You may be expanding and creating a new role or it might be that somebody has left and you want to replace them. 1. Start with the business needs. Even…
How does your price compare?
Compare to what? How would you compare the price of a dress from Primark to one from Prada? How would you compare the cost of a smart phone to an…
Forget your carbon footprint
Okay, that’s a bit of a ‘clickbaity’ title so I’d better elaborate. Hopefully you’re already trying to minimise the carbon footprint of your business and your home life but, once…
Don’t call it ZERO!
One of my pet hates is people who call XERO Zero. I can understand it when business owners make the mistake but accountants and bookkeepers who claim to be expert…
No more Google!
Why are you googling when you have a dedicated accountant on tap? Someone who can give you good quality personalised advice. Whether it’s ‘my mate at the pub’ or ‘my…
What do you value?
Struggling to write this today as I hide in a café in the village while a house clearance company dispose of 14 years of my life. But I’m a natural…
How much do you charge?
I’m always tempted to say “let me get my tape measure out and work out the length of that piece of string” but somehow, I bit my tongue and explain…
What recruitment crisis?
On the one hand I hear people (accountants and other businesses) complaining about the lack of suitable recruits, on the other hand I see my kids’ clever school leaver friends…
Should you be selfish in business?
I believe that you should be selfish in business, but perhaps not in the way that you think. When you set up your business you gave up regular income and…
Doing business on Deep Space 9
I’m a bit of a scifi geek and I love the Quark character who owns the bar in Deep Space 9. He has some great business traits. And some bad…