While Christmas is a peak operations time for many sectors, it can be a challenge for small businesses, which do not have the resources to cope with a festive flurry or a seasonal downturn in business. Here Rob Mercer, senior regional director, Ashley Finance, share his top tips for successfully making it through the Christmas
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The most common mistakes small businesses make in calculating ROI
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It is not possible for any investors, including small business investors, to make an evaluation of any type of investment if they do not know the basics of calculating return on investment, or ROI. However, many small businesses that are interested in investment still fail to understand how to calculate it and as a result
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Eight ways to boost your business!
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Small Business Saturday takes place on the 2nd December 2017 and is designed to encourage the public to support and boost small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy. Small Business Saturday is increasing in popularity each year, with TaxAssist revealing ‘at least 80 per cent of local authorities and millions of consumers throwing
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Revealed: The power poses that will help you get ahead at work
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When it comes to getting ahead in our careers, we all know how important it is to work hard, respect our colleagues and stay focused. But did you know that there is another crucial aspect to consider when you’re looking to progress in your job? It’s all to do with the way we act towards
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Choosing your first business partner: How to get it right
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There comes a time, when your business is growing at a steady pace. You are past the initial stages of researching, planning, launching, and securing a steady cash flow. You can see growth has been slow but sustainable, and it will be a few more years before you are happy with the state of your
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Five ways to save money when travelling for business
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With travel for business now common across many industries it is more important than ever before for businesses to be as economical as possible. Travelling costs, accommodation and expenses soon eat into your budget, making overseas trips a potentially costly affair, but one place you can save is with your travel money. International Currency Exchange
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From school dropout to business empire: First-hand tips
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Like many kids, I struggled to engage at school and found academia a challenge. Not only because I wanted to be out in the big world earning money but as a dyslexic teenager, my teachers just ‘didn’t get me’. I was deemed ‘a disruption’ and told I would never amount to anything and for a
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Six signs that it’s time to change your ERP software
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Whilst enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is the backbone for streamlining business processes, it’s important to remember that, like most technology, it has a limited life span. As technology evolves, so will your company; resulting in the need to replace your current ERP system. Many businesses tend to delay the upgrade of their ERP software
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Why consensus and intellect do not build businesses
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My 16 year old son was wearing a brand new pair of trainers the other day and I asked him where he got them from. It turns out, he bought them himself with the money he had made buying and selling trainers on eBay! In addition to a growing money pot, they were the fruits
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The companies that are evolving to meet their customers’ goals
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Even the most successful businesses know they can’t take the good times for granted. Sooner or later, they have to change to adapt to their environment. If they don’t evolve, they are likely to disappear. The challenge is to work out what kind of change they need, and how much, and how fast, and how
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