Juggling Priorities as an SME business owner

In 2015 the British Standards Institute carried out a survey of 250 SMEs with between 1-250 employees. The survey revealed that almost 50% of them didn’t feel that their business was operating efficiently. 25% claimed that there was room for improvement and 20% of owners stated that they were involved in every aspect of their business. It is no wonder that 55% of SMEs don’t survive more than 5 years. Finding the time to grow…

The Hidden Gems within YOUR business

You have them and they can improve the way your business operates. Organisations collect data all the time, mostly without realising. Products, customers, processes. The major failing is that they often don’t make use of any of this massively useful information! Why not? Because it’s generally sitting inside a black box, which people are unable to open or interpret. If business owners took the time to delve inside their black box they could make dramatic…