Blog
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May 2024
- 14 May 2024 Do Business Owners Trust their Accountant’s Advice?
- 7 May 2024 How Much Will Business Owners Pay For Advice?
- 3 May 2024 Will Business Owners Pay For Advice? Part 2
- 2 May 2024 Will Business Owners Pay For Advice? Part 1
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April 2024
- 25 Apr 2024 Do Company Owners Want Business Advice?
- 23 Apr 2024 What is Business Advice?
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February 2024
- 14 Feb 2024 How to Raise Product and Service Productivity
- 13 Feb 2024 How to Get Everything Right First Time
- 9 Feb 2024 How to Deliver on Time
- 7 Feb 2024 How to Eliminate Errors & Waste
- 6 Feb 2024 How to do Online Customer Surveys
- 2 Feb 2024 How to Analyse Customer Service Effectiveness
- 1 Feb 2024 Business Dashboard® Operations Assessment
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January 2024
- 26 Jan 2024 How to Develop Powerful Sales Closing and Contracting
- 25 Jan 2024 How to Develop Powerful Sales Follow Up
- 23 Jan 2024 How to Develop Winning Quotations
- 19 Jan 2024 How to Generate Regular Sales Enquiries
- 8 Jan 2024 How to Develop an Effective Contact Database
- 3 Jan 2024 Develop a Contact Database
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December 2023
- 22 Dec 2023 Develop New Markets and Products
- 21 Dec 2023 Research and Analyse Your Products
- 20 Dec 2023 Research and Analyse Your Markets
- 13 Dec 2023 Marketing Methods Group
- 12 Dec 2023 Business Improvement Methods Group
- 6 Dec 2023 Implementation by Project Management
- 5 Dec 2023 Implementation by Consultancy
- 1 Dec 2023 Implementation by Training
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November 2023
- 29 Nov 2023 Implementation by Coaching
- 28 Nov 2023 Implementation by Mentoring
- 21 Nov 2023 Implementation by Advice
- 16 Nov 2023 Implementation Methods Can Vary
- 14 Nov 2023 Reviewing the Financial Methods
- 8 Nov 2023 Getting Your Client Onside for a Project
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October 2023
- 26 Oct 2023 Turning Fees into Investments
- 24 Oct 2023 The Client’s Implementation Options
- 19 Oct 2023 Selecting the Implementation Method
- 18 Oct 2023 Financial Action Planning
- 17 Oct 2023 Start With Budgeting and Forecasting
- 13 Oct 2023 Setting the First Finance Objective
- 5 Oct 2023 Let’s Have a Review
- 4 Oct 2023 Finance Plan
- 3 Oct 2023 Choosing the Right Plan
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September 2023
- 28 Sep 2023 Improvement Plan Options
- 27 Sep 2023 Sharing Your Thoughts
- 26 Sep 2023 The ‘Where Am I Going?’ Client Discussion
- 25 Sep 2023 Showing the Valuation Gap
- 21 Sep 2023 Proving What Your Client is Missing
- 20 Sep 2023 Two Ears One Mouth
- 19 Sep 2023 Managing The Feedback Meeting
- 12 Sep 2023 Presenting Your Unsolicited Thoughts
- 7 Sep 2023 Client ‘Gift Horse’ Logic
- 6 Sep 2023 Client Personality Profiling
- 5 Sep 2023 Client ‘Surprise Agenda’ Preparation
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August 2023
- 29 Aug 2023 Business Dashboard® Report by Stealth
- 23 Aug 2023 Business Dashboard® Assessment by Stealth
- 17 Aug 2023 Benchmarking Data by Stealth
- 15 Aug 2023 Client Trends Assessment by Stealth
- 8 Aug 2023 Expert to Process Consultancy Grid
- 2 Aug 2023 From Compliance to Business Advisory
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July 2023
- 27 Jul 2023 KPI Reporting
- 26 Jul 2023 Link KPIs to Business Plan
- 25 Jul 2023 Delegated Business Strategies
- 21 Jul 2023 Actual v Budget Accountability
- 20 Jul 2023 Line Manager Career Planning
- 19 Jul 2023 Raising Manager Performance
- 18 Jul 2023 Performance Management Structure
- 17 Jul 2023 Line Manager Job Descriptions
- 14 Jul 2023 Delegated Growth Budgeting
- 13 Jul 2023 Strategies for Practice Growth
- 5 Jul 2023 Practice Growth Plan
- 4 Jul 2023 Growth by Delegation
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June 2023
- 29 Jun 2023 Line Management for Practice Growth
- 27 Jun 2023 Make a Professional Practice Grow
- 23 Jun 2023 Why the Practice Structure Inhibits Growth
- 22 Jun 2023 Restructuring the Practice for Growth
- 13 Jun 2023 Coaching Management Method
- 8 Jun 2023 Recruitment Action Plans
- 7 Jun 2023 Performance Management Action Plans
- 6 Jun 2023 People Methods Group
- 2 Jun 2023 People Productivity Assessment
- 1 Jun 2023 Systems Integration Action Plan
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May 2023
- 31 May 2023 Business Systems Audit
- 26 May 2023 Business Systems Assessment
- 25 May 2023 Systems Productivity Assessment
- 24 May 2023 Account Management Action Plans
- 23 May 2023 Product Development Action Plans
- 18 May 2023 Supply Chain Action Plans
- 17 May 2023 Operations Action Plans
- 16 May 2023 Operations Methods Group
- 12 May 2023 Exit Planning
- 11 May 2023 The Exit options
- 10 May 2023 What are my Exit options?
- 9 May 2023 CRM as the Marketing Foundation
- 4 May 2023 Assertive Marketing Consultancy
- 2 May 2023 How to do Consultancy
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April 2023
- 30 Apr 2023 The Ideal Consultant Profile
- 25 Apr 2023 The Ideal Coach Profile
- 20 Apr 2023 Implementation by Coaching
- 18 Apr 2023 Implementing the Marketing Methods
- 13 Apr 2023 Marketing Action Plans
- 11 Apr 2023 Market Research Method
- 6 Apr 2023 The Marketing Methods Group
- 4 Apr 2023 Implementing the Business Methods
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March 2023
- 30 Mar 2023 KPI Action Plan
- 29 Mar 2023 Financial Management Action Plan
- 23 Mar 2023 Management Accounting Action Plan
- 21 Mar 2023 Budgeting Action Plan
- 16 Mar 2023 Financial Methods
- 14 Mar 2023 Financial Plan
- 9 Mar 2023 Choose the Right Plan
- 7 Mar 2023 Fees as Investment not Cost
- 2 Mar 2023 Client Contract Pitching
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February 2023
- 28 Feb 2023 Business Value Forecasting
- 23 Feb 2023 Client Meeting Agenda
- 21 Feb 2023 Collective Business Report
- 16 Feb 2023 Personal Dashboard® Assessment
- 14 Feb 2023 Business Dashboard® Assessment
- 9 Feb 2023 Financial Management Dashboard®
- 7 Feb 2023 Compliance Dashboard® Assessment
- 2 Feb 2023 Consultant Personality Types
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January 2023
- 31 Jan 2023 From Accountant to Business Advisor
- 26 Jan 2023 From Expert to Process Consultant
- 24 Jan 2023 The Different Types of Advisors
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December 2022
- 30 Dec 2022 People Development Made Simple
- 29 Dec 2022 The One page Job Description that Nails it
- 28 Dec 2022 People High Performance Method
- 22 Dec 2022 Planning people productivity
- 21 Dec 2022 Raising people productivity
- 20 Dec 2022 Raising client systems efficiency
- 16 Dec 2022 Assessing client efficiency
- 9 Dec 2022 Building an improvement plan for your clients
- 7 Dec 2022 Raising the rate of repeat business
- 6 Dec 2022 How to create a product and service decision tree
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November 2022
- 30 Nov 2022 How to meet your client's needs
- 29 Nov 2022 Getting started on your client's operations
- 23 Nov 2022 Govt Funded SME Systems
- 22 Nov 2022 Analyse your client's customer service effectiveness
- 21 Nov 2022 Creating a mission & vision statement
- 17 Nov 2022 Improve your client's operations
- 16 Nov 2022 Next steps for your client's marketing
- 15 Nov 2022 Getting started on your client's marketing
- 10 Nov 2022 How to coach your client
- 9 Nov 2022 How to assign responsibility
- 8 Nov 2022 If your annual compliance turnover is below £400K you’re missing out
- 3 Nov 2022 If your annual compliance turnover is above £400K you’re ready to scale up
- 2 Nov 2022 Introducing Management Accounting
- 1 Nov 2022 Next steps with your client
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October 2022
- 29 Oct 2022 Getting started on your client's operations
- 27 Oct 2022 The pain of research II
- 26 Oct 2022 The pain of research
- 25 Oct 2022 How many blogs does it take?
- 20 Oct 2022 Choosing your level of involvement
- 19 Oct 2022 Choosing action plans with your client
- 18 Oct 2022 Choosing your client's first Methods
- 12 Oct 2022 Choosing a finance plan with your client
- 11 Oct 2022 Producing a value forecast for your client
- 6 Oct 2022 How to use Active Listening with your client
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September 2022
- 28 Sep 2022 Introducing the Business Dashboard® Assessment
- 27 Sep 2022 Starting financial advisory with your clients
- 23 Sep 2022 Clients asking for discounts
- 20 Sep 2022 How Runagood® Beats Recession
- 9 Sep 2022 Runagood® Business Systems doubles a practice size in 2 years
- 8 Sep 2022 A £50K project from one phone call
- 7 Sep 2022 Turn your practice into a business that grows and grows
- 1 Sep 2022 How to de-risk your clients business
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August 2022
- 30 Aug 2022 How to diversify your client's offering
- 25 Aug 2022 Improving your client's leadership skills
- 23 Aug 2022 Helping your client's work/life balance
- 18 Aug 2022 How to help your client grow
- 16 Aug 2022 Helping your client recover
- 12 Aug 2022 How to plan your client's exit strategy
- 9 Aug 2022 Prioritising your client's needs
- 4 Aug 2022 How to assess your client's personal goals?
- 2 Aug 2022 How to maximise your client's productivity
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July 2022
- 26 Jul 2022 Improving your client's customer retention
- 12 Jul 2022 Identifying your client's underperformance
- 7 Jul 2022 How to be a good project manager
- 6 Jul 2022 Give your every client a free plan to raise performance and value
- 5 Jul 2022 How to be a good business trainer
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June 2022
- 30 Jun 2022 How to be a good business consultant
- 29 Jun 2022 Give your every client a free business performance and value forecast
- 28 Jun 2022 How to be a good business coach
- 24 Jun 2022 How to be a good business mentor
- 23 Jun 2022 Give your every client a free business performance and value meeting
- 17 Jun 2022 Introducing financial management
- 16 Jun 2022 Introducing management accounting
- 9 Jun 2022 Starting your first action plan
- 9 Jun 2022 How subtle is your networking?
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May 2022
- 31 May 2022 Securing your clients on a monthly contract
- 27 May 2022 How to agree on your client's strategy
- 26 May 2022 How to build your client's plan
- 25 May 2022 A Valuation Forecast to help grow your client's business
- 23 May 2022 Personality Profile Assessment: What's next?
- 19 May 2022 Business Innovation - Missed Opportunities for Accountants
- 19 May 2022 Sage acquires FUTRLI
- 19 May 2022 Don’t be the last to find out your client has retired!
- 19 May 2022 ShapeFall in training investment raises risk of skills 'stagnation'
- 18 May 2022 How to assess your client's character
- 17 May 2022 Understanding your client's personal goals
- 11 May 2022 What happened in Meeting 2?
- 10 May 2022 How to run Meeting 2
- 6 May 2022 How to finish preparing for Meeting 2
- 4 May 2022 How to start preparing for Meeting 2
- April 2022
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March 2022
- 4 Mar 2022 "Why do I need a Mission Statement?"
- February 2022
- January 2022
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December 2021
- 23 Dec 2021 Our Business History and Learning from Errors
- 16 Dec 2021 Massive growth in accountant practices
- 13 Dec 2021 How to get started with business advisory
- 3 Dec 2021 Short term thinking for accountants
- 1 Dec 2021 Hiring young accountants with career development
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November 2021
- 22 Nov 2021 How accountants are (not) dealing with enquiries
- 18 Nov 2021 How accountants can miss obvious opportunities
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October 2021
- 12 Oct 2021 See the opportunity before the problem
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September 2021
- 23 Sep 2021 The Future is Hybrid
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August 2021
- 19 Aug 2021 Is tax saving the only way to increase client profit?
- 12 Aug 2021 With apologies to Arthur C Clark
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July 2021
- 30 Jul 2021 What's the Point of Business Systems?
- 20 Jul 2021 What keeps clients coming back and referring their friends to you?
- 15 Jul 2021 Business Owner Psychology for Consultants
- 12 Jul 2021 Are all the marketing methods wearing out?
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June 2021
- 29 Jun 2021 Is your practice a saleable asset?
- 22 Jun 2021 Are systems making your clients’ businesses productive?
- 11 Jun 2021 Sweating the Human Asset
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May 2021
- 18 May 2021 Why is marketing so costly and why doesn’t any of it work?
- 5 May 2021 Problems with Business Advisory
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April 2021
- 20 Apr 2021 Here is what I call real business advice
- 7 Apr 2021 Government Support for Small Businesses
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March 2021
- 30 Mar 2021 17,000 consultancies launched in the UK in 2020
- 26 Mar 2021 What Don't You Know About Your Clients?
- 15 Mar 2021 The Need for Human Psychology in Business Consultancy
- 9 Mar 2021 Sort your Practice, then sort your Clients
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February 2021
- 25 Feb 2021 What Business Advisory isn't... quite
- 12 Feb 2021 “Physician, heal thyself”
- 2 Feb 2021 What isn't a Business Plan
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January 2021
- 27 Jan 2021 Why the Institutes & Gurus Misunderstand Business Advice
- 19 Jan 2021 Market your Practice on a Shoestring
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November 2020
- 6 Nov 2020 Business Fortune Telling
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October 2020
- 27 Oct 2020 Low Fee Rates Doesn't Mean Unprofitable
- 21 Oct 2020 Recurring Income from Client Problem Solving
- 13 Oct 2020 How Consultants Can Also Use Technology To Reduce Client Processing Time
- 6 Oct 2020 Why UK Business Advice is Broken
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September 2020
- 29 Sep 2020 Opening a One Stop Business Advice Shop
- 21 Sep 2020 How to Reach a Much Bigger Client Base
- 15 Sep 2020 Answering the Awkward Client Questions
- 7 Sep 2020 Independence from Compliance Work
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August 2020
- 12 Aug 2020 Automating Business Consultancy
- 6 Aug 2020 An Introduction To Business Consultancy
- 3 Aug 2020 How To Market a New Product
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July 2020
- 16 Jul 2020 Getting Started as a Business Consultant
- June 2020
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March 2020
- 25 Mar 2020 Coronavirus - 5 Considerations to Make for your Business
- 20 Mar 2020 Fed up with Coronavirus?
- 17 Mar 2020 Transitioning into 'whole business' advisory
- 15 Mar 2020 What Exactly Constitutes a Small Business
- 4 Mar 2020 Runagood® Methods: Improve Your Cashflow
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February 2020
- 27 Feb 2020 How to start a 'whole business' advisory discussion with your client
- 20 Feb 2020 Consultancy for Accountants
- 14 Feb 2020 Discover your clients that are heading for trouble…
- 3 Feb 2020 Runagood® Methods: Review Your Workforce Effectiveness
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January 2020
- 28 Jan 2020 Runagood® Methods: Developing Market Awareness
- 22 Jan 2020 Businesses in your area are spending £5M+ per annum on ‘whole business’ advice
- 16 Jan 2020 Let's Get Business Advisory Done
- 9 Jan 2020 Replace Your Disappearing Clients
- 6 Jan 2020 Evaluate Your Whole Business Advisory Opportunity
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December 2019
- 19 Dec 2019 Runagood® Annual Report 2019
- 13 Dec 2019 Boris’ Business Revival
- 6 Dec 2019 25% Of Small Businesses Think They'll Be Broke In The Next 5 Years
- November 2019
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October 2019
- 31 Oct 2019 40% More UK Businesses In Financial Distress Since The 2016 EU Referendum
- 29 Oct 2019 Find Qualified People & Trainees To Join Your Practice
- 25 Oct 2019 Why The FT Is Giving Accountants A Hard Time
- 17 Oct 2019 Replace Lost IR35 Clients With Real Businesses
- 16 Oct 2019 Latest Business Research From Government
- 9 Oct 2019 What We Can All Learn From KPMG
- September 2019
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August 2019
- 29 Aug 2019 Are Your Clients Behind On Technology Adoption - Or Are You?
- 21 Aug 2019 Why a Decline In Compliance Work May Be No Bad Thing
- 13 Aug 2019 Late Payments? We Have A Solution
- 6 Aug 2019 Accountant to Advisor Journey
- July 2019
- June 2019
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May 2019
- 27 May 2019 Scoping The Competition
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April 2019
- 13 Apr 2019 IT Works
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March 2019
- 5 Mar 2019 New Runagood® Partners Appointed In Q1
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February 2019
- 14 Feb 2019 KPMG Shutters Small Business Accounting Unit
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January 2019
- 22 Jan 2019 When MTD Eats Your Lunch
- 15 Jan 2019 2019 Boom In AI Business Advisory Sector