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Happiness is a number between 1 and 10. What’s yours?
Happiness is a number between 1 and 10. What’s yours?
If happiness was as simple as forcibly contracting a set of facial muscles, we’d all be happy – whenever we wanted and the world might be a better a place. However, that’s not the case. So this question might sound a bit forced but it’s a starting...
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Would you like to pay by the hour or by the result? Let’s focus on saving money not charging fees
Would you like to pay by the hour or by the result? Let’s focus on saving money not charging fees
Do you ever feel yourself getting a little uncomfortable, suspicious or even cynical when you are getting charged by the hour by a consultant of some sort? It’s okay, we do too. It’s not a bad thing and it’s totally normal to wonder what’s really...
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2017
YEAR IN REVIEW 2017
We are numbers people and
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IS YOUR CURRENT ACCOUNTANT A DINOSAUR?
IS YOUR CURRENT ACCOUNTANT A DINOSAUR?
Your current account may be a dinosaur if he / she -
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Could You Do With Some More Business?
Could You Do With Some More Business?
An important component of managing cashflow is to increase the amount of cash that’s flowing in. Which of course means getting new business through the door.
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Get Paid Faster
Get Paid Faster
It goes without saying that a business needs cash flow to keep operating. If too many customers forget, delay or refuse to pay, your business could end up in serious trouble!
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Are you up or are you down? It’s time to check the scoreboard… if you have one
Are you up or are you down? It’s time to check the scoreboard… if you have one
With only 8 weeks to go until the end of 2016/17 financial year aren’t you a little curious as to how your business will look, results-wise, come June 30? The correct answer here is “no”. Bonus points if you added an exclamation point. Apart from...
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Knowing your number is one thing, here’s how to hit it. Cash Rich Business cash flow Q&A pt 1
Knowing your number is one thing, here’s how to hit it. Cash Rich Business cash flow Q&A pt 1
An essential requirement for hitting a target is knowing where (and what) it is. As we have mentioned many times before, if you have not yet worked out your “magic number” (your expenses + tax payments + payroll + your pay +10% for the war chest +...
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Stop trying to squeeze blood from a stone. A cash rich business concentrates on creating value
Stop trying to squeeze blood from a stone. A cash rich business concentrates on creating value
Spending too much time and effort shaving valuable layers off your margins to remain competitive is literally death by a thousand cuts for your business. It’s excruciating, time-consuming and unfortunately futile. But as someone wise once said, “if...
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Ah, well there’s your problem – you work too hard. It’s time to take a chainsaw to your workload
Ah, well there’s your problem – you work too hard. It’s time to take a chainsaw to your workload
The key to success is to work hard, we’re told. But they’re only telling us half the story. The often quoted saying should be amended to “the key to success is to work hard for a while and then enjoy the results.”
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