The Federation of Small Businesses has released research stating that around one-third of all small and medium-sized business in the UK are completely unprepared for the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) that is due to come into effect on the 25th May 2018. The survey suggests that in terms of

One aspect of working hard as a business owner, or as a freelancer, is that there is often a need to arrange many different types of meetings, sometimes in varied locations. It can be overwhelming if you’re not used to arranging your own time in such exhaustive detail. Virtual assistants

There is no task more mind numbing and time consuming than data entry. Despite this fact of life, it is vital at certain periods within the life of a business that an efficient and accurate data entry project is processed and completed with time and cost efficiency in mind. Whether

A total of £207.42 was donated in October, November and December bringing our overall impacts to 5212. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with

Every successful business is built upon relationships. The relationships the owner and management of the company has with its staff, the relationships with suppliers and customers. Building long-lasting relationships takes time and effort, and it is important around this time of year, when everyone is starting afresh in 2018, to

Every business automatically has a tone of voice that is attached to its brand. It speaks through everything you do as a business owner from the very first day you started trading and can include everything from the letterheads you use, the style of writing in your letters and emails,

Virtual assistants offer a great addition to an existing company with a strong framework of systems in place to deal with the running of a successful business. If you are considering hiring a VA, there are a few steps you should first go through in order to make the most

A total of £73.56 was donated in September bringing our overall impacts to 4665. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with the full information.

For a growing business it can be hard to keep the telephones manned at all times. Whether you are a sole trader or have a small team of employees, answering your mobile phone might not always be practical, and an answering machine might not have its messages picked up right

A total of £147.18 was donated in July & August bringing our overall impacts to 4121. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with the

As a business owner, there are a few things you can do each and every day that will help you reach your long-term potential, as an owner and as a business. By taking the time to make a real culture change in how you approach each day, you can make

When you own your own business it can be difficult to make time to take a holiday and to truly unwind and relax. Whether you own a small business and employ staff, or you are a sole trader, it is important to not run yourself into the ground. Taking a

A total of £149.46 was donated in May & June bringing our overall impacts to 1051. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with the

Every single business, no matter what industry they operate in, require a good financial organisation to succeed. If you’re not too confident in looking after and managing the income and expenditure of the company you own, how can you make good decisions moving forward? There will be times when cash-flow

We all want to work fewer hours don’t we? As the boss of a growing company it can be hard to find enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks at hand, let alone have enough time to go home and spend quality and relaxing time with the

A total of £155.90 was donated in March & April bringing our overall impacts to 889. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with the

If you own or run a business you won’t always have the answers that you need to make a decision, or to push the company forward in the most effective way. Everyone is learning on the job and it doesn’t harm a company to have access to a business mentor

If you are a business owner or self-employed person it can be difficult to overcome the stresses of your workload from time-to-time. We’re always running out of time to complete a project, and there are never enough hours in the day, so what can you do when it seems like

A total of £77.88 was donated in February bringing our overall impacts to 841. Below are the projects which benefited from your generosity. If you’d like to know a bit more about a particular project, just click on the picture and a new tab will open with the full information.

With the number of freelancers continuing to rise in the UK, 2016 was a year to remember for those working for themselves. According to a report from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) freelance workers contributed £119 billion to the UK economy last year, a rise