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Go through your direct debits. 🔍 Do you know what every payment is for? Simple habits can have a huge impact. Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #BusinessCosts #ProfitTips #SmallBusinessUK #BusinessEfficiency #OutsideTheBubble
The Simplest Profit Exercise You'll Ever Do
Your accountant shouldn’t be someone you’re afraid to talk to. 💬 In this conversation, Emma sits down with Marti Stenton from Morris Palmer to discuss what makes a good accountant, from being approachable and responsive to being proactive and able to explain the numbers in plain English. They also talk about cash flow, dividends, tax, business growth, and why leaving financial problems too long can make them much harder to fix. The message is simple: talk to your accountant. The earlier you have the conversation, the more options you usually have. Be bold | Be brave | Be outside the bubble #BusinessFinance #Accountancy #BusinessAdvice #SMEs #OutsideTheBubble
Talk to your accountant
Trying to appeal to everyone often means standing for nothing. 🎯 Find your people. Serve them brilliantly. Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #BrandStrategy #BusinessMindset #OutsideTheBubble #Entrepreneur #SME
☕ If You're Everyone's Cup Of Tea...
Running a business can be lonely. When you’re the person making the decisions, carrying the responsibility and trying to work out what to do next, it can be difficult to find people you can have an honest conversation with. That’s one of the things that makes the Business Growth Programme different. A room full of other business owners who understand the pressures, challenges and uncertainties of running a business, without judgement and without having to pretend everything is fine. Sometimes, having the right people around you can change the way you see things. Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #PeerLearning #BGP
Running a business can be lonely
Keeping your team busy doesn't necessarily mean you're making money. 🧮 One business was charging an hourly rate for council maintenance work, but hadn't included its overheads. On paper, it looked like they were breaking even. In reality, they were making a loss. Knowing your true cost per hour is essential if you want to price work profitably. Busy isn't the same as profitable. Be bold | Be brave | Be outside the bubble #BusinessFinance #PricingStrategy #Profitability #SMEs #BusinessGrowth #OutsideTheBubble
⚠️ Breaking Even Isn't Always Breaking Even
Is the Business Growth Programme for you? Dan’s answer is simple: it doesn’t matter what sector you work in or whether you have an academic background. What matters is whether you’re responsible for the strategy and want the space, challenge and perspective to take your business forward. From managing people and P&L to marketing and making the right decisions, sometimes you don’t need another answer. You need someone to challenge your thinking. 🤔 Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #BGP #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #CranfieldSchoolofManagement
Think the BGP isn’t for you? Think again.
Raising your prices can feel uncomfortable. Especially when you genuinely care about your customers and want to be fair to them. But should that discomfort come at the expense of your business? If your pricing doesn't reflect the real cost of running your business, you can end up making it harder to deliver the quality, service and support your customers value. Being fair to your customers matters. So does building a business that can actually sustain them. What do you think? Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #PricingStrategy #BusinessGrowth #SMEUK #BusinessOwners #Entrepreneur
Kind Business Owners Still Go Out of Business.
A strategy becomes much more valuable when it’s been properly challenged. Dan shares how presenting their business plan to an external panel forced them to test their thinking, listen to difficult questions and make changes based on the feedback. And importantly, the plan didn’t stay with the leadership team. It became something the wider organisation understood and could refer back to. Good strategy isn’t about getting everything right first time. It’s about being willing to challenge your thinking. Be bold | Be brave | Be outside the bubble #OutsideTheBubble #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #BusinessGrowth #BGP
Sometimes your business needs an OUTSIDE perspective
Sales chase revenue. Finance protects profitability. If they aren't talking to each other, profit slips through the cracks. Be bold | Be brave | Be Outside the Bubble #BusinessGrowth #SMEStrategy #Profitability #BusinessLeadership #OutsideTheBubble
Your Sales Team Could Be Selling You Into Losses
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