Tips For Managers To Improve Business Efficiency

Now more than ever the pressure is on to get more done for less. There is rarely one thing that will fix entrenched challenges, it’s multiple, small, incremental differences that make a big change. These tips from a contributor will Continue reading Tips For Managers To Improve Business Efficiency

Making Profit Is Not The Point (But Not For The Reason You Think)

What is the true cost of doing business? Climate change has become a climate crisis, inequality, poverty, Brexit, a cost of living crisis, a pandemic, war in Europe… With so many challenges to respond to, business as usual is more Continue reading Making Profit Is Not The Point (But Not For The Reason You Think)

Living Self-Sufficiently: What Green Habits Will You Adopt?

Sustainability through the seasons - self sufficiency

Living self-sufficiently – World events have forced many of us to start taking sustainability seriously. The looming threats of further lockdowns and future pandemics. The (UK) government’s lack of action and funding on climate change – in fact, recent parliamentary Continue reading Living Self-Sufficiently: What Green Habits Will You Adopt?

COVID-19: Is Your Business Prepared for a Post-Pandemic World?

As the end of 2020 approaches we are starting to think about what comes next. This article by a contributor offers some suggestions to help you and your business move forward.   Preparing Your Business Following the restrictions placed by Continue reading COVID-19: Is Your Business Prepared for a Post-Pandemic World?

Essentialism: Inspiration and A Book Review

Book review and tips on essentialism

  Remember Marie Condo? Her decluttering methodology was so 2019.Her approach to clearing out your wardrobe was to only keep the clothes that ‘spark joy’, then thank the rest of your clothes before putting them in the charity bag. I Continue reading Essentialism: Inspiration and A Book Review

Simple Ways to Make Your Business Look More Professional

Market stall. Create a professional impression with your business

Professional first impressions count. You need to look and behave professionally to have a successful business. Back in the spring, I needed a roofer to fix a leak. As so many of us do, I took to Facebook and asked Continue reading Simple Ways to Make Your Business Look More Professional

We Need To Talk About Micro-Enterprise

Support The micro-enterprise community

Larger businesses may be the backbone of the UK economy. But small and micro-enterprise are the tendons, blood vessels, muscles, joints and nerve endings that glue it all together. In my 20+ years of experience, successive governments of various colours, Continue reading We Need To Talk About Micro-Enterprise

Passion Projects #9: A Little Business Brilliance, with Lori West

Women in business juggling priorities - a passion project interview with Lori West of Business Brilliance

  There are plenty of conversations going on about mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, it’s refreshing to meet Lori of Business Brilliance – someone who is actively making it their mission in life to do something about it. Continue reading Passion Projects #9: A Little Business Brilliance, with Lori West

Three Things Your Business Should Work On

It’s all too easy to swamp yourself with work In the business, while neglecting working On the business. But working on the business is more than thinking about cashflow and how to win the next client! In fact, personally I Continue reading Three Things Your Business Should Work On

What’s Your Passion Project?

Feature your business in the passion projects movement

After three years of redundancy warnings every few months, when the seventh one actually happened in 2015, I vowed I would never work for anyone else ever again. I’d finally escaped! The fear of ‘lack’ stopped me from taking the Continue reading What’s Your Passion Project?