Know Your Number: Choose the Life You Want

Know Your Number: Choose the Life You Want — business owner looking from his workshop towards a road leading to the horizon

Know Your Number: Choose the Life You Want Are you actually less financially savvy than your own employees? They’re all working with an end in mind — retirement. But are you? This article is about a popular phrase in financial circles called Know Your Number, and it’s one every owner should understand. Most owners spend […]

What Is a Financial Forecast?

Printed retail sales charts with a magnifying glass and two coloured pencils resting on top

What Is a Financial Forecast? Have you ever opened your year-end accounts and been surprised by the profit? A financial forecast is how you see those moments coming, while you can still do something about them. Or had that moment when you realise there isn’t enough cash to pay the wages bill? Perhaps an unexpected […]

What Is My Sales Target To Break Even This Month?

What Is My Sales Target To Break Even This Month? Why wait for your finance team to tell you whether you’ve made a profit this month? If you have a stable business model, it’s straightforward. With a good finance team behind you, all you need to do is look up the value of your sales. […]

Cash Flow Advice for Shopfitters

Cash Flow Advice for Shopfitters Many shopfitters carefully track sales and profit — and that matters, because you have to generate a profit to generate cash. But if you want to be sure your bank balance is healthy, you need to be a bit cuter than that. Managing cash flow is not about how much […]

Why Does Your Shopfitting Business Struggle to Make Target Profit?

Why shopfitters miss target profit — workshop bench with tools

Why Does Your Shopfitting Business Struggle to Make Target Profit? Does your shopfitting business struggle to make the profit you want? It usually starts the same way. The phone is ringing. Quotes are going out. Jobs are being won. The pipeline looks strong and the workshop and site workers are busy. On the surface, everything […]

Record Tax, Record-Low Headroom – What Budget 2026 Means for You

Autumn Budget 2026 tax burden

Record Tax, Record-Low Headroom – What Budget 2026 Means for You It’s really frustrating that we are seeing record-high tax levels and record-low “headroom” in the Government’s own books. So why does the Government need your tax more than ever? And with the Autumn Budget due on Wednesday 28 October 2026 — Chancellor John Healey’s […]

Download our free eBook, Your Own Guide to Business Funding

Download our free eBook, Your Own Guide to Business Funding. Growth costs money. Whether you’re taking on bigger contracts, buying equipment, hiring staff or simply managing the gap between work going out and money coming in, many businesses hit cashflow pressure before they hit their next stage of growth. Our free guide, Your Own Guide […]

Ten lesser-known Tax strategies guaranteed to save your business £1,000s

Download our free eBook ‘Ten lesser-known Tax strategies guaranteed to save you £1,000s’ From salary planning and dividends through to R&D tax credits, pensions, holding companies and inheritance tax planning, this practical guide breaks down some of the most overlooked ways business owners can reduce unnecessary tax and build long-term wealth – legally and strategically. […]