National Minimum Wage changes coming April 2022
Some big changes are coming up in payroll for 2022/23. One of the largest and most significant changes is the increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak,...
Choosing the Right Order Management System for Your Marketplace
The right OMS is crucial for smooth capturing, tracking, and fulfilling orders. Apart from aligning them with inventory, you have to manage shipping schedules and costs. In addition, they must deal...
Top 10 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
I never thought about running my own business until the opportunity presented itself and 10 years ago A City Law Firm was launched. Along the way, I made good decisions but...
Why businesses should start to automate finance
"Automate finance: you must be joking" is a not uncommon attitude. Preserving the status quo, along with the professionalism managed by well-qualified financial professionals, seems a rational approach. In today's...
Preparing for investment or exit – are you ready?
I was a panellist in a seminar recently and the topic of discussion was ‘Preparing for investment or exit’. It was very well attended and we had lots of audience engagement....
Intelligent Finance – transform your Finance with automation and applied intelligence
Companies are more agile and responsive when intelligent operations are at their heart. They generate value more quickly and they achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Finance, led by the CFO, is one...
Building the Foundations of Effective Data Protection Compliance
Achieving compliance across a wealth of new international data privacy laws and regulations is a growing challenge, with many organisations struggling to keep pace. A significant number still have not yet invested in data...
Performance Management and Empowering Managers
Has something gone wrong with Performance Management — that branch of Human Resources that the HR body the CIPD defines as: “the activity and set of processes that aim to maintain...
Why compromise on your next professional services tool? You wouldn’t for your next car.
Over the last few decades, technology has improved business efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience across many different products and services. Similarly, today’s modern cars have greater fuel efficiency, are more intelligent,...
5 Tips to Keep People Coming Back to Your Website
Every website owner dreams of high traffic numbers. Yet, the reality is often closer to a bad dream. Fluctuating visitor numbers can be really disheartening when you’ve spent ages working on...