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• Small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) are businesses that have revenues, assets, or a number of employees below a certain threshold. • Each country has its own definition of what constitutes a small and midsize enterprise. • Each country may also set different guidelines across industries to define what a small business is across sectors. • SMEs play an important role in an economy, employing vast numbers of people and helping to shape innovation. • Governments regularly offer incentives, including favorable tax treatment and better access to loans, to help keep SMEs in business. Small and Midsize Enterprises (SMEs) Around the World SMEs in the U.S. In the United States, the For example, in manufacturing, an SME is a firm with 500 or fewer employees. In contrast, businesses that mine copper ore and nickel ore can have up to 1,500 employees and still be identified as SMEs. Like the European Union (EU), the U.S. distinctly classifies companies with fewer than 10 employees as a The SBA Office of Advocacy reported almost 33.2 million small businesses in the U.S., based on the most recent available data. Of these, 82% did not have any employees. Within the U.S. economy, small businesses comprise 99.9% of all firms, 99.7% of all firms with paid employees, and 97.3% of exporters. SMEs are disproportionally owned by White males, highlighting the lack of access to financial and entrepreneurial resources across races and genders. For example, a March 2023 report by the SBA found on...

The fifth edition of the According to the • 19% of growing SMEs expanded their employee benefit offerings during the pandemic, vs only 7% of stagnant/declining SMEs. • 32% of stagnant/declining SMEs had to reduce small business employee benefits, vs 26% of growing SMEs. • 58% of SMEs made no change to their small business employee benefits. As offices shut and businesses scrambled to keep remote employees engaged, small business employee benefits came under increased scrutiny. Now, the shift to remote and hybrid working has led many employees to seek out long-term flexibility. In fact, the The competition for skilled, agile workers has only increased in the post-pandemic landscape, especially in the face of a How can offering small business employee benefits help SMEs? One of the most important concerns for SMEs is Here are three ways that offering small business employee benefits can help SMEs. • Build the brand. Would-be employees used to have to hear about working conditions through the grapevine. Not anymore. Today, a workplace’s reputation is just a click away. There are entire sites dedicated to covering working conditions at companies. Offering good benefits will help to build a business’s reputation for being a place that • Employee benefits can be business benefits. Many small business employee benefits empower the whole organisation, not just the team members. Offering access to on-demand training and • Reduce recruiting costs. Offering robust small business empl...

Carefully chosen employee benefits packages can benefit SMEs in several ways. All business owners understand the advantages of offering generous benefits packages to their staff, but SME’s (small and medium-sized enterprises) often report that the price point for a benefits platform for a smaller number of staff can make this unaffordable. As setup and management of schemes is often proportionally higher for smaller numbers, this is a very real issue to overcome. SME’s also fear becoming locked into a package which is scarcely used by employees, while larger companies may find that 10% uptake of benefits still delivers a value which will appear worthwhile to the board. In these cases taking the more easily demonstrable value of “100% of staff attend accept the £10 voucher and attend the free lunch” feels appealing, even if its true value to employees can be much lower and less flexible. But pizza Fridays and a voucher for an online retailer once a year does not address the day to day challenges that a good employee benefits package resolves. Carefully chosen employee benefits packages can benefit SMEs in several ways: Attracting and retaining employees A well-designed employee benefits package can help SMEs attract and retain talented employees by offering competitive benefits that add value to their compensation package and meet their needs. This is especially true if the SME is competing to recruit from the same pool as larger companies who offer these benefits as standa...

By Natalie Boudou, below, Executive Coach and CEO of HumanForce Showing emotions in the workplace has notoriously been seen as ‘weak’ or ‘unprofessional’. But the pandemic threw this outdated view into sharp relief, and triggered a shift in perspective about what employees of all ages want from the workplace. There is a demand for a company culture that is supportive, inclusive, trans­parent and trustworthy. Staff are looking towards their place of employment for a sense of purpose and want to feel in control and empowered. Most of all, they want an emotional connection. Employees are the life and heart of any SME. When staff feel like they can bring their whole selves to work without fear of judgement, productivity, engagement and job satisfaction flourish. Leaders must gain an understanding of the value of emotions at work in order to create a more connected, open and in turn productive workforce. Here are five key benefits of normalising emotions for SMEs: • Learning Emotions influence how we learn because they are inherently linked to cognitive skills such as attention, memory, executive function, decision making, critical thinking, problem solving and regulation. Emotions such as joy, excitement and passion will motivate us to learn. They activate the reward system of the brain, making learning desirable, and aid in focus and atten­tion. Positive emotional states can help us to broaden our perspective, see alternatives, persist through chal­lenges and respond positive...

By Natalie Boudou, below, Executive Coach and CEO of HumanForce Showing emotions in the workplace has notoriously been seen as ‘weak’ or ‘unprofessional’. But the pandemic threw this outdated view into sharp relief, and triggered a shift in perspective about what employees of all ages want from the workplace. There is a demand for a company culture that is supportive, inclusive, trans­parent and trustworthy. Staff are looking towards their place of employment for a sense of purpose and want to feel in control and empowered. Most of all, they want an emotional connection. Employees are the life and heart of any SME. When staff feel like they can bring their whole selves to work without fear of judgement, productivity, engagement and job satisfaction flourish. Leaders must gain an understanding of the value of emotions at work in order to create a more connected, open and in turn productive workforce. Here are five key benefits of normalising emotions for SMEs: • Learning Emotions influence how we learn because they are inherently linked to cognitive skills such as attention, memory, executive function, decision making, critical thinking, problem solving and regulation. Emotions such as joy, excitement and passion will motivate us to learn. They activate the reward system of the brain, making learning desirable, and aid in focus and atten­tion. Positive emotional states can help us to broaden our perspective, see alternatives, persist through chal­lenges and respond positive...

Carefully chosen employee benefits packages can benefit SMEs in several ways. All business owners understand the advantages of offering generous benefits packages to their staff, but SME’s (small and medium-sized enterprises) often report that the price point for a benefits platform for a smaller number of staff can make this unaffordable. As setup and management of schemes is often proportionally higher for smaller numbers, this is a very real issue to overcome. SME’s also fear becoming locked into a package which is scarcely used by employees, while larger companies may find that 10% uptake of benefits still delivers a value which will appear worthwhile to the board. In these cases taking the more easily demonstrable value of “100% of staff attend accept the £10 voucher and attend the free lunch” feels appealing, even if its true value to employees can be much lower and less flexible. But pizza Fridays and a voucher for an online retailer once a year does not address the day to day challenges that a good employee benefits package resolves. Carefully chosen employee benefits packages can benefit SMEs in several ways: Attracting and retaining employees A well-designed employee benefits package can help SMEs attract and retain talented employees by offering competitive benefits that add value to their compensation package and meet their needs. This is especially true if the SME is competing to recruit from the same pool as larger companies who offer these benefits as standa...

• Small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) are businesses that have revenues, assets, or a number of employees below a certain threshold. • Each country has its own definition of what constitutes a small and midsize enterprise. • Each country may also set different guidelines across industries to define what a small business is across sectors. • SMEs play an important role in an economy, employing vast numbers of people and helping to shape innovation. • Governments regularly offer incentives, including favorable tax treatment and better access to loans, to help keep SMEs in business. Small and Midsize Enterprises (SMEs) Around the World SMEs in the U.S. In the United States, the For example, in manufacturing, an SME is a firm with 500 or fewer employees. In contrast, businesses that mine copper ore and nickel ore can have up to 1,500 employees and still be identified as SMEs. Like the European Union (EU), the U.S. distinctly classifies companies with fewer than 10 employees as a The SBA Office of Advocacy reported almost 33.2 million small businesses in the U.S., based on the most recent available data. Of these, 82% did not have any employees. Within the U.S. economy, small businesses comprise 99.9% of all firms, 99.7% of all firms with paid employees, and 97.3% of exporters. SMEs are disproportionally owned by White males, highlighting the lack of access to financial and entrepreneurial resources across races and genders. For example, a March 2023 report by the SBA found on...

The fifth edition of the According to the • 19% of growing SMEs expanded their employee benefit offerings during the pandemic, vs only 7% of stagnant/declining SMEs. • 32% of stagnant/declining SMEs had to reduce small business employee benefits, vs 26% of growing SMEs. • 58% of SMEs made no change to their small business employee benefits. As offices shut and businesses scrambled to keep remote employees engaged, small business employee benefits came under increased scrutiny. Now, the shift to remote and hybrid working has led many employees to seek out long-term flexibility. In fact, the The competition for skilled, agile workers has only increased in the post-pandemic landscape, especially in the face of a How can offering small business employee benefits help SMEs? One of the most important concerns for SMEs is Here are three ways that offering small business employee benefits can help SMEs. • Build the brand. Would-be employees used to have to hear about working conditions through the grapevine. Not anymore. Today, a workplace’s reputation is just a click away. There are entire sites dedicated to covering working conditions at companies. Offering good benefits will help to build a business’s reputation for being a place that • Employee benefits can be business benefits. Many small business employee benefits empower the whole organisation, not just the team members. Offering access to on-demand training and • Reduce recruiting costs. Offering robust small business empl...