Image Credit Most business owners will spend time planning their next budget in the months leading up to April. That is because they’ll know how much profit they made last year after paying their tax bill. However, lots of young entrepreneurs overlook important costs and get things wrong. With...

Image Source Have you ever thought about getting started down the path of a career involving technology? It’s actually not a bad idea. Researcher have suggested that the IT industry will grow phenomenally in the next few years. You might think that tech careers are boring and involve staring at...

Setting up an office at home can be beneficial for tax relief and keeping your business overheads down. However it can also have an impact on your household bills such as energy for heating and electricity. How can you lower the financial strain on your home whilst helping reduce your carbon footprint?...

If you’re running a business, you’re probably already aware that it takes a lot of time, and as such it can often feel like you’re spread pretty thin. While you’re going to be busy in whatever you do, there are ways to better optimise the time you spend on your business, and that is: delegate. Every...

Whether it is a ring, a pair of earrings, or even a necklace, jewelry is more than just a side accessory in every fashionista’s book. There are rules that dictate how best to wear your jewelry and how best to coordinate your outfit to it. Unfortunately, while these rules were still well-known until...

When you make life easier for your customers, you also give yourself more of a chance to make more sales. That’s why improving how your sales processes function works well for everyone. Your customers will be happy because things won’t be difficult for them in any way. And this leads to more and faster...

If you’re thinking of buying a new car, maybe you should widen your scope a little. There are other vehicles out there that might be worth your time. For example, motorcycles are seen as far better options by many people. If you only ever drive a car and ignore the real benefits of buying yourself...

For business, the Internet opens up the doors for loads of new and fresh ideas. It allows small companies to get customers from all over the world. And, it enables businesses to be set up without any physical presence at all. So, e-commerce is a good idea for a new business. But, you have some work...

Image Source Avid readers of my blog, or anyone who has read the tagline, will know that I started writing it while I was still in college. During this time, I wasn’t blogging for the hope that one day I’d have an online money making profile. It was purely because I loved to write and wanted an...

Congratulations, you’ve taken the plunge and can now count yourself as one of the lucky workers who don’t have to commute to a boring, run of the mill job in the morning. You’re now the proud owner of a business which has the comfiest of headquarters - your own home! However, don’t be mistaken into...

More and more as the years go by people are starting new businesses. The advantage now, in the age of the Internet, is the fact that we can pretty much run our business from anywhere regardless of our location in the world. All we need is a trusty Wi-Fi connection. The fact that the more people are...

Car accidents are never an enjoyable experience. If the thought of colliding with another vehicle, sustaining injuries or possibly even losing your life wasn’t enough to make you strap your seatbelt on tightly and drive slowly, then perhaps the endless amount of forms to fill and phones to make regarding...

If you want your ecommerce business to really shine, then you need to know how to build a website that makes it work. The website is the business itself, in a very real sense, so you need to make sure that it is as good as it can possibly be if you want this business type to succeed. But how can you...

It may not make the most uplifting dinner party conversation topic, but planning for disaster is certainly sensible. In order to manage disruption to your work or home life, it pays to have thought about it in advance, because if you leave it too late, there’s often very little that you can do to help...

For a business owner, it’s easy to equate growth with success. Just as it’s easy to assume that more technology is the perfect tool towards reaching that success. These aren’t untrue, but they are dangerous assumptions if you believe that it’s a straight, easy road. Just as improving the tech in the...

Image Source In today’s world, it’s often easier to drop your problems or mistakes onto someone else, so that they have to pay the price. That is very sad, but unfortunately, it’s just a fact. So, as a business, you need to have ways to protect yourself against claims against you. But, of course,...

James Brady is the head of marketing at the small business finance firm, Hiscox. Recently, he’s been asking “what’s the worst that could happen?” in the world of business, especially when it comes to PR.  Being in a business that lends money to small businesses and agencies, he knows a thing...

Image Source When you first start a business, one of the biggest challenges can be getting over that initial hurdle between starting up and drawing in customers. It might sound like a small thing, but this first hurdle can often be enough to discourage plenty of business owner who otherwise might...

We all agree that smartphones are incredible pieces of technology, offering us convenience and giving us the ability to order our groceries at a touch of a button. Fun, because who hasn't spent an entire day trying to beat a flappy bird high score or moving up a level on candy crush? Smartphones are...

Image Source Running a successful business is hard. There are so many roles to juggle that in most cases it’s practically impossible to keep on top of them all (or at least practically impossible to do them all well). The solution to this problem – don’t do these tasks. Pay another company to...

So, you’ve decided you want to start a business? Well, this is a brave and bold undertaking, and you need to be sure you’ve made the right decision. The first thing to be sure of is that you protect the future of the company. And the main way of doing that is by making sure you are financially sound...

Are you one of those people who like to take a short plane ride to a nearby destination? Well, that’s all well and good, but what about when you get bored of doing that? There are plenty of places to see and explore in the world, so don’t limit yourself to a small area. By branching out and traveling...

Image Source Get flexible  What kind of working conditions do you offer your team? Have you thought about expanding their options in how they do their work? As the technology available to businesses grows ever greater in utility, it allows for more flexibility with individual workers. For...

Image Source Just because you start off working for yourself at home on your computer doesn’t mean it is going to be like that forever. What if your business really starts to take off and you get so busy you need to start employing some employees? As soon as you get to that point, it is crucial...

Image Source Ensuring you have the best and most efficient workforce can be a real challenge, especially during winter when everyone would probably prefer to be hibernating. Trying to keep people motivated, engaged, and excited to work can take all your power as a manager. But while you can’t...