As a small business owner, you will already have enough on your plate without mentioning the bookkeeping and accounting. However, this is a vital part of running a business and seeing it grow. Bookkeeping must be exact, it must be timely, and it must be orderly. Tax payments must be paid; employees need their wages, any other suppliers will require paying for their services so your books must be accurate and your cash flow must be steady. If you’re looking for some options on how to help you with your bookkeeping, software to use and companies which offer these services, then look no further...
Read MorePretty much every business starts from a home business at the minute. There are a rare few small startups that go straight into an office or a warehouse if they need to. But that's because a lot of startups that are being generated at the minute are web based, because that seems to be where all of the money is.
Read MoreWhen considering the things you need to look for in an office IT (support) provider, many factors come into play. But none are more important than the following five:
Read MoreAs a blogger, you often get fooled into thinking that you have to complete all tasks and run solely on your own, whereas you are probably more likely to reach success if you outsource some areas of your business. You are a business at the end of the day! Just because you may have the advantage of being able to make a last-minute press trip or have a day off as and when needed doesn't make you any less of a business. Outsourcing can be a brilliant tool to help you have the time you need to grow to even more success.
Read MoreThe traditional system of annual performance reviews is no longer the best option for the modern workplace. Teams and leaders now understand the value of collaboration on all levels instead of solely relying on top-down communication. Small businesses of all kinds need to analyze their approach to performance management and adapt their culture to current expectations.
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to visit @oakwineandcocktail for the first time to try out their new lunch menu and my experience was incredible. For your own good, if you work anywhere near Oak Wine Bar and Cocktail, grab a plate of their curried goat. Words can’t do the food justice. You can choose to dine in or bring your lunch back to the office.
Read MoreIn this day and age, it’s easy to get stuck into the work cycle. The rat race draws us in, and at some point, we’re not working to live — we’re living to work. Our relationships with our partner, friends, or children get damaged, and we become a husk of our former selves.
But there is joy and value in breaking that cycle and spending time on yourself. Read on to learn how to snap out of it and enjoy the simple pleasure of doing nothing.
Read MoreI just turned 30 years old a couple of days ago and let me just say at first I didn't take it so well. All my life I've been making plans, creating goals & working towards them so that by 30 I would be able to look back and say I've done a good job. A month prior to my birthday I started to evaluate my life and realized half the things I said I would have done before 30 was not done and as you can imagine, it had me in a funk. I felt like I had been wasting time, time that I would never get back. Can you relate?
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