Day 12 – Claim all the help you can! Pre-Covid, you might’ve been far too busy with your nose to the grindstone, actually running your business, to think about grants and other kinds of financial support. Now’s the ideal time to go in search of every grant and allowance you’re eligible for, and make [...]
Day 11 – Contingency planning Now, more than ever before, we understand that things can change in a matter of days. Life can go from normal to about as far from normal as it gets with very little notice. You’re fine one day, side-swiped by something unexpected the next. The Covid crisis has delivered [...]
Day 10 – Make a Process Map Have you ever been involved with the ISO system, where every step in a process is crafted into a process or procedure so that if the relevant person isn’t available, someone else could pick up the task and run with it? Making your own workflow process map [...]
Day 9 – Improve your internal systems There are lots of ways to improve internal systems so they’re faster, easier, more efficient, and more effective. SigniFlow is software that lets you do legal and e-signing remotely on screen, easily digitising processes that used to eat up a load of paper and waste endless time. [...]
Day 8 – Create faster, simpler processes and procedures Our world has changed beyond recognition, which means your business processes and procedures might not be practical any more, and might even be holding the business back. Review them all to see if they need to change to suit the new way of doing things. [...]
Day 7 – Can you ditch any industry memberships? Some business leaders are members of multiple professional organisations and institutes. Membership can be expensive, and the benefits you get in return aren’t always clear. Are yours worth the money? It’s a great idea to check you have memberships of the relevant governing and professional [...]
Day 6 – Extend a helping hand You’ve got a database stuffed with ex-clients, current clients, prospective clients, even suppliers. It’s just sitting there. But it’s gold dust. You can get in touch with everyone on it, check-in to see how they’re doing, and offer to help. It’s a two-way street since they might [...]
Day 5 – Get Debt Recovery sorted once and for all Plenty of businesses don’t have a formal debt recovery process. It’s a good idea to put one in place because it makes dealing with debt so much easier as well as faster, something that matters more than ever in a Covid world. When [...]
Day 4 – Outsource like a pro! Can you save money by outsourcing? Can you save time by delegating, given that time is often just as important as money? When you give yourself a break and focus on the parts of the business you’re best at and get the most out of, you make [...]
Day 3 – Check your Terms and Conditions, and Contracts Did you update your Terms and Conditions bearing GDPR in mind when the law changed? If not, now’s the time to get it all properly sorted so you don’t fall foul of the law. There’s more – has the way you do business changed [...]
