Being your own boss definitely has it's benefits - choosing your own hours, your workload, your clients and even your own dress code. But it's also easy to pick up bad habits if you don't stay focused! It's all about discipline and you need to put the hours in if you want to succeed and stay ahead of your game!

As a small business it's important to keep your costs down especially when you're just starting out. But a lot of small business owners underestimate the importance of budgeting for IT support costs. We first met George from B&G IT Services back in March when we featured him in a blog post after he'd recently joined the Bucks Biz community, he shares with us below his tips for small businesses to keep their systems up and running!

Meet Michael from MR-Solutions Ltd, a specialist Recruitment Agency that focuses in the Electronic Component Distribution Industry for Sales & Marketing professionals. Michael has recently upgraded his office space with Bucks Biz and we caught up with him recently to find out what motivated the upgrade! Here's what he had to say...

National Volunteers' Week is a chance to celebrate and say thank you for the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. It takes place 1-7 June every year and is an opportunity to celebrate volunteering in all its diversity. Find out more

Why volunteer?

Today was the first training session for Bucks Biz customers by MK based Sandler Training. A number of businesses based at our Newport Pagnell, Bletchley and Denbigh sites learned how to Build a Bulletproof Business with Sandler MD Chris Davies.

Moving into new offices is an exciting time and can have a transformative effect on a business but for those managing the move it can be an extremely stressful time. So much so that some companies delay moving, opting to stay in completely unfit for purpose offices to avoid the stress of it all. So, at Bucks Biz, we've come up with a checklist to help make your move as smooth as possible!

We’re pleased to welcome a new business to the Newport Pagnell Bucks Biz iCentre! Established since 2017, MK Scuba Diving are opening a new Dive Centre and are due to move in soon.

Meet one of Buck's Biz's semi-long term customers, Red Giraffe. They have been renting from us for the past year and a half and are located over at iCentre, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes. Continue to read this blog to find out how Joe Gilbert founded Red Giraffe, what they do and why they chose Buck's Biz as a base for their business, which was founded in September 2015.

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Learning at Work Week 13-19 May 2019/FREE Sandler Sales Training 

What is Learning at Work Week?

Learning at Work Week is a unique annual event to build learning cultures at work. It aims to put a spotlight on the importance and benefits of continual learning and development. The Campaign for Learning coordinate LAW Week nationally and offer resources and ideas for learning & development colleagues looking to run creative, innovative and inclusive activities as part of their Learning at Work Week campaigns. Learning at Work Week 2019 takes place from 13th-19th May on the theme 'Shaping the Future'. 

Bucks Biz are supporting Learning at Work week by offering FREE training to all Bucks Biz businesses on Thursday 30th May 2019 in Partnership with Sandler MK. The training session will take place from 9.30 - 11 am at iCentre, Newport Pagnell.

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