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Monthly Archives: February 2017

Business Insight 107 – The Influence Of Travelling (vlog only)

Published: February 28, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  A Business Insights video on travel’s influence: after our Indian holiday, I resolved to never complain ever again. That’s a country that knows real poverty, unlike the UK. To access the ‘blog & vlog‘ section in Advice, click here.

Business Insight 107 – The Influence Of Travelling (blog & vlog)

Published: February 28, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  In February we had our Indian holiday and indeed there weren’t many, if any, restaurants outside of the international hotels we stayed in. The grinding poverty was everywhere: real ‘on the streets and living under corrugated tin roof’ poverty, Read more ›

Business Insight 106 – Accounts Software For Management Reports? (vlog only)

Published: February 27, 2017
By: The Funding Room

A Business Insights video about how using accounts software for management reports can often be a necessary evil! To access the ‘blog & vlog‘ section in Advice, click here.

Business Insight 106 – Accounts Software For Management Reports? (blog & vlog)

Published: February 27, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  It was as a direct result of this debacle that we started checking and validating every individual sale (after survey) for a minimum profitability based on our suppliers’ order confirmation costs, and we calculated all other actual selling and Read more ›

Business Insight 105 – Product Pricing: Cheap or Expensive? (vlog only)

Published: February 24, 2017
By: The Funding Room

A Business Insights video on product pricing – if you are going to compete on price alone, you better make sure you are the cheapest! To access the ‘blog & vlog‘ section in Advice, click here.

Business Insight 105 – Product Pricing: Cheap or Expensive? (blog & vlog)

Published: February 24, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  It was suggested that we could compete if our salesmen were prepared to reduce their commission to a flat rate for either matching a price (MATCH PRICE: our contract would have to be accompanied by the quote from the Read more ›

Business Insight 104 – Pay Schemes For Tradesmen (vlog only)

Published: February 21, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  In this Business Insights vlog about fitter pay rate, I explain how I got the most out of staff by paying the same rate for the same task, regardless of the contract price To access the ‘blog & vlog‘ section Read more ›

Business Insight 104 – Pay Schemes For Tradesmen (blog & vlog)

Published: February 21, 2017
By: The Funding Room

1987 The year, as always, kicks off with a January sale – the competition was hotting up. M&M Windows, the latest upstart, were definitely making inroads and were on average 20% cheaper than us. However, our products were superior and Read more ›

Business Insight 103 – Insuring Your Debtors (vlog only)

Published: February 13, 2017
By: The Funding Room

To access the ‘blog & vlog‘ section in Advice, click here.

Business Insight 103 – Insuring Your Debtors (blog & vlog)

Published: February 13, 2017
By: The Funding Room

  The accounts showing the £1.1 million loss are published, and all of our major suppliers phone to speak to me. Their insurance cover for our indebtedness to them had been withdrawn and they weren’t happy. Francis Madden phoned; he Read more ›

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