Moving to paperless. Is it right for you?
Moving to a completely paperless office might be a pipe dream but moving to digital away from paper forms is certainly the way to go. No one likes forms – whether they are sales invoices, purchase orders or reports. Forms get lost, damaged or incorrectly...
3 solutions if numbers have never been your forte
We’re not all good with numbers. Some of us are ‘ideas’ or ‘people’ people. And, of course, all businesses need these types – individuals with vision and persuasive skills are as vital to success as the bean counters. Sooner or later, however, the...
Cheque, check and check again. Have you eliminated your finance errors?
Can you remember the last time you wrote a cheque? And apart from shopping lists, which most people now type into their smart phone, many of us don’t use a pen anymore. All over the country, our handwriting looks like a doctor’s scrawl through lack of...
Lion or sloth? Is your cash flow handling compromising your business?
Not all businesses are cookie cutters of each other, even in the same industry. Different businesses have different cash flows. Some businesses have multiple small sales orders every day, meaning the finance department can be working flat out to cope,...
It’s time to get your finance department in order
Happy September! Autumn is on its way and the kids are going back to school, stationery-ready to tackle a new year. With that in mind, there really is no time like the present to get your finance department in order too. Every business, large or small,...
What exactly is outsourcing?
What exactly is outsourcing? Outsourcing uses the expertise of professionals from another organisation to improve or simply support a part or function of your business. Outsourcing specialists can either host particular functions, or build bespoke digital...
Clear out your invoicing cobwebs
As your business grows, invoices, POs and other forms are likely to become more difficult to handle - especially if your client base is growing but you still have the same number of hands. Things can easily become time-consuming and prone to expensive...
Is Brexit making your processes unpredictable?
Since that referendum in June last year (2016) the column inches dedicated to comment, rumour, counter-rumour and speculation about how the result of it will affect UK businesses has reached War and Peace-scale volumes. What, for example, will Brexit mean...
Signs that your supplier is NOT happy
It goes without saying that winning - and retaining – great customers is a vital part of running a great business. Equally important, however, yet perhaps not as much talked about, is the importance of building excellent relationships with your suppliers....
