It’s time to be the main character in your story. Step into the limelight and claim it for yourself and your business. I often talk about your team, but it…
How was your holiday?
Hope fully you managed some time off (or have a break lined up) from your business without too much hassle. When I ran Hudson Business Accountants and Advisers, I remember…
How to achieve work-life balance as a business owner
You may have started your business with the intentions of having a better work-life balance or for some other reason and the work is now taking over your life. If…
Making flexible working work
One way to recruit and retain good staff is to offer flexible working. Flexible in terms of hours and location.Many people are uncertain how to make the change to remote…
Aaaaand I’m back!
This is a bit of a personal one. After 5 years of debilitating ‘women’s problems’ (not a secret but you probably don’t want the details so just take it from…
Are you too available?
Emails, phone calls, texts, messaging systems of every kind! Are we making ourselves too available at the expense of actually getting the work done? I know lots of accountants suffered…
Why Monday morning made me sad
I recently decided to make a concerted effort to stay on top of my emails. Not an Inbox Zero exercise where you just hide them in different folders (I tried…
I am strong but I am tired
It happens to most of us at some point. November seems to be a busy month for me these days and I’m getting used to it. In the same way…
What business owners can learn from cats
Bryony Thomas (author and founder of Watertight Marketing*) may liken customers to cats in the way we tempt them in but never own them. But I think business owners can…
My life isn’t as perfect as my timeline
Nobody’s is! I’m all in favour of authenticity but I also hate oversharing. You’re my wonderful clients and business contacts, not my best friends, and there need to be boundaries…