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When did you last review the risks facing your business?
As a new business year begins maybe it's the right time to perform a 2024 Risk Assessment of your business? Normally after five or six mentoring sessions, I casually ask clients to perform…
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How to DESIGN a high-performing business model and out smart your Competitors?
One of the most critical components of Business Design is the effective assessment of operational functions within a business. Over the years, I’ve shared the following insights with many of my clients—and they…
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Business Grants & Funding for Women in Scotland & U.K
If you are a new business start-up a young entrepreneur, mum relaunching your career and considering setting up your own business. Or close to retirement and interested in creating a small business to…
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The Art of Branding! Jack Vettriano
Since an early age I have always loved listening to great storytellers; especially authentic life stories. An interest that began listening to my Dad with his adventures as an entrepreneur selling his latest…
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The Wee Business Book Series 2024
This year I am launching eight new pocket size business books under the “Wee Book’ series. This is a series of pocket size books business books 100 pages long ideal for the busy…
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Financial Freedom and the significance of Silver & Gold in 2024!
A Lesson from the Past? History always repeats itself! I wrote this 8 years ago for Young Entrepreneurs & Start-ups. Back then I never fully appreciated the significance of the real life story…
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Supply chain in Recession or De-globalisation
As an observer and student of a wide range of financial journalists and economist over the past few years the speculation and beating of the drum of a Recession or even a Depression…
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Will we ever see a return to the SUIT?
Recently I have seen an upturn in the book sales of an old book I wrote over nine years ago and pondered on the significance. In certain small circles and segments of the…
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How to make your Operations more efficient!
One of the key components of our ‘Prepare your Business for Recession’ programme is tackling the operational functions within your business. In the following blog we will share with you a few insights…
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Prepare for Recession Opportunities
Throughout History there have been companies that have either thrived or propelled their businesses to the next level by taking advantage of the opportunities presented by a Recession.