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…
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…
The problem of growing too fast
It sounds as though it’s a nice problem to have but many small businesses fail at this stage Overtrading – lack of cash to cover your higher costs while you…
How I manage to run three businesses (and still sleep 8 hours a night!)
People often ask me how I manage to run three businesses. It started 15 years ago when I set up Hudson Business Accountants and Advisers to fit around my small…
How to spoil your clients
I often write and speak about how important it is to move along clients who aren’t suitable for your business. But today I want to speak about how you can…
Courtesy calls, love them or hate them?
Personally, I hate them. The caller doesn’t know what I’m doing. In a business that often requires intense thinking that means that the phone usually interrupts my train of thought.…
Is it your husband’s business?
When I set up my first business in 2009, I lost track of the number of times that I was asked whether it was my husband’s business or mine! Initially…
Are you increasing your prices?
It’s annual price increase time here at Minerva Accountants. We usually increase prices each year by around inflation however, this year, we have suffered a disproportionate increase in software costs.…
90 day planning
A lot of businesses don’t bother with a business plan because things change and they’re out of date almost as soon as they are written. I sympathise. Although I do…