by Paul Stark | Oct 22, 2018 | blog
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...
by Paul Stark | Oct 16, 2018 | blog
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...
by Paul Stark | Sep 25, 2018 | blog
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...
by Paul Stark | Apr 8, 2018 | blog
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...
by Paul Stark | Nov 24, 2017 | blog
It’s black Friday in the shops at the moment and they are falling over themselves to get you to buy stuff you probably don’t need and up to last week didn’t want. Or if you are being cynical palm people off with last years stuff which they want rid of anyway because...
by Paul Stark | Mar 18, 2016 | blog
Ok, if you really want to know about The Budget give me a ring, but I would rather talk about something else: your budget. A lot of businesses have a March year end and it is a good time to be looking at what profits you are expecting to make and what expenditure you...