It's lonely at the top – running a business is not a common position. In their work-life, most people have a boss or a manager who can guide them and give them the benefit of their wisdom. When you are the owner and manager, there isn't anyone there to bounce ideas [...]
How often do you stop and ask yourself where your business is going? If it is regularly, then you are in the minority. So many business owners plod along doing the same thing without ever actually taking the time to think about where the business is going. Many business owners don’t [...]
I read the sad news that Rooks Butchers had gone into administration making 155 people redundant. Click here to read more. The business was founded in 1965 and was well established in Kent, with a great reputation for quality. Whilst I can’t comment on the inner workings of this business, no [...]
We were one of the millions eager to hear what Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget would reveal for businesses and we have filtered through the information to make it easier for you to find out how you will be affected: National Insurance Rishi has announced a rise in the national insurance threshold [...]
This may be a case of self-delusional nostalgia, but it feels like during the early years of the BBC’s The Apprentice, the show was more of a business programme with real lessons to be learned. Tasks were interesting and posed real problems, and the show took time to explain the business [...]
Growing your business is usually the main focus of most business articles - to be honest, it’s often the focus of our articles and blogs too - but it’s worth taking a serious look at what growth actually means for you and your business, before deciding whether this is the route [...]
As we approach the end of another tax year, it’s time to consider the things you should be doing to ensure you don’t lose out on the allowances and tax planning opportunities available to you. Many of these are specific to your individual circumstances but are worth considering and raising in [...]
The price of everything is rising fast; the stories are everywhere, if you listen hard enough. The price of wood is now 64% more than it was a year ago, fuel prices are going up 5p a day and minimum wage is going up to £9.18 from April 2022, a 9.8% [...]
We know of lots of small business owners that live their work. That isn’t a shock. When you are the sole person responsible for making sure that your business is doing what it is meant to be doing, it is very hard, if not impossible, to switch off. And can you [...]
A simple fact of life – good things happens to the organised, bad things happen to the disorganised. Have you ever noticed that the best tables in the restaurants, the best seats at the cinema and the best days out are enjoyed by the people who get organised, who book it [...]
