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Green Practices for SMEs: Building a Sustainable Future
The Importance of Sustainability for SMEs In our article Planning for a Successful Year we talk about the importance of...
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How to Write a Business Plan
Why you need a business plan A business plan will provide you with a clear outline of all the actions...
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Planning for a Successful Year
How are you feeling about this year? You probably spent the latter part of December talking, eating, drinking and hopefully...
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Issues affecting businesses part-three
Supply and Logistics Over the next few months, Business Doctors will be exploring the key challenges small businesses across the...
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Issues affecting businesses in 2022 - Part two
The post-Brexit reality for SMEs Over the next few months, Business Doctors will be exploring the key challenges small businesses...
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Strategy
The importance of a Business Strategy
Strategy is important in business, right? It forms the foundation of all that we, as business owners, build our enterprises...
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How can small businesses plan for Christmas?
With yuletide almost upon us, how can an SME ensure they properly prepare for the holiday close-down?
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Keep Calm and Carry On...2020 is nearly over!
What a year 2020 has been. For many I hear I can’t wait for 2020 to end, and frankly who...
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5 reasons why you should pause and reflect
5 Reasons why you should pause and reflect – your FREE infographic In our chaotic lives, it’s rare to press...
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Pause and Reflect
Sounds very Zen doesn’t it? It can be, but sitting in a darkened room, smelling the incense with your legs...
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The two most useful words in business
The two most useful words in business…Why and No! …When used more regularly, can be very useful tools in taking...
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Clean up your act!
Now that spring is in the air… (Westlife Seasons in the Sun © – insert favourite artist etc) Spring is...
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Business confidence - Definitely up!
.The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) publishes a quarterly UK Business Confidence Monitor and 2020 Q1...
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Time for an end of year business review?
For many businesses, Christmas will provide an opportunity that should not be neglected "‚¬ an end of calendar year review.
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Should you work with a mentor?
Do you have experience of the school of hard knocks? Does it seem a waste of your energy if you...
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A business with benefits
Aiming for business freedom? A business able to operate independently of its owner comes with many benefits. The owner has...
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Change your business into a change machine
Change is an inevitable part of life, and this is no exception for small businesses. At some point they’ll face...
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Standardised processes are the final step to freedom
Having gone through a change management process and all of the associated pain and challenges, imagine how soul-destroying it would...
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Reach for the STARS
Do you ever get the feeling you could be getting more out of your contacts, both business and personal? Do...
Business Growth
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The Elephant in the Room
So what can an SME learn from a corporate? Not much you might think as they are so fundamentally different....
Building value
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Can your business survive without you?
If you would like to get out of this trap and get the most from your business, as well as...
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Making the transition from being the business owner to being the business leader
The skills required to be a business leader are often very different to those the business owner used to grow...