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Improve your buying skills
Most small businesses need a technology supplier. If you are not savvy, you could be wasting 30 per cent of your budget by paying too much. To reduce costs, you need to understand how the supplier margins work. There are two simple elements to a supplier margin: the...
How to rate your accountant
A 31 March year-end is popular. But this may mean your auditor and accountant are squeezing your work into their busiest time of year, with a resultant loss of focus on your business affairs. Review whether you need your work done at a time of the year when the team...
Use MVP to deliver new product success
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face many challenges when launching new products or services. The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) strategy is a game-changer. When properly used, MVP enables SMEs to validate ideas, save costs, and gather valuable user feedback...
Marketing success with the Rule of 95/5
Rao's is a New York restaurant open since 1896 where you only get to eat if you are invited by a regular - think Woody Allen, Robert De Niro or Al Pacino! Will Guidara, the author of Unreasonable Hospitality and former owner of Eleven Madison Park, says it took him...
Changes to R&D Tax Credits: What You Need to Know
There have been many changes made to the UK R&D tax relief schemes. Much of what was previously mooted by the Government has now been ratified and some additional details on how the changes will work are available. Headline summary: Most striking is that R&D...
Six ways to use Artificial Intelligence to grow your business
The top six ways to use Artificial Intelligence in your business and warnings of pitfalls to be aware of. UK SMEs are adopting AI faster than large companies.
Get your hiring mindset into gear
The most helpful advice I have received recently on hiring was that a new salesperson needs to generate ten times their salary to justify adding to the team. The advice came from Donald Miller at his April Business Growth Boot Camp, where he shared how he...
Changes to Capital Allowances in the Budget
There has been some positive news for claimants of Capital Allowances for Property Embedded Fixtures and Fittings in the Budget As expected with the increase in corporation tax taking effect from 1/4/23 the Super Deduction will end - this was designed to give you...
The Benefits of ISO Certification– Just Ask Our Clients!
At Mark1, we have over 20 years of experience in helping businesses across the UK achieve ISO certifications– and with our 100% first-time certification rate, you can trust our expertise. We believe that ISO compliance can be beneficial to any business, in any...
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