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From Employment Contract templates and Health and Safety guides, through to video guide series on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and how to market your business online, we’ve got it covered. Our Better Business section provides advice and support specifically for floristry businesses to increase sales and improve profitability.
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Latest Marketing & Sales News
Your Website Is Your Silent Salesperson: Make It Work Harder
Your shop might close at 5pm, but your website never sleeps. It’s your digital storefront, your catalogue, and your booking desk all rolled into one. When set up well, it can capture late-night orders, upsell with ease, and build trust with new customers. This article explores how florists can optimise their websites to increase sales, improve customer experience, and strengthen their brand. Keep It Current and Clear What works: Accurate stock, pricing, delivery are
Chris Wood
17 hours ago3 min read
Why Florist are More Expensive than Supermarkets - Infographic to Download
Feel free to share this image with your customers, you can download a copy to print out.
Jackie Whittaker
22 hours ago1 min read
Understand the MPS-ABC Certification System for More Sustainable Sourcing
Viv Bradford explains the benefits of the Dutch MPS certification for growers and florists buying from them.
Viv Bradford
1 day ago3 min read
Latest People Management News
Adverse Weather Policy Template
Here we’ve included a free sample adverse weather policy that UK business owners can refer to.
Croner
1 day ago1 min read
Do’s and Don’ts for Valentine's Peak Success
Valentine’s Day is one of the busiest single peak days of a florist calendar. For many florists, it can account for a significant portion of annual revenue, but it can also be one of the most stressful periods of the year. It is the only peak that I have never enjoyed. Due to heightened customer expectations, tight delivery schedules, high wholesale prices, and intense competition (both local and online), getting Valentine’s Day right requires more than just beautiful flowers
Karen Barnes
6 days ago5 min read
Who is Responsible for Health & Safety in the Workplace?
Employers often get confused around what exactly their health and safety responsibilities are. It is important to understand that avoidable accidents and incidents in the workplace can not only be devastating to the well-being and morale of your workforce, but they can also result in costly financial penalties and even costlier reputational damage. In fact, serious and preventable accidents constitute a breach in your legal obligations to protect your workers. Employers are l
Croner
Jan 1510 min read
Latest Legal Support News
Who is Responsible for Health & Safety in the Workplace?
Employers often get confused around what exactly their health and safety responsibilities are. It is important to understand that avoidable accidents and incidents in the workplace can not only be devastating to the well-being and morale of your workforce, but they can also result in costly financial penalties and even costlier reputational damage. In fact, serious and preventable accidents constitute a breach in your legal obligations to protect your workers. Employers are l
Croner
Jan 1510 min read
Business Owners: Verify Your Identity with Companies House
Company directors and people with significant control (PSCs) will have to verify their identity with Companies House starting from 18th...
Small Business
Aug 22, 20253 min read
Legal Documents Every Start-up Business Needs for Success
Learn how to stay compliant as a start-up business. From tax to health and safety, our legal experts share four areas of business where you need to have legal documents in place. Learn how to stay compliant as a start-up business. From tax to health and safety, our legal experts share four areas of business where you need to have legal documents in place. Setting up your own small business is exciting, but organising the paperwork is a time-consuming job as a new business o
Federation of Small Businesses
Aug 5, 20255 min read
Latest Money Matters News
10 ways you can reduce the risk of overtrading
Are you overtrading? Spot the warning signs early and learn how to fix cash flow strain before it damages your business growth. Learn how you can prevent the dangers of overtrading and the measures you can put in place to grow sustainably and protect your bottom line. Overtrading may seem like a good problem to have in business. After all, landing a big contract means more orders and more sales. However, the risks of overtrading shouldn’t be ignored. A sudden rise in demand c
Federation of Small Businesses
Jan 86 min read
Boost your Business: 10 Ways to Win a Corporate Contract
Supplying regular flower and plant arrangements to local clients can be good business, as repeat orders mean regular income. These days, corporate work encompasses everything from products supplied to businesses for reception areas, to products purchased for employee gifts, customer gifts or those used to dress conference and exhibition venues, show homes and more. Competition to supply corporate flowers can be fierce. In tough times, many businesses choose to cut back on thi
Jackie Whittaker
Jan 53 min read
How Open Banking can Help your Business
Open Banking lets small businesses securely share financial data, simplifying access to finance, improving cash flow & accounting. It also enables easier, more secure, and cheaper customer payments, offering a competitive edge. It's a UK government-backed initiative for better business management. What is Open Banking? Open Banking is a way for you to safely and securely share your business’s financial data, such as your bank transactions or account details, with other truste
Federation of Small Businesses
Dec 29, 20255 min read
Latest Sustainability News
Understand the MPS-ABC Certification System for More Sustainable Sourcing
Viv Bradford explains the benefits of the Dutch MPS certification for growers and florists buying from them.
Viv Bradford
1 day ago3 min read
OASIS® Renewal™ Floral Foam - FAQs
Meet the plant-based, biobased, low carbon footprint, high performance foam suited for every kind of floral design: OASIS® Renewal™ Floral Foam. OASIS® Renewal™ Floral Foam is suitable for all types of designs and flowers – it provides a firm and secure hold for both soft and hollow stems as well as thick and woody stems. It has the same outstanding properties as our classic OASIS® floral foam. Ingredients What is OASIS® Renewal™ Floral Foam made from? OASIS® Renewal™ Floral
Oasis
5 days ago13 min read
Flowers from afar: How FM Group Builds a Supply Chain that Works
Many consumers and florists take a critical look at imported flowers. Public perception is often shaped by incidents widely covered in the media. “Local” is assumed to be better by definition. The reality? It’s much more nuanced. New Grounds, Same Passion The truth is that local cultivation is becoming less self-evident. “In Europe, we simply don’t have enough land to meet demand,” says Niels Glas, import manager at FM Group. “And many growers in the Netherlands no longer hav
FleuraMetz
Jan 63 min read
Latest Customer Happiness News
Online Reviews: the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly
There can be few of us who haven’t left an online review for businesses we have used and most of us understand the power reviews can have, both positive and negative. As business owners we can embrace them with understandable pride when they are glowing and we can easily lose sleep over the negative ones. With the peaks of Valentine's Day and Mother’s Day being only four weeks apart this year, I thought it would be a good idea to look at reviews and what is the best way to
Viv Bradford
7 days ago3 min read
Autumn Shop Display: Oh Gourd!
Make the most of pumpkin season by creating eye-catching shop displays using squashes and gourds.
Jackie Whittaker
Oct 5, 20251 min read
Seasonal Shop Displays: Get the Autumn Look
Su Whale encourages you to get creative with your seasonal shop displays to make the most of those impulse purchasing opportunities.
Su Whale
Sep 29, 20252 min read
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