As a law firm your priority is giving your clients the best advice and expertise you can. To ensure that you make the most of your time during the working week, you need to stay on top of the essential details of running an office. In this article we look into how...
As your business grows, it becomes necessary – and advisable – to look for ways to make things run more smoothly. For many small businesses, this means bringing in dedicated software that can provide integrated, time-saving administrative support. Most of this...
All small business owners reach a critical point where the founder has to decide whether to keep things as they are or take the next steps towards growing the business. This can be a tricky time – do you hire employees? Move premises? Buy new equipment? Invest in...
Being a freelancer has pros and cons. By working for yourself, you have complete freedom and control of the work you do, the clients you work with, the hours you work and how you grow and manage your business. But it can also mean long hours, late nights, early...
So you want to be an entrepreneur and start a business in the UK, but how do you start a business that brings long term success? Preparation is the key! Developing a thorough business plan for a start up and carrying out appropriate market research can certainly help...
If you are registering a business in the UK, you’ll need a registered business address. Traditionally, of course, this has usually been the office where your business operates. Today, however, businesses operate remotely and don’t need or want physical office space....
As your business grows, it makes sense to think about the software and systems you can bring in to help make things more effective. There’s certainly no shortage of packages to choose from – some will be too expensive, some may have too much functionality, some may...
Running any small business is a plate-spinning exercise, but because coaching requires you to spend all your time either one-on-one or in group sessions, you’re likely to have even less time for admin, marketing, finance and other essential tasks. That’s why you might...
There are more people than ever who want to set up their own business. There are lots of reasons for this – from wanting more flexible working hours to needing to work after a pandemic-driven redundancy. Some people are re-training so that they can start up on their...
It’s difficult to run a business by yourself. Who do you talk to? Who helps you plan for the long term? Who holds you to account? It can sometimes feel lonely, and a burden – and that’s not what you got into business for. That’s why many business owners bring in a...