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  • COS Bookkeeping

    COS Bookkeeping is based in Urmston, Manchester They specialise in simplifying those complicated terms you often find in HMRC letters that make companies start to panic. They can help you to achieve organisational bliss when it comes to your accounts. They can help you in a number of ways, ranging from specialist software such as: […]

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  • Ever Wondered Where your Profits have Gone?

    Miscalculating Expected Gross Profit by overlooking costs that should be included in Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) is a common error in business, leading to baffled business owners asking, “where have our profits gone?” Let’s look at why Gross profit is calculated by subtracting the cost of goods sold (COGS) from total revenue. If certain […]

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  • How personal development can help your business to transform

    How personal development can help your business to transform

    Introduction In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive business world, the ability to adapt and transform is crucial for success. While most business owners focus on external factors like market trends, strategies, and technologies, they often overlook the impact of personal development on their organization’s growth. Personal development, encompassing self-improvement, continuous learning, and skill enhancement, plays […]

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  • How an Accountant Can Support Your Business Goals in Unexpected Ways

    How an Accountant Can Support Your Business Goals in Unexpected Ways

    Running a successful business involves more than just generating revenue and managing expenses. It requires a strategic approach that takes into account various factors, including financial stability, compliance with regulations, and long-term growth plans. While many business owners perceive accountants as mere number crunchers, their role extends far beyond that. In this blog post, we […]

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  • Exploring the True Impact of AI on the Future of Work

    Exploring the True Impact of AI on the Future of Work

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword in recent years, with discussions and articles on its potential impact on the future of work. While many view AI as a new technology, the reality is that it has been around for a long time. AI has been transforming the workplace in recent years, and the pace […]

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  • The emotional guidance scale and business

    The emotional guidance scale and business

    For those of you following my posts and articles, you will know that I am passionate about people in business, in the sense that all businesses function based on how well the people function. Especially the key people in smaller business, those companies/businesses under, say, £10 million turnover. My point is that if the people […]

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  • Momentum

    Momentum

    I like looking at the derivation of words, as it often stimulates clear thinking. Momentum is a Latin word, and it means “to move”, there are many linked words that have the same origins, such as motion, motor,, and even emotion. The thing about Momentum is it denotes not just movement but a form of […]

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  • Happy New Tax Year

    Happy New Tax Year

    For some of us we get more excited by 6th April than we do 1st January. The line we can draw as the clock ticks from April 5th to April 6th is a fresh opportunity for individuals and companies to think about how they can navigate the tax system in the UK to get best […]

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  • What really matters

    What really matters

    One interesting trend I have noted is what I would describe as the growing intersection that is appearing between science and spiritualism. This may take some explaining! Before delving further, it is worth noting how many of the historically famous scientists were also great respecters of philosophy and how many great philosophers were experts, to […]

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  • Seeing the wood and the trees

    Seeing the wood and the trees

    The old expression “you can’t see the wood for the trees” is one I like, but I must admit to some head scratching at times as precisely what does it mean? As I understand it, it suggests that one is either looking too much at the finer detail and missing the big picture, or is […]

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  • Self-actualisation and Business Performance

    Self-actualisation and Business Performance

    Self-actualisation can mean a lot of things depending on who you ask. There is no single definition that applies, so we always need to think broadly when using this term. In this article I want to consider it in terms of business performance. As the words imply, self-actualisation is a personal process, and the end […]

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  • When is a good time to put in place an exit strategy?

    When is a good time to put in place an exit strategy?

    If there was a classic business mistake I have seen time and time again, it is that business owners wait until they are ready to exit to put in place an exit strategy. The answer to the question of when is it a good time to plan your exit, is “now”. It’s always a good […]

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  • Nobody sets up in business to be a tax collector

    Nobody sets up in business to be a tax collector

    Every action starts with a thought. And once upon a time, your Business started as a thought, and if you were the instigator of that thought it is likely your journey from start to here today has been somewhat different to the idea you originally had of how that journey would unfold. Put another way, […]

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