I hope you're enjoying the summer here in the UK? I know it's a time when lots of you will be taking a much-needed break away from the business for a holiday. All the planning and work that needs to happen to ensure the business can...
At the weekend I ran a Park Run. Although I'm a regular runner, I run slowly, and am usually chatting to a friend on the phone or listening to a podcast, to take my mind off the fact that I am running! Running the Park Run...
If you’ve been running your business a little while, one of your biggest risks is to be running it inside an Echo Chamber – where you’re surrounded by people whose beliefs and opinions match your own. Definition of an Echo Chamber: an environment in which a person...
This time of year can bring out the gardener in all of us and, although I love watching a bit of Gardeners World, I’m very much a dabbler when it comes to gardening. Yet even I realise that I’m not going to plant seeds today and...
Lots of business owners have a 'kind of idea' of what they need to be doing, but struggle to actually do it. You may think it’s a lack of time, lack of knowledge, lack of motivation but, it all probably boils down to this one thing...
Unless you've been living under a rock you can't have helped to notice your email inbox and social media feeds being bombarded with offers for the imminent Black Friday. I always love a good offer, and with a teenager and a tweenager in the house, anything...
The mince pies have been in the shop for quite a while now, and last week the big, highly anticipated Christmas ads were released. It can only mean one thing - time to start planning for 2022! How do you like to do your business planning? Is it...
I often think September has the feel of being like a kick in the butt. August can be a month to slow down and take a break, then you hit September and suddenly realise you're heading for the last quarter of the year. It's time to get...
Last week I was in Cornwall on a family holiday, staying in St Ives, It was a beautiful place, but very busy! We'd not been to this area before, so I was surprised to see just how many bakery shops there were in the town. Very excitedly...
To say that the last 18 months or so have been challenging feels like somewhat of an understatement! If you listen to lots of news, it can sound like doom and gloom for small businesses and of course, some owners of small businesses have had a...