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Have you heard of the phrase ‘fail to prepare and prepare to fail’? Many businesses are so busy doing, they forget about planning. We share advice on planning to take your business to the next level.
The first half of the year is a popular time for new businesses to start. According to research from Startup Britain, in 2016 80 new companies registered with Companies House each hour in the first half of the year. By November 2016 just under 600,000 new businesses had been registered. On the face of it…
What is the focus of your business universe? Is it the love of the job, the availability or resources, or your desired working pattern? I’m hoping that you haven’t agreed with any of these and are now shouting at the screen “it’s the customer you idiot!” If you had thought of something else then I…
Is it possible to run your own business and still have a break? I was talking to a client recently who was looking forward to a week away. When I asked them how they were covering their work for the week she said that it wasn’t a problem – the hotel has wifi so she…
Absence. Although all small business owners need to be indestructible, unfortunately the reality is that everyone will probably fall ill at some point. The annual cost of sickness absence has climbed to almost £29 billion for UK organisations.British workers average just over 9 days per year off sick. Whilst the NHS is doing a fantastic…
There is a growing trend for people to start their own businesses. Thanks to new technology its easier, quicker and cheaper than ever before to go into business. But where do you start? You know what your product or service is, and hopefully you have already identified a market need for it. you also know…
Are you busy running around, delivering your product or service, but feel that your business is standing still? It’s easy when you are busy to get on with the day job, check the bank account is looking ok, and to keep going. When work goes quiet is probably the most common time for you to…
So the Brexit vote has happened. How do you feel? However you voted, as a business owner you will have a few questions: What’s going to change When will it change? What will impact my buisness and when? Will we have a recession? Will people cut back until the futurre is known? Now is a good…
Recently I had to make a journey to somewhere I’d not been before and which was located pretty much in the middle of nowhere – well as near to nowhere as you can get in the South of England. There were two ways I could approach this journey. Start out and head roughly in the…
So you have left the corporate world and become self-employed. Now you are in charge of your time you can work more efficiently, dealing with enquiries and tasks quicker, and keeping your clients happy. And you are in total control. Or are you? Do you find that there aren’t enough hours in the day? Are you stopping mid…
I’ve been booking a railway ticket. Simple is not a word that comes to mind when forging through all the different options of provider and routes to get from A to B. I spent hours researching and needed a red spotted hanky to mop my brow. So I went to the ticket office at the…