I often find myself blogging on the subject of saving time. Hardly surprising when for many of us small business owners there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to cover the multitude of tasks we all have to deal with throughout the working day. Most of these tasks are in addition to our core […]
Negotiation Skills Inevitably in business you will need to develop strong negotiation skills. As a small business owner it’s often the case that you can be perceived to be more flexible on price that perhaps a larger company would be. Sometimes this can be frustrating, but with a bit of practice this can become a […]
What is the Pomodoro Technique? The Pomodoro Technique is a time management and productivity technique, it was developed in the 90s by software developer and entrepreneur Francesco Cirillo. Cirillo named the technique after the tomato shaped timer that he used. The idea of the Pomodoro Technique is simple; take a large task and break it […]
Working from home can seem like a dream come true, you choose your own hours, you don’t have to travel, you can be in comfortable surroundings. But sometimes the reality can be very different to how you imagine; distraction, isolation and either not doing enough work, or not knowing when to stop can all be […]
Happy New Year! Have you made goals for your business this year? If you have fantastic, you’re already on your way to achieving them. If not, it’s never too late to make some. You don’t have to make them at the start of the year but there is something about starting a fresh year with […]
Many of you reading this will be by now caught up in the madness of Christmas preparations, working through Christmas shopping lists, trying not to forget anyone. Yet how many will actually be thinking ahead to Christmas 2017? This might sound crazy, but put this in place and this gift to your business, will actually […]
For small business owners probably more than anyone else there is a never ending quest to find ways of working smarter and more efficiently. Often as the business owner you find yourself squeezed on time and spread too thinly. How do you manage to remember to do everything, to find the time to do it […]
There are so many options for workspace these days, it’s no longer a case of just a straightforward office let. Whether you choose to work from your kitchen table and use a virtual office, you may also choose to base yourself from an office, a serviced office, a business centre, a co-working space or choose […]
Usually the clients that I blog about are active companies, but this week I thought I would write about one of the dormant company clients that we have. What is a dormant company? A dormant company is a limited company that is registered with Companies House, but is not actively trading or receiving any income. […]
It’s been an exciting week for me. My book, 101 Networking Tips was finally completed and went on to Amazon last week. Writing a book is something I have always wanted to do but I never really knew what I wanted to write about. I had always imagined that I would write fiction but after […]
