Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… ‘You don’t get something for nothing’. It’s a well worn phrase which entrepreneurs understand more…
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Mike Southon | Mike Southon - Part 3
I recently returned from speaking in the Far East to an in-box of several hundred e-mails. Many hoped to interest me in their services. Almost all had one major drawback;…
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… “We love what you do, but we are happy with our existing supplier”, is a…
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… In the early stages of a business, the idea of chasing up invoices is a…
Shaylesh Patel had the traditional career route of first working for a big accounting firm then becoming the Financial Director of a growing company, in his case, in travel. But…
It is much easier these days to sell our services abroad. The main problem is that ‘abroad’ can have many different ways of doing business. For example, I had to…
Gordon Brown once said his ambition was to be seen as ‘a safe pair of hands’. If I want to find safe hands, I look away from Westminster and concentrate…
In my experience, entrepreneurs tend to fall into two categories. Some are attracted by the opportunity of starting their own business but are later unable or unwilling to actually make…
When the, now scrapped, tax rate of 50% for those earning over £150,000 was announced, it was followed by reports that some people, including some well-known entrepreneurs, were planning on…
