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Post Recession Problems and How To Overcome Them.
The recession is over according to economic commentators but have you really felt the benefits of an expanding economy? Are your SME businesses finally enjoying an upswing in economic activity? Well here is the interesting thing, most of the small and...

Moving from a sole trader to a team based business.
As small business owners, we often start off alone or with just a small group of supporting employees, but not a proper team. As the business owner or CEO, we take ownership of the majority of headaches and frustrations. We are most likely to be the...

Business Planning – How To Get Started.
Some business owners and managers, who have never written a business plan before, can suddenly wake up to the need to put some structure on their journey into the future, instead of leaving it all to chance or deciding to - let’s see what happens first...

How Introverts or Extroverts Can Impact Your Business.
I have always been an introvert and I have often wondered if this was a product of my upbringing, a hereditary predisposition, a cultural bias, or whether it is simply a choice I made at some stage of my childhood. Looking to friends and acquaintances...