Business Mileage VAT Reclaim
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Reclaiming VAT on your business mileage You must have been living in a deep underground cave for the past year if you haven’t noticed the soaring cost of fuel. Cleary this is something that will hurt any of us that are running small businesses and need to run vehicles for [...]
Mystery Shopping
Share There is no doubt that there is something strange about this store. Just a few weeks back it used to hum with activity. There used to be so many clients in this mystery shop that customers had to spend a good amount of time to make their purchases. During the afternoon and the evening [...]
Small Business Website Marketing
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Website Marketing I was party to a three way conversation earlier today between a “traditional” retailer and an internet marketeer. The conversation centred around websites and how they should be promoted. It was interesting to hear two completely opposing views. The traditional retailer was adamant that a website was of [...]
Business – To Buy Or Not To Buy?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford To Buy Or Not To Buy?.. When starting a new business, many people think of starting from scratch. There could be good reasons for this (for example it could be a completely new idea or product that hasn’t existed before) but more likely the new entrepreneur has not considered any [...]
Small Business – Playing Music At Work – Are You Legal?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Playing Music At Work – Are You Legal? Many small businesses are unaware that they may be breaking the law when it comes to playing the radio at work. Did you realise that if for example you are hairdressers and you play the radio for some background music to [...]
Small Business Importing And Exporting
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Importing and exporting In today’s business environment more and more small businesses are looking to export their products and services as well as importing goods and services typically to reach new markets and remain competitive. Perhaps you sell a product that is highly sensitive to the weather [...]
A Board Advertising – Good Or Bad?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford A Board Advertising Many small businesses with a presence in or near the town centre need to make themselves “visible” to potential clients. One of the most cost effective ways of doing this is through the use of A Boards. They do work and that is one [...]
The Purpose Of Work
Share Many people ask how to discover their life purpose, believing that when they find that, they will be able to find their ideal work. This is certainly the case, but no experience is wasted in life. While you are working on discovering your life purpose, what about learning the purpose of the work you [...]
Why Would A Customer Chose Your Product Or Service?
SharePosted by: Paul Stanford Why Would A Customer Chose Your Product Or Service? Whenever I see a client that is thinking about starting up a business I always ask them the key question “what is going to be unique about your product or service?” or in other words “why would a [...]
Small Business Customer Service Techniques
Share When dealing with any customer always remember the golden rule that it is a good opportunity for your company to make an impression by providing that person with a sense of personal satisfaction. My research has clearly shown that successful businesses and organisations make every effort to deliver what the customer wants by applying [...]






