Is Being Paperless More Efficient? This will become an age old question that will always create debate.  Small efficiencies can be obtained by using digital formats where possible to replace paper copies. Some great examples of becoming paperless are receiving facsimiles via email and only printing what is absolutely necessary.  At this stage you can […]

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Planning for 2014 Well, has 2013 been and interesting year or what.  We have soldiered on and weathered many economic and political changes during the year. Certainly those left standing are stronger for the experiences. So, what are you planning for 2014 and what are your first steps to achieving the goals and objectives you […]

What to do for Christmas Sales For most of us the Christmas sales period is one of frantic sales, staffing and cash-flow issues.  Stock in, where to store it, merchandising, pricing and the list goes on.  The main question is about how to structure your tasks to get the maximum traction during this period (and […]

Implementing Creditors Benchmarking The Creditors Benchmarking measure refers to the average number of days it takes to make a payment by a business. While there is a temptation to delay payment for as long as possible to maximise working capital and assist cash-flow, especially if a business’ Debtors are slow in paying; but this is […]

What is Operational Planning Simply, operational planning is planning in each section of your business in line with your overall long term Business Strategic Plan (Business Plan). This operational plan for each section is driven by the business strategy and makes up the overall business plan.  Operational planning involves detailed financial planning and budgeting and […]

Understanding Strategic Planning The most common thread between all great businesses and those achieving great advances whilst other are complaining is the design and implementation of a Strategic Planning document.  Depending on the business it may be referred to as a Business Plan, Mission Plan or Strategic Plan. The other thing you will notice straight […]

What is Business Benchmarking? Understanding Business Benchmarking is very much about understanding how industry considers and values businesses. For a small business owner, this is often a nervous and scary subject due to the amount of misinformation and misunderstanding involved. Benchmarking is taken from comparing all the available statistics across similar businesses (size) in your […]