The Office of the Small Business Commissioner was established in December 2017 to tackle the late payment culture. This disproportionately impact the small business sector. We provide a free service to small firms to help them get overdue payments from their larger...
Confidence is key. Fake it till you make it. We’ve all heard the positive affirmations that are designed to propel us headlong into success and glory. And yes, a positive attitude and a bit of resilience combined with allowing our brain to rehearse a way of...
‘I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.’ Steve Jobs Sometimes it’s just as important to know what we don’t or can’t do as it is to know the opposite. If we don’t recognise our limits then we run the risk of taking on things outside our area of...
People often think that their marketing is not working. It’s not doing what it’s supposed to do which fundamentally is to generate more sales and more business. Sometimes this is because they are not measuring the results and so, oddly, don’t realise that it is...
Many of us are familiar with Occam’s Razor: the principle that suggests that when there is more than one explanation for something, the one with the fewest assumptions is more likely to be accurate. Basically - keep it simple. But perhaps many of us are less...
As light starts to appear at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, questions are being asked about what the workplace will look like moving forward. Back to the office every day? Working entirely from home? A combination of the two? Businesses old and new will choose...
The 30% rule - utilised by businesses across many industries - is a concept pioneered by Steve Jobs as a way to help focus business efforts on customers’ needs. When he returned to Apple in 1997, the 30% rule came about in an effort to get them back on a successful...
There can be little doubt that the coronavirus has had a huge impact on businesses and individuals, causing significant disruption and uncertainty. For many start-ups, a consequence of this has been that the careful planning, content, and execution of their...
Clearly, you cannot start and run a business without making decisions. The problem is that strategic errors caused by making the wrong decision can be highly problematic. Obviously, this is not always the case. Minor errors that are seen quickly and easily...