As 2025 draws to a close, many small and medium-sized businesses are taking a breath and reflecting. Not in a glossy, “annual report” way, but in a more honest, practical sense: What actually changed this year? What stretched us? And what have we learned about employing people in a small business environment? From an HR perspective, 2025 wasn’t defined by dramatic shocks. Instead, it was a year of adjustment. For many SMEs, it marked a shift away from firefighting and towards

The Employment Rights Bill has generated a huge amount of discussion, most of it centred on political positioning with a focus on large organisations with complex HR teams. But very little attention has been paid to what the Bill means in reality  for the employers who make up the vast majority of the UK economy: small businesses, micro-enterprises, family-run services, rural organisations, charities, voluntary clubs ... with limited infrastructure. These are employers withou

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