Monthly Archives: January 2012

Two great words that not many business owners know

I’ve just come back from squash (9.45 – 10.30pm!) and have checked some of my marketing stats. I received a lead tonight from an article I wrote online [..]

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It is tax payment day tomorrow – but are you overpaying tax?

The financial controller at HM Revenue & Customs must enjoy 31 January. Suddenly there is an influx of tax payments from those who don’t pay through PAYE and [..]

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Is it time to get an ipad?

I learnt this week that Apple’s ipad is outselling Hewlett Packard’s PCs. A fairly amazing statistic although I have started seeing ipads quite a bit recently. The trouble [..]

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What Brad Pitt and ‘Moneyball’ can teach you about your business

There were some great films last year – The Kings Speech, Submarine, Bridesmaids, 127 hours. My favourite film though was ‘Moneyball’, a film that Brad Pitt took years [..]

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Tax return deadline extended to 2nd Feb

The most exciting news for accountants and clients this year so far! A further two days extension to the tax return deadline due to a HM Revenue & [..]

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Why budgets are so powerful

We are coming up to our financial year-end (31 March 2012) and are now starting to put together our budget for next year. Obviously this is something that [..]

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How to annoy people at a networking event

A few months ago, I attended a networking event. I got chatting to a guy there who told me about his business. We then got on to the [..]

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A pleasant ten minute stay in my mind palace

If you’ve been running a business for 3 years+, you are probably well aware that your role in your business has nothing to do with what you sell. [..]

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How to welcome people

I was one of the founding members of a local BNI networking group which was set up about 3 years ago (if you haven’t heard of BNI, ask [..]

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What you focus on – expands

The fun thing about being an accountant is that you can tell how a business is doing just by looking at the numbers. The numbers don’t lie, they [..]

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