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Don’t Let Your Best Ideas Go: Why You Must Protect Your Intellectual Capital
“Too many businesses only realise the value of intellectual capital when a key person leaves – or a competitor copies what they’ve...
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Jun 263 min read


Business Hack: How to Better Define Your Target Market
“Defining your target market is about understanding motivations, challenges, and goals. Without this, your messaging falls flat and your...
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Jun 263 min read


5 Tips for Helping Your Employees Through a Crisis
“When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.” (Simon Sinek)...
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May 283 min read


Youth Day: How Businesses Can Benefit from the ETI
“Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day.” (Jack Ma, Co-Founder...
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May 282 min read


Budget 3.0: VAT Increase Out, Fuel Levy Hikes In
Last month’s Budget 3.0 withdrew the contentious proposed VAT changes. This resulted in inflation-linked fuel levy increases of 16c for...
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May 281 min read


The 5 Cognitive Biases That Could Sink Your Business
“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the...
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Apr 244 min read


This Workers’ Day, Look After Your Business' Greatest Asset
“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” (Richard...
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Apr 242 min read


Zen and the Art of Fostering Job Stability in an Uncertain World
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.” (James Allen) The world of work has...
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Apr 243 min read


Budget 2025: How It Affects You and Your Business
“… the economy needs to grow much faster and in an inclusive manner. This is the central objective of the current administration.”...
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Mar 284 min read


5 Tips for Using Reviews to Boost Your Business
“Reviews aren't just about feedback, they're about building a relationship with your customers." (Oprah Winfrey) According to a recent...
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Mar 283 min read


6 Signs it Might be Time to Pivot
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” (Albert Einstein) Change can be uncomfortable and often we humans love to avoid...
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Feb 263 min read


How to Save Big on Corporate Travel in 2025
“He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself.” (Swedish Proverb) Many think of corporate travel expenses as being a...
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Feb 263 min read


5 Things to Consider When Buying vs Leasing Equipment
“I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.” (Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American writer) Deciding whether to...
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Feb 262 min read


Building a Business: Should You Bring in Funders or Go it Alone?
“As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company...
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Jan 294 min read


What Your Balance Sheet Says About Your Business
“It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.” (Mary Archer) A balance sheet reveals a...
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Jan 293 min read


The Enormous Benefits of Non-Profit Collaborations
“The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.” (Aristotle) Strategic business...
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Jan 293 min read


3 Things You Have to Do to Position Your Business for Growth in 2025
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” (Colin Powell...
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Jan 83 min read


Why Aren’t You Hitting Your Revenue Targets? 4 Hard Truths
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” (Henry Ford)
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Nov 27, 20243 min read


To Host or Not To Host a Year-End Party?
“If you can laugh together, you can work together” (Robert Orben)
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Nov 27, 20243 min read


6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Employees’ Performance Reviews
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” (Stephen R. Covey, author of ‘7 Habits of Highly...
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Oct 29, 20243 min read
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