If you are a small business owner, you have undoubtedly encountered the seemingly difficult challenge of balancing your business obligations with those of home and family. Being committed to both a business and family life forces us to blur the lines sometimes. While trying to succeed in business and contribute to nurturing a family simultaneously is an ambitious goal, the frequent outcome is that we spread ourselves thin and wind up feeling as...more
With so many regulations, Health & Safety Executive (HSE) prosecutions and so many cowboy scaffolding sub contractors out there, its easy to make a costly mistake when choosing a scaffold firm.Armed with this three part inside info youll be in the know and confident that youre choosing a dependable scaffolder, potentially saving you thousands of pounds in lost production, HSE fines and contra-charges from other subbies waiting for your...more
Employers have long recognized that conducting due diligence on new hires is a mission critical task. Firms cannot afford to be sidetracked by employee problems such as workplace violence, theft, false resumes, embezzlement, harassment or trumped-up injury claims. Employers can be the subject of lawsuits for negligent hiring if they hire someone that they should have known, through the exercise of due diligence, was dangerous, unfit or unqualified.However, with the mobility of workers across international borders it is no longer adequate to conduct these checks just in the United States. A 2000 government study shows that 11.5% of the population consists of immigrants. In addition, an increasing number of workers have spent part of their professional career abroad. The number of countries from which employers seek additional information about applicants is expansive, and includes India, China, Philippines, France, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Canada, among others.International Background Screening Perceived As Difficult Because of the perceived difficulty in performing international employment screening, some employers have not attempted to verify...more
First-time buyers are finding themselves in a predicament with falling house prices as the housing market becomes more affordable. Expert opinion is they are being squeezed out of home ownership by the very large deposit they are required to have in order to secure their first mortgage. Saving up to £25,000 for a deposit takes a lot of effort and...more
Think of the "platform" as the roads and freeway system that connects all traders to the finanical markets including forex. At the base level, everyone must be connected to the Internet. On top of that layer of connection, all programs and systems must be able to talk to each other.All data must be stored some where, and all users must connect to...more
As a 34-year-old, born-and-bred New Yorker, as I read the details of Barack Obamas stimulus plan, many memories come to mind. A product of the NYC public school system, I have worked hard for my money, and according to government classifications am rich, as I have made many sacrifices to get to where I am. Ive weathered a divorce, failed friendships, dwindling family time, and many others sacrifices entrepreneurs make, and I am sure these self-sacrifices will continue. Growing up in a Bronx household where my mother worked very hard, we were latchkey kids. I worked 40 hours a week from the age of 11 in a local pizzeria run by a 30-something, hardworking Italian immigrant. This man saved his money to open the business and worked 90 hours a week there to send his two young children to Catholic school. My mom was the daughter of Holocaust survivors, who had instilled in her a unique endurance, but she was stubborn and refused to ever accept help from anyone. It had to always be her way, and she refused to lose. We never asked nor received any help from the government. My mother raised my sister and me to believe in ourselves, and she sacrificed herself tremendously so we...more
There has been a lot of ways on how Filipinos could easily send their Balikbayan box back to their families in the Philippines, and one of those is with the finest and longest running courier company in the country, LBC. LBC has been considered a...more
Ever wanted a 24 hour package delivery philippines service? Such service is unique in the Philippines. A few courier companies provide such service for Filipinos. Among the few is 2GO, a courier company serving under the Aboitiz Transport System -...more
Sending in Letters to the Philippines is beginning to become a distant memory now that emails and instant messengers are becoming more popular when it comes to getting in touch with someone. But this doesn't mean that courier companies have stopped...more
Sending "Balikbayan" boxes to the Philippines has been tradition for a lot of Filipinos that live outside of the Philippines. Overseas Filipino workers or OFWs are among those that benefit from these kinds of boxes. So what is the difference of...more
Thinking of ways on how to easily and conveniently send your gift box to the philippines? Well this kind of problem can be easily solved by visiting online gift shops or by going straight to a courier office and have it delivered to your family or...more
In today's industry pertaining to delivery or courier philippines services, there are currently 3 companies that excels in this field. One is powered by FedEx, an American based courier company; another is founded by Aboitiz Transport System, the...more