
I attended the GEW event as an exhibitor and was blown away with how well run the event was, the number and caliber of the attendees. I will not hesitate to attend again … ”
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Poolemead Accountants (Winchester) Ltd
Basepoint is a friendly and pleasant place to work, surrounded as you are by many other small businesses. Parking and easy access to the M3, A34 and A31 as well as Winche… ”
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