If you want to grow your business at some stage you will need to take on your first employee. It can be daunting because there are many things you need to consider. But once you have taken that first step you are on your way to developing your business. …

If you are a provider of services to your customer how often do you review the service you provide to them? Are you providing the service they want or the service you think they want? Do they know what they want or do they trust you to provide the service you think they should have? …

HMRC have numerous tools and calculators available on their website. Whether you want to get an estimate of the tax you may have to pay in the current year, your Statutory Maternity Pay entitlement or whether you want to find out if you qualify for tax credits there will be a useful calculator for you. The tools cover a wide variety of topics but the most recent one is about Preparing your Business for the UK leaving the EU. …

Businesses fail for many reasons but nearly all of them cite outside forces working against them - rent or rate rises, parking charges, delays caused by suppliers, no support from the bank, etc, etc. What they don't think about is that maybe they are selling the wrong product …

I was chatting with a business owner today who said there are only two advantages to being self-employed - you can go on holiday when you like and you can work with who you want to. That started me thinking - are there really only two advantages and no disadvantages? If that was the case why isn't everyone self-employed? …