As a business owner juggling the incomings and outgoings on a daily basis, you’d be forgiven for feeling daunted at the prospect of investing your hard-earned money – often there’s an element of risk and you may be asking:
Are you getting the best out of your team? Maybe you’ve read every leadership and management book out there, but still feel there’s room for improvement?
Here are three reasons why new year’s resolutions fail – and our advice to help make sure yours go the distance.
Did you know that on average, a prospective customer says ‘no’ five times before they say ‘yes’? And most salespeople give up on the fifth time.
Does this sound familiar?
You’ve put the hours in, you’ve honed your products and services, built a reputable business and a sound customer base. And now, frustratingly, you’ve reached a plateau.
You’re ready for next-level business success, but you’re not sure how to make it happen.
At SBCA, we see firsthand the challenges of running a business single-handed. As a business owner wearing lots of hats, you have to be your own cheerleader, marketer, networker and take care of the daily admin and finances.
With recent, very public governance failures at businesses such as BHS, Carillion and other well known brands, it is clear that business leaders need to do more in terms of living up to their responsibilities, following best practice, etc.
You can use the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) to claim a very generous 100% first year tax relief for qualifying expenditure on plant and machinery.
Since the Brexit vote in 2016, there have already been 3 years that have passed to get your (farm)house in order, more than enough time to make decent strategic plans and refine them as time passes. But simply planning to make a plan and nothing more is not in itself a plan.
