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The Behemoth has arrived

Quite why I’m posting about my new mug I don’t know but hey why not –it’s all good for a laugh! Basically Stacey got me a new mug for Christmas and it’s put my last ones (largest “old” mug was ½ liter) to shame so much that

WebDD -I was there, were you?

What an awesome event, I was originally in two minds about going to the latest conference installment from Phil Winstanley, Dave Sussman (and all the other dedicated people involved with the other DDD events) but boy am I glad I went. This time I decided to take it to the

Finances (VAT, Accountants etc)

Billing This is something that we’re in the process of re-working as we have a variety of billing periods ranging from ad-hoc to annual. This is fine as long as you have some method of determining which method a client requires. Stacey has devised a very good

New Business

Call me a sceptic if you like but once you’ve been in business for a while there are two common elements to pretty much every new client: 1. Every client’s idea is going to be the next big thing (in their eyes anyway). 2. Every client has so

Day-day running

Day-day running Evaluating when it’s best to do something in-house and when to outsource it is invaluable -especially in the case of a developer, the temptation to develop all your internal applications is great. Sometimes it’s better to outlay £500 rather than spending many hours not

Working from home

When you set out, cutting costs is crucial to your long-term success so working from home is an ideal solution, but is it really a good idea? What will happen when a client wants to meet? Will I ever be able to leave work? Your working environment Firstly, make

Business Plan

These can be as complex or simple as you see fit. Please remember that no matter what size of business you are ior intend to be – Cashflow is King [I had an article with that headline framed in my office for 15 years, when I was MD of a mid-

Contracts and Terms and Conditions

IIRC as a new business you’re legally entitled to 30 minutes of a solicitor’s time which you should take advantage of. Sadly 30 minutes won’t last very long so prepare a set of your most important questions first. It depends on your local Chamber of Commerce, but

Business start-up advice

Wednesday 6th December 2006 was an interesting day for me, I often get asked about how I run The Site Doctor and how I set the company up in the first place, but on Wednesday I had no less than 3 people mention that they had thought about setting up

Before you get going

Think about how you specify the business of your company when you register it. Aim to make it something which covers the things you enjoy as well as the things you work at. That way the things you enjoy become tax deductible. And the things you work at can be