The old adage of “looking after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves” certainly does ring true in business. It may seem miserly to count the pennies, but they all add up to pounds – and pounds certainly do make a difference to bank accounts. An unbelievable amount of money is lost [...]
Dr Hue was an idea that was conceived, designed and on the web all in 24 hours, now its up for sale, this business idea only went BETA live on 27 November 2009, now on 3 December 2009 it is 2 days and 18 hours away from being sold, is this a record?
It’s CRAZY, [...]
The key to gaining and keeping a competitive advantage or just staying in business is knowing how and where to effectively set prices without sacrificing the quantity and quality of the products. Companies that use the ABC methods of costing find it easier to set a competitive price.
Activity Based Costing assigns resource costs based [...]
There are 100s of business books, articles, seminars and a large number of business gurus that all claim to have the secret of creating a multi million pound business. If only it were that easy – we would all be millionaires by now! At Holden Associates we take a more hands on approach to helping [...]
Both time and money can be spent. Likewise both time and money can be saved. Usually we spend money in order to save time or conversely we spend time doing odd jobs or DIY tasks ourselves in order to save money.
Our decision on what to spend time and save money on depends on individual circumstances [...]
There are very few times when people can admit to being in a relationship that involves three or more people. Being a business owner is one of those times when you can candidly admit to having a relationship with more than one person. This three way relationship is normally between ‘you, your business and your [...]
The old adage that ‘cash is king’ certainly does ring true in the world of business. Maintaining the cash flow of your business is always an ongoing priority. To put it simply it enables you to remain in business. The absence of cash may lead to your business being in debt. Being in debt is [...]
Do you know about the business rate deferral payment scheme that is due to come into force that will allow businesses to defer payment of 60% of the increase in their 2009/10 business rate bills over three years?
The Non-Domestic Rating (Deferred Payments) (England) Regulations 2009 is to come into force on 31 July 2009.
The [...]
At Holden Associates we place a great deal of emphasis on planning the growth and development of your businesses. That is because we understand and know that it can be tempting to steam ahead in business without any real idea of what your next steps will be. ‘Playing it by ear’ is not a good [...]
It would appear that we are not the only ones offering something for £FREE. TAS Software are also offering the basic version of their software for £FREE.
Well that’s great news isn’t it? Well maybe not.
When we provide all our clients with the £FREE use of WinWeb OnlineOffice5 we also take the time to set everything [...]
