From the monthly archives:

July 2010

The accounting F-factor

by Kate Groom on July 21, 2010

Owning a business can be a great way to gain control of your financial future, but the business controls us if it isn’t performing as we’d like it to. Many business owners give up control of their business when they stop (or perhaps never start) looking at their results. Lack of money confidence often leaves [...]

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Franchise supermarket grows veges on the roof

by Kate Groom on July 15, 2010

How much local variation is appropriate in a franchise network? Some franchises are very strict about what can be sold and permit little or no local variation and others are more flexible. Andrew Thornton has two franchised Budgens stores in London and has created “Food from the Sky” - the world’s first supermarket roof garden – in [...]

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Getting the most from conferences

by Kate Groom on July 14, 2010

Think about a seminar, conference or business event you’ve been to. What were some of the ideas you heard that could help your business and what actions did you take to capitalise on them? Conferences are a great way to share proven success tips and to get new ideas, but often there’s an overwhelming amount [...]

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