Following on from my posting yesterday on small is the new big I wanted to cover a bit about how a small business can behave like a bigger business but remain small.
The thing I like about being small is having control over the business, this means you control what it does, how it does it […]
Category Archives: Small business
Small is the new big - part 2
04-Jan-08Small is the new big
03-Jan-08 ‘Small is the new big’, this is something I saw referred to last year on many blog sites, and it got me thinking, what does it really mean?
Well firstly, computers are now small but with big power, the ipod shuffle is so small yet will hold so many songs, I wonder will future DJ’s be […]
2008, will it be your year?
02-Jan-08 2008 has started off, where 2007 left off, with doom and gloom about the economy, worldwide not just the UK.
A recent report by Grant Thornton says the treasury will need even more money from taxpayers to plug its spending black hole.
We still have violent conflicts in various parts of the world.
Now stop right there, […]
Which came first the horse or cart?
18-Dec-07Q: I own and operate a custom glass terrarium company that designs enclosures for reptiles, amphibians and insects.Currently, I manufacture between 100-150 units per month but would like to boost that number to 100-150 per week. At the moment, all my free time is dedicated to this business as I have not had enough sales […]
These days there are so many other ‘professionals’ out there other than the accountant to help business. And that’s a good thing.
So how can a mentor help you and your business, and what does a mentor actually do?
A good mentor is there to help you (the ‘mentee’) develop a sustainable and successful business through […]
Funding for small business
05-Dec-07 As we see the ‘credit crunch’ starting to take hold, with talk of finance getting harder to get for smaller business I thought a quick run through the potential sources of funding for your business.
Funding must always start at home, that means re-mortgage. As most forms of business funding for the smaller business tend to […]
We all know what an accountant does, or do we?
Most would reply that an accountant accounts for the money, taking expenses off what you have received and calculating your profits and any tax thereon, and not forgetting those several pages called your accounts together with your tax return.
I guess that really is what a lot […]
Do you understand your accounts?
28-Nov-07 This is not as daft a question as many an accountant may think.
It is quite obvious that the only people who really understand the accounts, are in fact the accountants, and in many cases their clients are left with an odd sinking feeling, the kind you used to get when it was biology at […]
Going Green - Your Carbon Footprint
23-Nov-07 There is a lot of talk these days about ‘Carbon Footprints’ and the latest in phrase would appear to be that of ‘Going Green’.
In the main the UK government is using this to raise taxes, which just shows how out of touch they really are, but this blog is not about knocking the government of […]
Construction Industry Scheme ‘CIS’
22-Nov-07 The Construction Industry Scheme recently underwent a revamp, and the new scheme came into effect from 6 April 2007.
The new scheme puts an awful lot more responsibility back on to the employing contractor than ever before, not really helping with reducing all that red tape is it Gordon?
The argument put forward for the new […]
