This article by Jan Bowen-Nielsen from Quiver Management follows on from his previous article about how to develop a successful growth strategy. Once your business is on a growth trajectory, new challenges emerge – yet they can be overcome. Read on to find out more. Growing pains Any business leader who has experienced the rapid […]
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When my partner and I set up Tectona we were very keen to keep the necessary set up and then the day to day running costs to an absolute minimum. Then, being small, this meant doing everything ourselves – and I mean everything. With the huge benefit of hindsight (and a few years’ experience under […]
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In this guest article by Jan Bowen-Nielsen we look at how a business coach can help you develop a successful growth strategy. Untapped potential Are you seeing some great unfulfilled growth potential for your business, but struggling to realise it? Is your team pulling in different directions and not prioritising their efforts well? Are you […]
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Setting the Scene When business owners are asked if they intend to bring key staff into the company shareholding fold, the response is often along the lines of: “No, I was going to see them right when the deal gets done.” This response is wrong, or at least short-sighted, on several levels. A business with […]
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AI (Artificial Intelligence) is often defined as the ability to make computers do things that require a degree of intelligence when done by humans. And machines that work and react like humans is the aspiration. So, if we can teach a machine to do something by entering data, the machine can predict characteristics of a […]
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What is it? GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation – is an EU regulation that applies automatically to all UK businesses and those companies must be GDPR-compliant by 25th May 2018. And, no, Brexit won’t stop their implementation. The drivers behind setting up a more robust data protection environment are found in the increasing misuse of […]
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Well, what an intriguing last few days we have had! On Friday, 9th June, a hung parliament was confirmed; the British people had spoken and had given Prime Minister Theresa May a resounding raspberry. And despite her gamble backfiring – in no small part to a woefully run and poorly advised campaign – she blundered […]
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It is tough to predict and anticipate currency fluctuations at the best of times, but the events of 2017 so far have arguably rendered attempts even more difficult. Indeed, at the start of the year, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America, Marine Le Pen got to the […]
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Tectona was asked by The Business Magazine to take part in one of their insightful sessions called “Taking the Temperature” focusing on key issues affecting small and medium size business. The Panel were asked to consider three issues – or Exam Questions: The chief concerns affecting us all Heathrow expansion Gender pay gap legislation Exam […]
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When it comes to running your business you need to ensure the financial side is efficient. Poorly managed finances can be disastrous to your financial safety and has often been the main cause of collapse of a business. Other than the main 2 specialist finance packages – Xero and Sage – there are a number […]
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