Businesses in Trouble

10 ways to save money in your business

10 ways to save money in your business and make your business a lean mean fighting machine! In an economic slow-down it is time to cut costs! When things are going well and saving money is not at the top of the agenda we can all let things slip and not pay close attention to […]

Money for starting a business

Getting the money for starting a business is a stumbling block that many budding entrepreneurs face at the out set. The first question to answer is should I buy a business or set up a business from scratch with each route having its own complications from a fund raising perspective. If you are starting out […]

Developing key performance indicators

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial measures used to help a business define and evaluate how successful it is and are used to monitor how the organisation is doing. Another term for KPIs is Key Success Indicators (KSI) and any business that uses KPIs is one that certainly has an advantage over businesses […]

How to write a business plan

Every business should have a realistic and working business plan which should not only be prepared when the business is starting up or at a time when finance is being sought. A business plan is like a road map for the business and is a set of directions to help it get to where it […]

A positive work-out for your brain for business owners and would-be business owners alike

There are many of us that go to the gym to give our bodies a work-out, but how many of you give you mind a work-out too? I would hazard a guess that not many people give their brain a physical work-out; there are those of you that have bought the “Nintendo Brain Tease“, which […]

How much money do businesses spend on advertising each year?

During an economic slow down most businesses take time out to think about their cash flow and their spending budgets, or so they should. I know from talking to other businesses that things are tough out there right now, and you only have to look down your own high street to see the all revealing […]

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