August 2016 – theBusinessPlanPeople

Month: August 2016

Choices

When you start your business you may have a solid 5 year plan with an optional 7 year exit strategy, but you won’t tend to have many choices. You will have a limited budget and limited hours in the day so your main priority will be spreading the word and generating sales. Your choices will […]

What would Gibbs do?

No matter how well planned, financed and executed your business there will always be a curve ball that hits you just at the wrong time. Managing your human resources can be one of those areas that can be a bit like herding cats. Yes you have fully formed contracts of employment; the holiday calendar is […]

It doesn’t matter what you can do – it only matters what you can sell

Because of my experience analysing business types for credit scoring purposes I am often asked what is the most successful business to be in; as if by simply picking the business at the top of the list they will be guaranteed financial success. Sadly it is not that easy. I can tell you that statistically […]

Don’t overlook the pit guy

One of my treasured passtimes on a Sunday afternoon is to settle down to watch F1 Grand Prix racing. Yes I have my favoured teams and drivers, I enjoy seeing the scenery of the differing tracks around the world, and a bit of people watching is also fun, however I also marvel about how many […]

80 new UK business births an hour

Start up Britain has just announced that 342,927new UK businesses were born between January and June this year, higher than the same time last year which was in itself a record year. In a time of financial uncertainty, economic nervousness and political instability, it seems the thinking person in the UK is choosing to invest […]