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Choosing the Best Finance Apps and Software for Your Business

We are increasingly comfortable with using software and apps to help us with our everyday lives. According to app statisticians Business of Apps, 197 million mobile app downloads were made across[...]

There’s More to Growing a Business Than an Increase in Turnover

As your business grows, your turnover should increase, but so too will the elements needed to produce that increase, for example, the right staffing, premises, production equipment and investment[...]

How Insurance Protects Your Business Against the Unexpected

It might not be quite as much fun as picking out new office chairs, or building your website, but getting your insurance right is a key part of having a successful and sustainable business. Whether[...]

Business Growth May Sound Simple – But It Means a Step Change

Growth in business can either revolve around increasing the amount of whatever you’re already doing, or it can be focused on adding new elements to your portfolio. However, whichever way you choose[...]

Buying a Business Property – Is It Right for You?

You’ve taken the plunge and launched your own business. You’ve got the IT and infrastructure all set up, you’re taking people on and building up your reputation and the contracts are flying[...]

Leadership Styles and Management Practices

For many political party leaders, professional sports team managers and directors of numerous other organisations, the media spotlight is familiar ground, and people across the country regularly[...]

Supply Chain Risk Management – We’re All in This Together

Just as no man is an island, no business exists in a vacuum. We all rely on others to a greater or lesser extent to help us do whatever it is we need to do. In business, there is often a direct[...]

Making a Call on Customer Service Outsourcing

Answering the phones may seem like a simple part of running a business – we all do it all the time, so how difficult can it be? Actually, as an integral part of offering excellent customer service,[...]

Crisis Management – Plan for a Crisis to Avert a Disaster

The word ‘crisis’ may automatically bring with it a certain sense of dread, but with the right amount of planning for the unexpected, companies can face down crisis situations (even if only through a[...]

Key Project Management Skills – Six Steps to Avoid the Major Pitfalls

Major governmental projects such as HS2 always seem to be hitting the headlines thanks to fears of budget and time overruns. This summer the National Audit Office (NAO) published advice on how to[...]