User experience (UX) can make or break your business. I woke up at silly o’clock this morning dreaming about the poor UX in a particular bit of our accounting software. Every time…
Would you give up your business and go back to employment?
Every business owner has probably considered this at some point, and you may even think about it on a regular basis. Comfortable, regular income, regular hours (even if you do end up working more than your…
Compliance alone won’t grow your business
Good compliance is essential. It keeps you legal. But it is always looking backwards and does little to help a business to grow. Many accountants only do once a year…
Slowing down to move faster
December is our busiest month of the year. We have lots of limited company deadlines* for companies with March year ends as well as personal tax return deadlines* in January.…
How SMEs can scale without cashflow chaos
Scaling is both an opportunity and a risk for businesses. It isn’t for everybody and you may prefer to stay small and focus on improving your profitability instead, in which…
10 reasons to use a mentor
Experience – unlike a coach they can offer real world advice as they’ve been where you are before and survived Some mentors, like me, are also qualified coaches so they…
KPIs for a better work-life balance
You probably know by now that, in order to focus on getting something done then you need to start measuring it. I love what I do and we only have…
“Your success in life depends on your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas, in that order” Sir Patrick Winston
Professor Winston is a computer scientist and director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 1972-1997. Somebody renowned for the quality of his ideas, and yet he promotes communication over this. …
Les bons comptes font les bons amis
It’s a French saying that means that keeping good accounts makes for good friendships. Usually this means that debts should be settled promptly. I’ve written before about how important this…
Create without restraint
I saw this on a social media post yesterday and it got me really excited. (Okay, accountants clearly have a different tolerance for excitement compared to the rest of the…