Do you struggle with travelling for work?Although I usually work from my home office (our whole team are remote) I do a fair amount of travelling for speaking at conferences…
Do you feel embarrassed chasing unpaid bills?
If somebody left a shop without paying for the goods you would probably chase them down the street and rugby tackle them to the ground (or at least consider it)…
Are you running a profitable business?
Are you sure? What if you had to replace your own time with a suitable qualified/experienced alternate salary? Would you still be making a profit then?Whilst I’d like to think…
How do you deal with staff who are damaging your business?
You take great care in recruiting for your business but somehow you still end up with somebody who is not suitable. They may be actively damaging your business or just…
How to get your new starters up to speed faster
You’ve spent a great deal of time and energy in recruiting your perfect (you hope) employee but it will still take a while before they’re ‘up to speed’. Well, there…
How do you recruit the best team?
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…