I am in a priviliged position in the work I do. I come across people at all stages of their business lives and so have a good awareness of which people will succeed, or not.
I am surprised regularly by people about to start a business. When we sit down to discuss their plans, I find [...]

The decision to let go of your business bookkeeping is not one that people take lightly, after all, you are letting a stranger into the inner sanctum of your business and private life, and your finances.
So how do you know that they are trustworthy, responsible, discrete, accurate, professional and competent?

Today it seems is the day our government sign the death warrant of 2,500 local Post Offices across the nation.
It has to happen the Government are screaming.  We can’t allow the losses of £3.5M per week to continue any more - these cuts are essential.
I am beginning to wonder who these people are that claim [...]

I am completely baffled now by the web’s favourite search engine - google.  Just two days ago I was saying how impressed I was that my Ecademy profile had appeared on page 1 of google so quickly.  Imagine my confusion yesterday when there was no sign of my Ecademy profile anywhere on google.  Today, Friday, I am [...]

This week has been a brilliant week.  There is no other way to describe it and it’s only Wednesday!
Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything clicks into place? Doesn’t happen often does it!!
So far, I have interviewed several people to join the staff nerds.  The quality of candidates has been astonishing and [...]

Last week a good friend and colleague suggested that I consider joining a networking organization.  Over the years I have tried all sorts of these clubs and not really considered any of them worth the commitment required to maintain the membership.  The only one I do consider worth being involved in is the FSB and their local [...]

The Federation of Small Business are claiming a significant victory in the battle to have the government rethink their radical capital gains tax changes announced last year.
Originally the government wanted to increase capital gains tax on the sale of businesses to 18% - an effective 80% increase.