Whether you want to make your business more profitable, scale up, have a better work-life balance, or to make your business more saleable than you need a business that is…
The THREE numbers to transform your business
It’s too easy to have KPI overload. Even accountants can lose focus with too many numbers so it helps to have just THREE numbers to monitor that will help to transform your…
Why every small business needs business advice
Times are tough at the moment and small business owners don’t know where to turn. Those who are fortunate to have an accountant who already provides business advice have a…
The 3 Stages of Scaling an Accountancy or Service Business
Stage 1: Owneroperator. On starting up it’s just you and you may choose to bootstrap and spend your time instead of your cash so that you end up working long…
Why most businesses plateau and how to break through
1.There is a limit to how much one person can handle, both in terms of practical work and mental load. Even if you are prepared to work an 80 hour week! If you want…
What’s your UX like?
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…
We all have the same 24 hours per day …
How patronising! Am I the only one who gets wound up by trite comments like this? We might all have 24 hours per day but we have very different responsibilities and priorities. You might have…
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…
“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. …