Automating Employee Business Expenses

Automating Employee Business Expenses

Do your employees need to pop down to your local supplier to buy materials while on a job? Do they need to fill up the van with fuel or pay for tolls? Perhaps they buy themselves and other members of the team a coffee while on a job. All of these items need to be […]

Goal setting for 2023

Goal setting for 2023

At the beginning of each new year, I like to set realistic and achievable, yet stretching, targets. They are broken down by quarter, and then I monitor and tweak them throughout the year. At the end of each quarter, I reassess my progress and adjust the targets as necessary. This is an important strategy to […]

Knowing your worth as a business owner in the landscaping industry Part 1

Knowing your worth as a business owner in the landscaping industry

Recently, I attended the annual FutureScape autumn exhibition at ExCel, London. During my time there, I listened to an extremely interesting seminar full of great tips for business owners in the landscaping industry. The topic was on pricing and knowing your worth, which is easier said than done. A panel consisting of three landscape and […]

How to track your employee productivity

How to track your employee productivity

With the current cost of living crisis, it is important now more than ever for businesses to become more efficient. Ensuring that employees are working at a satisfactory productivity level, and even trying to increase that level, will help greatly. If you are in the process of growing the business, tracking productivity should be your […]

How to prepare a financial plan for a business (Part 2)

How to prepare a financial plan for your business

When it comes to success in business, a solid financial plan is crucial.  It is the best tool for showing where a business stands and sets owners on track to achieve their business goals.  It shows how choices made will impact revenue, how to spend wisely and how to meet financial obligations.  But where do […]

How to prepare a financial plan for a business (Part 1)

How to prepare a financial plan for a business

Financial planning determines how a business will afford to achieve its strategic goals. Strangely, many businesses lack a full financial plan, yet evidence has shown that they are essential to the long-term success and growth of a business. What is a financial plan?A financial plan is an overview of current business figures and projections for […]

Outsourcing

What is outsourcing

What is outsourcing?Quite simply, outsourcing means to have a role in a business performed by an external supplier rather than the owner or a member of their team. Businesses of all sizes outsource their accounting for different reasons and luckily, there are few positions in a business that are as easily outsourced as the accounts […]

Part 1: Essential financial information for a landscaping business owner

Essential financial information for a landscaping business owner

Part 1 – Essential financial information for a landscape gardening business owner In this series of three blogs, we will explore in detail the financial information of a business. A business owner cannot make well informed decisions for their business until their finances are in order. The areas we will cover are equally important as […]