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People Matters HR Team focus pieces – Niel Cope (February 2020)
People Matters HR Team focus pieces – NIEL COPE February 2020 Niel Cope is the founder and MD of Bury-based People Matter HR. Top of the tree, master of the house and boss of all bosses. He runs the business with wife Yvonne and a super talented team. He’s a familiar...
People Matters HR Shortlisted for Awards at the BreatheHR Partner Summit 2020
Leading Bury HR consultancy People Matters HR are celebrating after being shortlisted in four categories of a prestigious industry award. The Breathe HR Awards are run by Breathe HR, the number one, cloud-based HR software solution for SMEs in the UK. They were...
National Work Life Week – Mental Health
Next week is Work Life week, the brainchild of UK charity Working Families. Whilst it’s focus was originally parents, and the pressure work life can create on family life, the reality is, all of us can be at risk of overworking, and underplaying the impact this can...
National Work Life Week 7th to 11th October 2019
Whilst October may be more famous for Halloween, there is another event taking place we should all be aware of. National Work Life Week takes place between 7th and 11th October and is an annual campaign, run by Working Families, to encourage both employers and...
SEMINAR: Networking with Will Kintish
So, you’ve agreed to go to a networking meeting and now you’re looking for some quick and easy tips to ensure you make the most of this opportunity. Well, thankfully, you’ve come to the right place! We might not be experts on networking, but we have learnt a thing or...
How to prepare for a ‘not networking’ event
When you’re self-employed, you’re never really “off duty”. No matter what you do, it’s not going to be your typical 9-5 working situation. Not only do you have the work to do, or the staff to oversee, but you need to think about marketing, and budgets, and product...
How to overcome networking nerves
Networking nerves are incredibly common and if they affect you, you’re far from alone. Let’s kick this off by assuming we can all agree by now that, if you’re in business, networking is a good idea. The reasons are obvious. That out of the way, let’s remember...
3 Reasons You Should Be Networking
Business is always about people. It doesn’t matter what you make, what you sell or what service you provide. Ultimately you are in the business of people. This means every single one of us needs to be able to network For many, the word “networking” may conjure up...
Networking Masterclass with Will Kintish
People Matters HR was thrilled to host a half-day networking masterclass with renowned speaker and trainer Will Kintish on Thursday, 12 September 2019. This interactive and insightful session took place at the Sedgley Park Rugby Club in Whitefield, offering attendees...
Seminar: The Importance of Rewarding and Recognising Your Staff
WHAT? A seminar regarding the importance of rewarding and recognising staff was held on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Part of our series of seminars, it covered a variety of topics, from why recognition and reward are important to some of the best ways to achieve...
Basic Steps for Effective Decision Making
We all know that running a business requires people to make decisions. The better the decision, the better the outcome. Therefore, it’s important that their decision-making skills are up to scratch. However, decision making isn’t always something we are taught how to...
Why the best decisions aren’t the perfect ones
Being the decision-maker, whether that’s in a group of friends, in your home life or at work, brings with it an element of control. If you decide what happens, then you’re likely (in theory, at least) to be choosing the outcome that works best for you. Control means...