Tips to increase engagement over Christmas
The festive season is typically busy, whether you run a retail business or a service-based one. If you’re not helping shoppers, you’re helping your clients fit in their appointments before year end. There’s a lot to do and the time passes quickly. Take this opportunity to show clients and customers how much you appreciate their […]
COVID Losses Cash Back Bonus – up to triple the benefits!
Due to the impact of COVID-19, the government want to give businesses who have suddenly suffered significant losses, an opportunity to get some additional cash back into their struggling business. In the 2021 Budget changes were announced to enhance the current Loss Relief Rules. The enhanced relief is mainly targeted at the more stable businesses who […]
Five Simple Marketing and Promotion Tips to help during COVID-19
In these difficult times, you may find your business slowing down and sales harder to come by. Given this trend, establishing and maintaining connections with existing and potential customers have become more important than ever. So here are some simple tips to help you step up your marketing game: 1. Strengthen your social media presence. […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Cash Flow Forecasting
Nobody wants their business to fail. Although it’s impossible to predict the future with 100% accuracy, a cash flow forecast is a tool that will help you prepare for different possible scenarios in the future. In a nutshell, cash flow forecasting involves estimating how much cash will be coming in and out of your business […]
What to do when reopening your business
As many business owners look to life after COVID-19, an important question comes up: how do we plan to reopen our business? For most businesses, the easing of restrictions doesn’t mean a return to business as usual. There are rules and regulations in place about how companies can operate, including how many people can be […]
10 more quick growth tips for small business owners
As we start to emerge from lockdown and businesses look to restart and some cases start, we’ve provided a number of quick tips to help grow your business through collaboration, expansion, improved marketing. 1. Improve your customer service Businesses with good customer service retain consumers and attract new business through word-of-mouth. Even if you think […]
March 2021 Budget Highlights
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, presented his 2021 Budget on 3 March 2021. We’ve detailed below some of the key changes announced. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to run until September 2021 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is extended until September 2021. Employees will continue to receive 80% of their pay for their furloughed hours, but […]
Brexit: VAT’s it all about?
It’s been over a month since the EU-UK trade deal changes came into effect and the Brexit transition period came to an end. However, during this time there has been a lot going on: the forever looming deadline of self-assessment and ANOTHER Covid-19 #3 lockdown, bringing more stress, more pressure and more challenges to work […]
Five Ways to Bring in More Cash for Your Business
Now is the perfect time to evaluate your financial position and come up with innovative ways to add revenue streams and generate cash. Here are five ways you might consider to improve your cash inflow: 1. Evaluate your current company assets. Take a look at your assets, both fixed and human. Could you make slight […]
Tough As Old Boots
Most businesses that survive the next 24 months will be all the stronger for it and in some ways you could say, will have become ‘tough as old boots’. So, how do you give your business the best possible chance of getting through the next 2 years and becoming stronger because of it? As a […]