by Neil O'Brien | Aug 11, 2017 | Budget, management, Pricing, ScaleUp, StartUP
Pricing is an emotive subject and many clients are scared about increasing their prices. So much so that many refuse to do so and the compound effect of not increasing prices has cost them tens, if not hundreds of thousands on lost profits. Why are business owners...
by Neil O'Brien | Jan 27, 2017 | Budget, Costs, management, Our News, ScaleUp, StartUP
One of the key aspects to maintaining a positive cashflow is to manage your costs. Far too many business owners allow their costs of escalate and don’t have the time to consider whether they are still receiving value for money. Consider car insurance for a...
by Neil O'Brien | Jun 10, 2016 | Budget, Costs, Our News
Nearly every business has their whole concept of marketing completely and utterly wrong. Do you want to grow your business? Do you think you can grow your profits by spending all your cash? This does not seem right does it? Spend all your cash, as much as you can and...
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 25, 2015 | Budget, Our News
George Osborne today delivered his first Autumn Statement as Chancellor of a standalone Tory government. But he should be used to this by now as it was his third pronouncement of the year, the first being his pre-election Budget in March and then his summer Budget in...
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 20, 2015 | Budget, management
Around this time of year many of you will be thinking about next year, looking at your results so far this year and wanting to target next year and make it much better than this year. It is the time of year that most of us consider writing our business plan. I bet...
by Neil O'Brien | Aug 14, 2015 | Budget, Tax
Buy to let tax – a landlord surprise Hundreds of thousands of buy to let landlords face additional tax as the implications of Chancellor George Osborne’s tax changes introduced during the Summer Budget become clear. The Daily Telegraph reported that a crackdown...
