Both Hudson Business Advice and Minerva Accountants are paperless businesses. It feels great but, if you have a lot of paper in your business you may wish to start by…
Bring it on
2022 is here and, one week in, I’m still hanging on to my business plan. What helps is that I have a list of specific actions for all 12 of…
Communication overload – how accessible should you be?
This is the busiest time of year for accountants and we’re often overwhelmed by contact from clients (in addition to the clients who never respond to any of our chasing…
Even Baldrick had a plan
As we go into a new year, do you know what you’re planning for your business? When you plan a holiday, you have a destination e.g., Spain or Scotland or…
Making a come back
It’s been a busy conference season and, for a professional speaker like me, that means staying in hotels where I eat far too much and don’t manage to do any…
Do some people work faster than others?
We’ve all observed that some people work faster than others but by how much? The numbers I’ve heard (sorry I can’t find the source) are that the variation in manual…
Myths about setting up your own business
There are lots of myths about setting up your own small business so I thought I’d address some of them here. You can work shorter hours – I run…
What if I had never got back in the water?
When I was seven I nearly drowned! I was a strong swimmer so I was doing a personal survival lesson in oversized pyjamas as I was the smallest, skinniest kid…
How much should I save?
How much cash should you leave in your business and how much should you take out? The generally accepted wisdom is three months worth of costs. I don’t know the…
Efficiency: conserve your strength for the long haul
Lots of triathlon and sports metaphors to come. Triathlons, like running a business, are an endurance event. We’ve seen the Brownlee brothers and others helped across the finish line (there’s…