All businesses have suppliers but have you thought what the implications are for your business if your supplier lets you down or worse still goes out of business?

… But why?
Bank managers, angel investors and many, many failed business owners will all tell you that profitable businesses go bust. Why? Because they run out of cash!

It’s official! 60% of SME businesses don’t track any Key Performance Indicators (KPI) at all. Almost 2/3rds of respondents confirmed that monthly KPIs are non-existent in their business

My guest blog this week is from Steve Jessop. Here he discusses the age old debate about the role that price plays in the sales process in No-one Buys on Price.

Let's face it virtually all business owners are in business to make more money, and if you make more money you should also be making more profit, and that helps everyone. Here are 12 tips to inspire you..

Pick the wrong accountant and it will cost you a lot of money, time, increased stress and anxiety. Choose the right accountant and our business life is much easier and hugely more profitable.

It is only 10 weeks until Christmas and 11 weeks to 31 Dec, so time is running out for you to make sure that you finish this year on a high and also have a flying start to sales to 2013.

Many people will tell you that selling on price gets the deal done, and quickly. It buys you market share, but.... nothing else. In tough times it is always a tempting prospect to reduce price and end up selling on price to gain more sales but....

It’s tough for many businesses. Many are flying high – sales up – profit up - market share up. Working with, and coaching, high growth SME’s means I see that ‘business is really good’ out there.