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 [...]
Most business owners are motivated to run a business because of the money. They want to provide for their families, build a better life and put away something for their retirement. The businesses finances are key to everything; the numbers need to add up to make it work. The problem arises [...]
It's quite difficult for us to get a handle on what business owners think of their accountants, but over the years, we have picked up on some general themes. Many business owners think of their accountants as either: The police/headmaster making sure you don't do anything wrong Mentors or guides to [...]
Cash is a problem for any business. The two main issues are either a lack of It or too much of it. If you are suffering a lack of cash in your business, you probably think having too much is not a problem, but it is still a problem just a [...]
Growing businesses need people. You only have 1 pair of hands, and unless you want to spend all of your time bogged down in admin and firefighting problems, you will need people (whether employees or subcontractors) to do all of the things that you either do not have time to do or [...]
