Talking about communication, or lack of it, I was once the Non Executive Director of a small company and observed a silent row developing between MD and Technical Director – by email… Because the two men were only a few feet and one partition away from each other, and I was fifteen miles away, I […]
As an aspiring entrepreneur the thought of starting up your new business is exciting, challenging and, nerve racking. You have the perfect business idea. You have identified a gap in the market, you have the skills and passion to differentiate yourselves from others. Now what? The mechanics of setting up a business are fairly straightforward […]
Are you a Worcestershire business owner looking to fulfil the potential of your business? Bob Brown, is offering up to 3 FREE private 90 minute business surgery mentoring sessions, giving the opportunity to discuss the topics that are important to you. Here are a few areas where Bob has helped other local businesses: Starting up […]
Thinking about employing people? One of the most difficult steps in starting up and growing a small business is the taking-on of employees. Just thinking about who to take on and recruit can seem very daunting, after all they are going to be working with you for the ‘duration’, you will want to trust them, […]
We are pleased to introduce a guest blog, Bob Robertson from Robertson Languages International Ltd. Robertson Languages provides language training, translation, interpreting services across the world and have reflected on the opportunities offered by BREXIT. At Robertson Languages we remember two opportunities that political events gave us back in 1989: the removal of customs barriers […]
Whether you are looking for funding to grow your business or want peace of mind that your cash flow is under control you need to plan ahead. When you are applying to financial institutions, they will not only look at the figures but also read the business plan in detail to analyse whether the assumptions […]
We are very pleased to introduce our guest blogger, Helena Cairns from Calverton Finance, who gives some valuable tips on improving cash flow and explains how invoice finance can help. Improving Cash Flow and How Invoice Finance can help In recent times many businesses are not able to build up sufficient reserves to overcome short […]
While researching for this blog I came across several articles, some from well known institutions, advising that cash flow forecasting is a useful tool when running a business. I would suggest that cash flow forecasting far from being just useful, is, in fact, absolutely essential. Phrases such as “cash is king” and “cash is the […]
