Setting and achieving goals is a fundamental business process that ensures the steady growth and sustainability of an organisation. In my view, it is equally important for business goals to align with personal goals. This is important as when personal ambition intertwines with corporate ambition it not only increases the chances of success but significantly…
Many people come up with what they think is a good idea for a business. Some will really fly, others simply don’t get off the ground. Let’s face it, without customers, we don’t have a business and so knowing who these customers are likely to be and how we are going to communicate our offer…
There were 835,494 new businesses launched in the UK in 2020, a 41% increase on 2019, when 591,924 were registered. Great news on the face of it, however according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, around 80 per cent of UK companies fail within their first year. So, how do you…
When I first started my career in Commercial Radio, I learned that there are only two reasons why people will advertise; they want something better, or they fear something worse. Everything falls under one of these headings. In the thirty something years since I learned this, I have come to realise that this doesn’t just…
On this day in 2011, I made good on my decision to set up my own business by registering Geeforce Ltd with Companies House. After three decades of working in the media industry for newspapers, magazines, radio and television, I wanted to prove that I could build a business that did the things I’d always…
As we head towards the second lockdown for England of 2020, many people will be fearful of losing the businesses they’ve built, some over many years. I want to share some of the things you might think about doing during the next five weeks to ensure your business comes out the other side in good…
This last weekend turned up some very unusual results in the Premier League. Manchester United let in six, whilst Liverpool, the reigning champions, shipped seven. What does that have to do with business you may ask? Well, since you’ve asked, it has a lot to do with business and the way organisations tend to plan…
I read an interesting interview with Sir Keir Starmer in The Sunday Times last weekend in which he said that he wouldn’t shy away from the fact that The Labour Party’s 2019 manifesto had far too much in it. He also made clear his vision that Britain should be the “best place to grow up…
If you’re a viewer of Dragons Den, you’ll be familiar with the fact that from time to time a contestant is caught out by some quite basic questions relating to how much thought has actually gone into the business idea that is being presented. Once the Dragons smell a lack of homework they adopt a…
Its a great feeling when the economy starts to pick up and business starts to be a little easier to come by, but it dismays me when a business owner says they don’t need any more business. You may not need any more business but do you want any more business? How far could your…