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Should i sell my business to a staff member?
Over the past few years, more business owners have started the planning process for exiting. Something that has become increasingly common is owners are wanting to offer the business to…
Do you as an SME owner make enough financial return in your business?
There was a recent article published in the UK by Timothy Adler, that talked of the issues in UK small business and quoted that one third of self-employed were struggling…
Cause for Reflection
by Breton Dobbs | Business Advisor with the Prime Strategies Group I’ve had cause to reflect lately… I am of an age where people often ask – when are you…
Keeping my business tight
In these turbulent times it is no secret that business is tough for some of us. In the last few years, businesses have been loaded with additional compliance and costs…
Getting through the right doors
Businesses that involve face-to-face meetings with their clients need to keep in mind that they might be knocking on the wrong doors, or that they’re not the only people knocking…
The true cost of replacing a staff member.
One of the more common tasks facing employers these days is recruitment. Things have changed in the past two or three years, and once stable workforces seem, in the majority…
Productivity – what is it actually?
We often talk about making our businesses more productive. It is common in the media to hear things like “we need to be more productive” to offset things like rising…
Burning Goals
What is THE Burning Goal for your business? In business, as in life, it is very easy to get caught by the trivia of the world around you. As someone…
This Is Not My Responsibility
“This is not my responsibility” is unfortunately a sentence which is heard more than it ever should be in businesses. One of the common factors I find when working with…
Sales & Marketing
Watch your revenue soar What keeps your customers coming back? Do you know your unique market position? Are you happy with your sales results or does your sales and marketing…
A New (and Better?) Philosophy
Business consultants spend a lot of time talking to clients about staff issues – and all too often it’s because someone on the team hasn’t acted in a way that…
A Business Owner with too many hats
They call this a “Dashing Cavalier” hat: When you are at work as an SME Business owner, do you try and wear one of these? The Dashing Cavalier: The person…