We desperately need your help, opinion and advice… We’ve been referred (by an existing client) to a potential new client for printing & scanning technology, because of our Simple Honest Service approach. Which is fantastic. Although, we’ve hit a roadblock. The potential new client doesn’t need the latest technology and is happy with good quality

Can you remember just before Apple launched the i-Phone? All the other big mobile phone manufacterers got hammered in the press, with their stock eventually tanking. They kinda said. “The markets saturated. We have nothing left to build. Revenue growth will be slow. Margins will begin to tighten. Competition will be fierce”. A week later

It’s not enough just to build a good product… Why? Because competition has never been as fierce. A simple google search brings up 100’s if not 1000’s of companies doing the same or similar things to you. Couple this with people being more distracted than ever. Today we have countless media channels available. Like television,

Flexibility without charges from your supplier is so important to a small business… Take Paul Schofield Wealth Management Ltd. Since being the ⭐ in this video Paul has grown his business & team. They have a unique approach. Not charging monthly fees & only getting rewarded on the performance of your investments (pension etc). With

Gooday. Have you time for a business book review… Ben Horowitz started life as a Silicon Valley engineer with Silicone Graphics well before the internet and the .com boom. But after joining Netscape at the beginning of the internet revolution & gaining vast experience working for Mosaic inventor & possibly the smartest person he knew,

Have you ever tried shock value to change behaviours? Jeff Bezos wants Amazon to be the global leader in providing the best value to consumers. Meaning they need to sell products at the cheapest price, whilst delivering the best service. To achieve this Bezos knows (as they grow at scale) Amazon must be frugal &

Forward thinking accountant & friend Karl Roberts did a fantastic mini video series last week, on the top 3 things in business he’s learnt… No 3 really resonated with me: Build a great team you can trust It’s not as simple as throwing a few people together. They’ll spend loads of time together at work

Welcome to Akorn Financial Advice. Founder Angelo Kornecki is going to tell you his story… Hi all. We’ve been going 5 years & provide full service financial advice. Including investment advice, pensions, retirement planning, mortgages, protection advice, Inheritance tax & succession planning. We listen & build trusted long-term relationships to help you make the right

Gooday. It’s business book review time… Today we’re reviewing something a little different. ‘A Million Miles in a 1000 years’ is not your average business book. Some would suggest it’s not a business book at all. But I beg to differ… Donald Miller is a New York Times bestselling author & I first came across

If you’re in business don’t think your safe… Speed of change means your always running to keep up and constantly re-inventing. And if you don’t, you’ll be overtaken by those who do. In this constantly changing landscape personal brand is so important. Yes, people want to see a website & LinkedIn profile showing testimonials and

We run several Hyundai cars… They’re nice cars, built well, have a 5-year warranty and are reasonably priced. We got them through West Riding Hyundai in Colne (also in Manchester & Bolton) who have been clever in making us sticky. Making sure we’ll come back to them for service. Hyundai operate service plans. Based on

Gooday. Have you time for a business book review? Today we’re reviewing ‘A Leader Who Had no Title’ written by bestselling author Robin Sharma. The books a modern fable about achieving success in business & life. At it’s core the message is. You don’t need high ranking titles to become great, you just need to

Office equipment isn’t sexy by any means… Say we’re doing a speech to a packed conference venue to our target audience of Finance Directors. What do you think they would do if we said? “For the next 30 minutes we’re going to tell you the history of our company & why we provide the best

Sales Geek Jonathan Finch shot a great LinkedIn video, discussing the B.A.M. B.A.M stands for bare arsed minimum… Jonathon used it in relation to some salespeople doing the bare arsed minimum, yet still expecting fantastic results. Fantastic results never happen for B.A.M people. Jonathon has found salespeople who achieve the highest results don’t just work

Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in a micro niche & initially, only made it available to Harvard students… Then he expanded that niche to include other colleges in the Boston area & then gradually to most colleges & universities in the United States & Canada. It wasn’t until late 2006 that Facebook broke out of their