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How to Run a Company Successfully as a Mum

source Launching a business might be easy for some people. For mothers, the business ventures are particularly challenging. Nonetheless, mums with business dreams aren’t feeling intimidated by all the

Is claiming VAT back easy?

Your frequently asked VAT questions As a start-up business or small to medium sized enterprise (SME), navigating the value added tax (VAT) landscape can be one of the biggest challenges for you to

Diary of a personal brand — Positioning

Sometimes Sometimes all we need is a spark of inspiration to get us moving in the right direction. Sometimes that inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places. I recently started swimming. The pool

Diary of a personal brand — the last quarter of the year

PACKING FOR THE LAST QUARTER We are coming to the end of September and, as you start to question where the time has gone, it is a great opportunity to revisit your plans for how you are to navigate the

Advice to help Make Small Business bookkeeping a breeze

Doing the books’ is often a task dreaded by business owners. The creative, risk taking traits that entrepreneurs are known for (and excel at) do not always bode well with the meticulous task of organising

Diary of a personal brand — do you know your WHY?

Increase your capacity by knowing your WHY? People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it! Simon Sinek got us to sit up and question our lives, our businesses and our leadership when he wrote

7 ways to increase your confidence

Many of my friends used to say that I exuded confidence. They’d see me walk into somewhere as if I owned the place. The truth is that wasn’t true. In my first year of living in Spain, I was often faced