Focus on managing your energy, rather than your time

You can only spend your time in a productive, effective manner if you have enough energy to do so. Most people respond to the increasing demands in their day to day jobs by putting in longer hours. This takes a toll on us physically, mentally and emotionally.  Over...

Making tax digital is now a reality

Making tax digital (MTD) is now law for all VAT registered businesses with turnover over £85,000. This new law requiring Digital record keeping and filing of VAT returns via the MTD portal came into force on the 1 April 2019. This means change for many businesses but...

Connecting effectively in the digital age

It’s time to rethink how we connect with customers, suppliers, colleagues and the business community. The way we work is becoming increasingly digital. Today it is pretty normal for people to work remotely at least one day per week and this is just the tip of the...

Project management software tools

If you are running various projects across your firm simultaneously, you may need some type of project management tool to help you to keep track of progress, manage emails, deadlines and so forth. Projects are a specific type of work. Every project has a start and end...

Why mistakes are opportunities to learn

We can learn more from failure than success. According to Richard Branson, “One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.” If we are all spending time making mistakes, it makes sense to learn from them. Failure is a critical part of...