Sniffing for treats

It struck me this morning during my dog walk that when she is trying to find a treat that I have thrown she will use her eyes if she can see it fall but her nose if it lands out of sight. As you might expect. But she will continue sniffing even if the treat is in...

All Systems Go!

I know that goal setting is recommended by many, but increasingly I have a problem with it. Firstly the often quoted Harvard study about goal setters being way more successful than others apparently never happened. More importantly, on a personal level, I find that...
More about cars…

More about cars…

A couple of weeks ago I warned about the “private fuel trap” where you could be out of pocket if you have your company pay for your private mileage. There is a similar potential problem with company cars in general and this could affect you whether you are...

Being more sensitive

No not in the touchy feely kind of way. I mean have you checked your numbers to make sure that if things don’t go as well as you had hoped (sales or prices or cost of materials or…) then it won’t have the effect of wrecking your nice profit and cash...

Happy New Year

Happy New (Financial) Year Everyone!! Yes, it’s time to start thinking about getting your records together for your bookkeeper or accountant. I know many people put it off (and realistically a lot of the information you need you won’t have yet; P60s, statements of...