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How to use Phil's error reporting code

I’ve done a number of posts now on Phil Whinstanley’s error reporting class and this blog appears to be getting a lot of hits because of that which is pretty neat, as a result I’ve had a couple of people write to me asking similar questions about

Payment on acounts

I recently released a mini-series of articles with a load of great business start-up advice (also available to download as a PDF) in which I talk about how the government is really going the extra mile for SMEs at the moment, helping them out in a load of different ways

Give your site a pulse

Get your finger on the pulse of your site with this great new (free) RSS statistics service “PulseRSS”. I met the developers of PulseRSS the other day at my first Multipack meet (West Midlands based new media meet) which, if you’re nearby you should check out in the future

Business start up advice downloadable PDF

I’m still somewhat shocked at how well the series on business start up advice was received, I was expecting one or two hits on it but so far I’ve had over 1,000 visits to the article which is pretty shocking as this blog in its entirety was

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 suggestion that

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 getting paid

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 sure

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-sized