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Want to join the SwiftCase team and work in a creative, thriving environment that rewards you with flexibility, a highly competitive salary, free lunch on a Friday and a fantastic culture? Where We Are We are based in Hoylake (2 … Read More

Crowdsourcing is an organisational model in which a single person or business obtains access to goods and services, including ideas and money, from a large, open and often rapidly-changing group of people, usually via the internet. By dividing work between … Read More

For a small or medium-sized business, gaining a large client that consistently makes orders and pays on time would seem like an obvious blessing. Being able to rely on a steady flow of work is reassuring, but there are also … Read More

One method of achieving business growth is expanding your geographic reach. If your immediate market is saturated and new clients are thin on the ground, looking further afield might be the only option. Traditionally, this has meant opening new premises … Read More

The Learning Process Over the course of the past three months, I have continued to study the basics of programming, developing skills essential to working in the IT industry. Gaining a solid foundation in languages such as HTML, SQL, and … Read More

Drawing up a workflow to map out and organise your business processes may seem straightforward, but underestimating the level of accuracy and detail required could cause major problems after implementation. Carefully consider the following factors if you want to see … Read More

At the start of 2017 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99.9% of all UK businesses, contribute 51% of all private sector turnover and makeup 60% of all private sector employment in the UK. As such a vital part … Read More

Whereas standard business process management concentrates on automating and improving pre-existing work activities, goal-oriented BPM takes a wider, more holistic perspective. It’s a philosophy that puts business goals at the centre, with processes being seen as a means to an … Read More

The success of any business hinges on making the right decisions at the right time. Judgements on products and services, working methods, hiring and corporate policy can determine whether a company thrives or fails, especially when the impact of these … Read More

Organisations often find themselves using disparate and contradictory methods to remind employees of upcoming obligations. While paper notes, diaries and calendars have increasingly given way to more sophisticated software equivalents, limitations remain. Most major email providers such as Gmail and … Read More