Tips to Make Your Small Business a Success in 2025
When starting out, knowing where to focus to make your small business a success can be difficult. At Essendon, we work with businesses of all sizes as their business godparent, providing help and advice and being a great accounting partner. Throughout 2024 and into 2025, everyone is feeling the pinch. What are the best ways
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Digital Marketing Trends for 2025 – Don’t Get Left Behind!
Guest article from Alison Moffatt – Bubble Creative Solutions The digital world around us is changing rapidly. This is having an impact on all areas of business and digital marketing is no exception. With the amount of digital noise in various industries, how can we stay on top of digital marketing trends in 2025? Keeping
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Building a Legacy: Why Family Business Must Lead on Sustainability
For generations, family businesses have been the backbone of the UK economy, contributing not only to economic growth but also to the communities they serve. Unlike large corporations driven by short-term profits, family-run businesses often take a longer-term approach, considering the impact of today’s decisions on future generations. This perspective uniquely positions them to embrace
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Employment Law – Changes to the Employment Rights Bill
Guest article from Sue Pardy – Face2Face HR Part of the Labour Party’s manifesto for the General Election last July was about significant change they wanted to make to employment law. In October we got the first sight of the Employment Rights Bill. Below I highlight the main takeaways and also look at what wasn’t included in the Bill but had been mentioned in
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James Rowell on The Red Sofa
Interviewer: Good morning and welcome to the Red Sofa. Today we have the pleasure of welcoming James Rowell from Advent Management onto the Red Sofa, who helps businesses to improve operations to delivering constant service. Hi, James and welcome. James: Thank you for inviting me here. It’s a pleasure. Interviewer: So James, please give us
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Small Business Success – Staying Positive and Resilient
There appears to be a lot of doom and gloom within the small business world at the moment but despite the perceived knocks from the new Government, it is my belief that an entrepreneur cannot be beaten. As a Business Godparent, I will continue to be your sounding board during the New Year; you don’t
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