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Growing a Nursery Business: The Financial Considerations of Expansion

When a nursery reaches full capacity and starts turning families away, it’s both a fantastic achievement and a major business challenge. Do you stop growing and maintain what you have? Or do you expand to meet demand? This is exactly the situation one of my nursery clients found themselves in recently. Just two years after…
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Financial Tips for Foster Care Agencies, Child Nurseries, and Care Homes

Your work is not just a job; it’s a mission to provide care and support for the most vulnerable in our society. Managing the financial aspects can be challenging, but with the right approach, it becomes much more manageable. 1. Budgeting for Stability First things first – let’s talk about budgeting. A solid budget is…
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Nurturing the Mind: The Vital Role of Mental Health for Care Sector Business Owners

Introduction When you’re deeply involved in the care sector, whether running a foster care agency, a child nursery, a care home or any business where your main focus is the care of others you’re not just managing a business; you’re leading a mission. While it’s incredibly rewarding, it’s equally demanding and I believe that it’s…
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The Benefits of Regular Financial Reconciliation for Small Businesses

As a small business owner, you’re likely already aware of the importance of keeping your finances in order. Financial management goes deeper than paying your bills on time and collecting on invoices (although those are also important). It involves regularly checking up on your financial situation to make sure your accounts are in order, your…
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Growth hacks for your small business

Deciding on an online marketing plan can be overwhelming for small business owners looking for affordable ways to nurture steady, sustainable growth. With time in short supply, the key is to find one or two growth strategies that will get results at minimal cost. These proven growth hacks offer business owners a few simple, cost-effective…
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Our Cashflow Management service

Cashflow planning is critical to survival and growth in any business. Setting cashflow targets will enable you to predict large cash outflows and respond to changes in your business. Looking ahead with confidence and putting in place cashflow maximisation strategies is key to increasing business value. A Cashflow Forecast and our Cashflow Management Coaching meetings…
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Should I focus on profits or cashflow?

Turning a profit is at the heart of running any successful company. But should profits be the only financial focus if you’re looking to create a stable, long-term business? Cashflow is the beating heart of your business. Without an even and predictable flow of cash into the company, you can’t cover your overheads, you can’t…
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Improve your debtor days to boost your cashflow

It’s important to stay on top of your debt collection to free up cash. Establishing how long it takes you to get paid is the first step, but how can you measure this? Debtor days measures, on average, how long your customers take to pay you. While there are many complex formulas to accurately calculate…
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Our Business Planning service

Setting goals & implementing strategies for achieving them is an important step towards unlocking business potential. If you don’t have a #BusinessPlan which you update quarterly and refer to weekly, get in touch to develop one now! Success is about planning; we want to help you achieve success. It’s essential to take time out from…
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Why local may be better than remote

As a business owner, choosing the right accountant is an important decision. While there are many remote accountants available to work with you, there are also many benefits to working with a local accountant. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the key benefits of working with a local accountant and how it can…
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