Father’s Day (Extreme Green) By Mike Southon While some may dismiss the recent Father’s Day celebrations as another cynical exercise to support the greeting card industry, it is still a great excuse to spend the day enjoying fun and interesting … Continue reading →

Are we seeing the green shoots of recovery? Politicians and even banks are talking about the green shoots of recovery. Is this wishful thinking on their part? It is fair to say that many of our clients have now become … Continue reading →

The impact of Murphy’s Law on Business “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong” Have you noticed how some newspapers glamorise entrepreneurs who have failed 3 or 4 times before they succeed. This is justified by saying that … Continue reading →

Tough Times Check List Our tough times check list, written by James Nicholson-Smith, Business Development Director, offers tips on what to do to ensure improved business in the present climate. To download the tough times check list click on the pdf download button at the … Continue reading →

About the FD Centre The brainchild of CEO Colin Mills, former Finance Director of large multinationals and Plc companies, the FD Centre was established in 2001. It was the first business to provide Part-time Finance Director services in the UK. … Continue reading →

Survive and Thrive, My Foot In our attempts to be polite, everything recession-oriented has the strapline “survive and thrive”.  My book… workshops run by accountants… and seminars run by banks, business support organisations and consultants now give everything the S&T tagline. … Continue reading →

Valuing Time To download the Valuing Time checklist please click on the download button in the right hand panel.

How to Grow This Business? A friend called me and asked, “How do we grow our business…?  My boss wants to promote me and the interview, tomorrow, is based on what I will do to grow the business. Help… will … Continue reading →

Why You Can’t Sell and What to Do About It With so much mediocrity about, you can stand out if you improve the way that you sell. This article, in a nutshell: Is for those of you who find selling … Continue reading →

WHY BIG BUSINESSES ARE LOUSY AT SELLING TO SMEs Big blue chip corporates think they’re marketing to the small or owner-managed businesses but they’re not. They’re not talking to these business people. They don’t know how to talk to small … Continue reading →