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It’s human nature to worry if someone is going to come along who can do your job better than you can, but now you also have to worry about whether a robot might eventually replace you instead. No, it’s not the plot of an 80s comedy movie – this is based on real research from…
“President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to government. His idea caught on and now we’re all doing it.” – Sam Ewing, US author. This quote is fairly tongue-in-cheek but at its heart there is an undeniable truth that the rewards of working have been somewhat diminished by over zealous taxation. Not only will your business…
There’s nothing worse than having a small business that nobody has ever heard of. You work hard every day to provide people with a great product or service and yet when you type your company name into Google it doesn’t even get to the front page. Today’s tip column reveals our Top 5 Tips for…
Sixteen years after he first went to court to try and salvage his credit rating, Richard Durkin has finally won his battle against HFC Bank. Despite the spiralling legal costs and time investment, Durkin has won a personal moral and legal victory that will also protect other consumers in the future. He is a lot…
You never know when you might have to pitch your business to someone at short notice. You could be on holiday and meet a potential investor by the pool or in the doctor’s surgery when you find a possible customer. That’s why you need to be able to give an effective presentation about your small…
Big Data is increasingly having an impact on all of our lives. As the amount of data that is being generated continues to expand exponentially, the types of things that we can do with all that information also changes and evolves. There are so many sources of data nowadays that entire industries and brand new…
With apologies to all of you who have no interest in football: did Wayne Rooney justify his £300,000 per week pay check with one kick of the ball? If you didn’t see it you can by clicking here. Why is this relevant in a blog about personal effectiveness for small business owners? Because it gets…
“Most companies don’t die because they are wrong; most die because they don’t commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is in standing still.” – Andrew S. Grove, US entrepreneur. Inertia is often a big killer of businesses. The problem is that…
The reaction to the latest UK Budget has been fairly muted from small business owners, with many feeling (as usual) that the changes will not go far enough to help drive the economy forward. There was however one announcement that seems to have escaped the notice of many, despite it potentially having a huge impact…
The older part of Generation Y (often referred to as being “Millennials”) are rapidly approaching their thirties. This demographic is loosely defined as being those born in the 1980s right up until the early 2000s. This generation is perhaps the one that has been arguably most effected by the worst global recession since World War…
