Outsource for Business Success
When setting up in business, the temptation is often to work alone, taking on every role imaginable to get the business launched, the work rolling in and the job done. However, just because you're a sole trader, it doesn't mean that you should work alone. In fact, the opposite is true.
A good schedule of condition will pay dividends
When entering into a commercial lease landlords and tenants need to know what their obligations are in relation to repairing and maintaining the property both during and at the end of the lease. The vast majority of commercial leases require the tenant to return the property back to the landlord in good condition.
Get Organised – 7 Ways to save Time and Money (Part 2)
In the first part of this article I discussed email systems, rapid process improvement and the need for routines. This concluding part looks at the remaining four problems I see on a regular basis that adversely affect productivity in the office.
Get Organised – 7 Ways to save Time and Money (Part I)
Over the last ten years I have seen a number of recurring themes that affect how much work gets done during the working day. This short article looks at the three of the seven common problems I witness on a regular basis. The other four common problems are covered in a separate article (Part II). Each section includes several steps that you can try and test so that you can avoid the same pitfalls.
Top tips to secure grant funding for your business.
If you’re preparing to grow your North East based business, find out how funding can help and the key steps to get the funding you need.
Making a virtue of necessary cost control
Businesses are often caught out by threats of economic uncertainty or even outright recession and it is then that they are most likely to embark on a series of drastic cost-cutting measures. Cost control is not a matter of expediency, driven by external events, rather, it should be cultural; a way of operating in good times and bad.
The question is 'how do you ensure that your approach to cost control is thoroughly rooted in the way you do business?'
Cash Flow Management for Service-Based Small Business Owners
One of the biggest problems I see with small service-based business providers, particularly those whose owner is the sole provider of the service, is how to ensure consistent cash flow. So that you don't experience the peaks and troughs of cash coming in whilst delivering your service, then cash stopping when service delivery ends.
Debt Management - a Process for Positive Cash Flow
Debt is one of the realities of business. Even if your customers pay within the allocated terms, it's your business that is carrying the risk. Many businesses avoid thinking about debt until they are in a position where they are faced with a potentially ruinous situation of a large debt and insufficient capital to keep the business operational.
Searching for Expansion Finance – 4 Actions to Get Prepared
Most businesses require funding from external providers if they are to achieve the expansion the stakeholders and directors envisage. Within the northeast there are more than 60 sources for external funding. Across the UK and internationally, a lot more.
