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Benefits of CPD for Entrepreneurship in Business Startups

Benefits of CPD for Entrepreneurship in Business Startups

Starting your own business can be exciting and rewarding, but for many it is also a daunting prospect. It can seem overwhelming navigating the steps required to successfully start a business. Although all businesses are unique and face their own specific challenges, there are some key considerations necessary in a business startup. The following article aims to provide some helpful guidance for those looking to start a business and identifies the fundamental steps necessary. It also explains how Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can support entrepreneurs in starting and growing a business.
Business
What courses can I do online?

What courses can I do online?

With the advancement in available industry training and development, there is an increasing variety of different learning opportunities to explore. As eLearning software becomes more user-friendly and easy to access, studying online is becoming more popular and easier for people and students of all levels of IT competency. But what courses can I do online? This article provides a brief introduction to the different types of online and eLearning available from across the industries.
Business
6 Months Down the Line: Your New Year's Resolutions and How to Reboot Them

6 Months Down the Line: Your New Year's Resolutions and How to Reboot Them

This informal CPD article 6 Months Down the Line: Your New Year’s Resolutions and How to Reboot Them was provided by Alison, Free Online Learning Provider. With the sun shining and holidays fast approaching, January feels like a long time ago. Perhaps even further from your mind are those New Year's Resolutions you made. As the year moves on and business tends to pick up after January, it can be hard to stay committed to those goals you set yourself at the beginning of the year
Healthcare & Medical
CPD certification for your training academy salon in the hair and beauty industry

CPD certification for your training academy salon in the hair and beauty industry

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the hair and beauty industry is a personal responsibility for all professionals, to keep their knowledge and skills up to date so that they can deliver the high quality of service that safeguards the public and meets the expectations of customers and the requirements of their profession. By investing in your training academy and beauty salon staff, you are investing in the continued success of your beauty business. 
Business
Colour Psychology: Interior Design Your Way to a Happy Home Office

Colour Psychology: Interior Design Your Way to a Happy Home Office

This informal CPD article Colour Psychology: Interior Design Your Way to a Happy Home Office was provided by Centre of Excellence. For many of us, ‘WFH’ was an unknown acronym not much more than a year ago. Now it’s a lifestyle, a cultural statement, a meme. Working from home has undoubtedly become the new normal - and given the benefits to both employers and employees, perhaps the new normal will last. Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics, estimates 25-30% of the workforce will be working from home multiple days a week by the end of 2021. 
Business
Retraining is no longer optional

Retraining is no longer optional

This informal CPD article Retraining is no longer optional was provided by Alison, Free Online Learning Provider. “For workers to remain in their roles over the next five years, nearly half will need retraining for their core skills.” This is a direct quote from the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report, which was published in 2020 and which looks at the changing nature of work. As these numbers show, advances in technology mean that jobs are evolving faster than ever before.
Business
Remote Working: The Skills You Need to Thrive

Remote Working: The Skills You Need to Thrive

This informal CPD article Remote Working: The Skills You Need to Thrive was provided by Alison, Free Online Learning Provider. Regardless of your job, applying the specific skillset you've acquired to perform it successfully is really only half of the work you do. It goes without saying that programmers need to be able to programme, and of course, copywriters need to be able to write copy. But all workers, no matter what field they work in, also need to have a second vital skillset: to be able to work with people.