Let's Get Down to Business Castos https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk Welcome to the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast. If you want to step up your game, overcome challenges or simply explore the avenue of how to grow your business, this is your one stop shop. Join us, A4G Chartered Accountants and Advisers as we provide food for thought and real actionable guidance to help your business maximise its full potential. It’s time to learn, time to grow, it’s time to get down to business. Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000 en © 2021 GB https://episodes.castos.com/a4gpodcast/images/podcast-cover-art.png Let's Get Down to Business https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk Welcome to the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast. If you want to step up your game, overcome challenges or simply explore the avenue of how to grow your business, this is your one stop shop. Join us, A4G Chartered Accountants and Advisers as we provide food for thought and real actionable guidance to help your business maximise its full potential. It’s time to learn, time to grow, it’s time to get down to business. A4G Chartered Accountants episodic Welcome to the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast. If you want to step up your game, overcome challenges or simply explore the avenue of how to grow your business, this is your one stop shop. Join us, A4G Chartered Accountants and Advisers as we provide food for thought and real actionable guidance to help your business maximise its full potential. It’s time to learn, time to grow, it’s time to get down to business. Ayse feedback@a4g-llp.co.uk false https://feeds.castos.com/d45px yes <![CDATA[Financial Traders - The importance of mindset when trading]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/28589/episode/1315893 https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/financial-traders-the-importance-of-mindset-when-trading Due to the outstanding response to our last traders podcast, we decided to invite our client, Ross Maxwell, professional full-time trader, and Director of Key Zone Traders, onto our podcast to record a special episode.

 

Key Zone Traders is an online trading education company for new and existing traders. Ross focuses particularly on the importance of mindset in order to trade successfully. In the podcast he shares the story of one of his clients who had been making losses for over 10 years. Working with Ross, he made a consistent plan for trading and focused on making healthy mindset habits. The result? He’s been profitable for over 2 years now.

 

Listen to Caroline Ward (our very own financial traders Chartered Accountant and Adviser) ask Ross everything from how to start trading the right way, understanding what a draw down period is and how to keep a good mindset during it to how mindfulness helps him trade every day.

 

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

 

✅ Understand what a draw down period is and how to keep a good mindset during it

✅ How to get into the right mindset for trading

✅ Importance of getting the right structure in place to take that pressure off

✅ How to start trading the right way

✅ How to develop the skills to identify when you’re feeling emotional so you can step back

✅ How mindfulness helps your trading

✅ Understand the importance of investing in trading education

✅ Find a strategy for trading and the importance of working on making one strategy successful 

 

Let’s continue the conversation…

A4G Accountants for Traders | LinkedIn | Website

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Keyzone Traders | www.keyzonetraders.com | Ross@keyzonetraders.com


Recommended reads

The Chimp Paradox

Trade Mindfully – Gary Dayton

]]> full false Due to the outstanding response to our last traders podcast, we decided to invite our client, Ross Maxwell, professional full-time trader, and Director of Key Zone Traders, onto our podcast to record a special episode.

 

Key Zone Traders is an online trading education company for new and existing traders. Ross focuses particularly on the importance of mindset in order to trade successfully. In the podcast he shares the story of one of his clients who had been making losses for over 10 years. Working with Ross, he made a consistent plan for trading and focused on making healthy mindset habits. The result? He’s been profitable for over 2 years now.

 

Listen to Caroline Ward (our very own financial traders Chartered Accountant and Adviser) ask Ross everything from how to start trading the right way, understanding what a draw down period is and how to keep a good mindset during it to how mindfulness helps him trade every day.

 

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

 

✅ Understand what a draw down period is and how to keep a good mindset during it

✅ How to get into the right mindset for trading

✅ Importance of getting the right structure in place to take that pressure off

✅ How to start trading the right way

✅ How to develop the skills to identify when you’re feeling emotional so you can step back

✅ How mindfulness helps your trading

✅ Understand the importance of investing in trading education

✅ Find a strategy for trading and the importance of working on making one strategy successful 

 

Let’s continue the conversation…

A4G Accountants for Traders | LinkedIn | Website

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Keyzone Traders | www.keyzonetraders.com | Ross@keyzonetraders.com


Recommended reads

The Chimp Paradox

Trade Mindfully – Gary Dayton

]]> 00:36:23 <![CDATA[Episode 20 | How to get finance into your business]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:25:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-20-how-to-get-finance-into-your-business https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-20-how-to-get-finance-into-your-business This month, we are discussing the ways you can generate cash and/or finance into your business.

Nowadays, there are so many ways to raise funds for your business, whether you’re just starting out, growing your business, or working on an expansion project… However, it isn’t just an easy as picking an off the shelf package and getting going. There are several considerations and risks that you will need to analyse ahead of taking out finance.

To help clear up some of the fog around generating finance into your business, we fired some questions at Will Richardson, Partner at A4G sister company, A4G Growth. Will assists businesses to source the best forms of commercial finance and providing them with the advice they need to make sound business decisions.  

By listening to this podcast, you will learn: 

✅ The most common ways small you can get into finance into your business and how to navigate these smoothly

✅ The importance of having a business plan, up to date management information and cash flow plan when getting finance

✅ Your finance options such as commercial finance, asset finance, invoice finance, stock finance, development loans, bridging finance, crowdfunding

✅ How to access finance options

✅ What programmes like incubators and accelerators are and when to choose this finance option

✅ How to generate cash with grants, what grants are available right now and how to overcome the hurdles

✅ Why you may choose investment over borrowing

✅ Practical advice on generating cash and raising finance  


Let’s continue the conversation…

Raising finance is part of our Business Breakthrough Growth Programme where we can create a personalised programme for you and your business to achieve growth, including generating cash and finance to reinvest into your business. Find out more about our Breakthrough Growth Programme here.

Alternatively, download this PDF with all of our Business Breakthrough Programmes which you can share with your network.  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Kent and Medway Growth Hub

]]> full false This month, we are discussing the ways you can generate cash and/or finance into your business.

Nowadays, there are so many ways to raise funds for your business, whether you’re just starting out, growing your business, or working on an expansion project… However, it isn’t just an easy as picking an off the shelf package and getting going. There are several considerations and risks that you will need to analyse ahead of taking out finance.

To help clear up some of the fog around generating finance into your business, we fired some questions at Will Richardson, Partner at A4G sister company, A4G Growth. Will assists businesses to source the best forms of commercial finance and providing them with the advice they need to make sound business decisions.  

By listening to this podcast, you will learn: 

✅ The most common ways small you can get into finance into your business and how to navigate these smoothly

✅ The importance of having a business plan, up to date management information and cash flow plan when getting finance

✅ Your finance options such as commercial finance, asset finance, invoice finance, stock finance, development loans, bridging finance, crowdfunding

✅ How to access finance options

✅ What programmes like incubators and accelerators are and when to choose this finance option

✅ How to generate cash with grants, what grants are available right now and how to overcome the hurdles

✅ Why you may choose investment over borrowing

✅ Practical advice on generating cash and raising finance  


Let’s continue the conversation…

Raising finance is part of our Business Breakthrough Growth Programme where we can create a personalised programme for you and your business to achieve growth, including generating cash and finance to reinvest into your business. Find out more about our Breakthrough Growth Programme here.

Alternatively, download this PDF with all of our Business Breakthrough Programmes which you can share with your network.  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Kent and Medway Growth Hub

]]> 00:28:22 <![CDATA[Episode 19 | Building a Marketing Strategy for Growth]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-19-building-a-marketing-strategy-for-growth https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-19-building-a-marketing-strategy-for-growth Why you should make marketing a priority in your business and how you can build a strong marketing strategy to support your growth strategy.

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

✅ Know the difference between inbound, outbound and referral marketing
✅ Build an inbound marketing strategy
✅ Build an outbound strategy and which industries would benefit from this form of marketing
✅ Build a referral marketing strategy and how beneficial this method is for all industries
✅ Define your Unique Selling Point and use it within your marketing strategy to stand out ahead of your competitors
✅ Know the importance of thinking of Return on Investment when building your strategy and methods of marketing
✅ Budget for marketing (your time and money)
✅ Learn top tips from someone whose business has grown consecutively for 25+ years and helped countless others grow theirs

Let’s continue the conversation…

Marketing is part of our Business Breakthrough Growth Programme where we can create a personalised programme for you and your business to achieve growth, including building a marketing strategy. Find out more about our Breakthrough Growth Programme on our website.

Alternatively, download this PDF with all of our Business Breakthrough Programmes which you can share with your network (that’s referral marketing ;))

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Buy Accidental Millionaires

]]> full 19 false Why you should make marketing a priority in your business and how you can build a strong marketing strategy to support your growth strategy.

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

✅ Know the difference between inbound, outbound and referral marketing
✅ Build an inbound marketing strategy
✅ Build an outbound strategy and which industries would benefit from this form of marketing
✅ Build a referral marketing strategy and how beneficial this method is for all industries
✅ Define your Unique Selling Point and use it within your marketing strategy to stand out ahead of your competitors
✅ Know the importance of thinking of Return on Investment when building your strategy and methods of marketing
✅ Budget for marketing (your time and money)
✅ Learn top tips from someone whose business has grown consecutively for 25+ years and helped countless others grow theirs

Let’s continue the conversation…

Marketing is part of our Business Breakthrough Growth Programme where we can create a personalised programme for you and your business to achieve growth, including building a marketing strategy. Find out more about our Breakthrough Growth Programme on our website.

Alternatively, download this PDF with all of our Business Breakthrough Programmes which you can share with your network (that’s referral marketing ;))

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Buy Accidental Millionaires

]]> 00:41:20 <![CDATA[Episode 18 | Creating a Growth Strategy with Simon Thompson (Relish) and Josh Curties (A4G) ]]> Fri, 06 May 2022 07:30:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-18-creating-a-growth-strategy-with-simon-thompson-relish-and-josh-curties-a4g https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-18-creating-a-growth-strategy-with-simon-thompson-relish-and-josh-curties-a4g We’ve tackled the factors that may be limiting your growth and getting your mindset ready for growth, so now how are you actually going to do it? In this episode, you’ll learn how.

This month, we’re joined by not one, but two guests! First, we’re joined by Simon Thompson is Managing Director of Relish, an agency who have been through a number of phases of growth over the last few years themselves and help many other consumer businesses grow their business by helping produce successful acquisition strategies.

Simon will be sharing his insight into how knowing your ideal customer is key to fit into your growth plans.

Our second guest is Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, who will talk to Charlotte about the practical considerations of how you actually go about choosing a strategy for growth.

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

✅ Define your ideal customer and consumer  

✅ Know strategies to gain market advantage

✅ Analyse your customers’ needs and demand for your products/services

✅ Define your ideal customer and consumer  

✅ Breakdown your products and services to ascertain which ones are successful, performing or underperforming using the BCG matrix

✅ Consider your product lifecycle

✅ Use the ‘Five Forces’ strategic thinking process to analyse your business’ competitive environment and measure your competition intensity, attractiveness and profitability of an industry or market

✅ Use the Ansoff model to grow your business

 

Let’s continue the conversation…

This episode goes into great detail surrounding the various growth models and how to create your own growth strategy for your business, including examples and case studies from our experiences helping other business’ grow their business. 

If you want further help in building a growth strategy for your business, use the details below to get in touch with us or Relish.  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Buy Accidental Millionaires

Relish | Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter 

Recommended reads  

Porters 5 Forces

]]> full 4 false We’ve tackled the factors that may be limiting your growth and getting your mindset ready for growth, so now how are you actually going to do it? In this episode, you’ll learn how.

This month, we’re joined by not one, but two guests! First, we’re joined by Simon Thompson is Managing Director of Relish, an agency who have been through a number of phases of growth over the last few years themselves and help many other consumer businesses grow their business by helping produce successful acquisition strategies.

Simon will be sharing his insight into how knowing your ideal customer is key to fit into your growth plans.

Our second guest is Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, who will talk to Charlotte about the practical considerations of how you actually go about choosing a strategy for growth.

Once you’ve listened to and digested this podcast, you will be able to:

✅ Define your ideal customer and consumer  

✅ Know strategies to gain market advantage

✅ Analyse your customers’ needs and demand for your products/services

✅ Define your ideal customer and consumer  

✅ Breakdown your products and services to ascertain which ones are successful, performing or underperforming using the BCG matrix

✅ Consider your product lifecycle

✅ Use the ‘Five Forces’ strategic thinking process to analyse your business’ competitive environment and measure your competition intensity, attractiveness and profitability of an industry or market

✅ Use the Ansoff model to grow your business

 

Let’s continue the conversation…

This episode goes into great detail surrounding the various growth models and how to create your own growth strategy for your business, including examples and case studies from our experiences helping other business’ grow their business. 

If you want further help in building a growth strategy for your business, use the details below to get in touch with us or Relish.  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Book a free discovery call with one of our growth advisers

Buy Accidental Millionaires

Relish | Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter 

Recommended reads  

Porters 5 Forces

]]> 00:57:03 <![CDATA[Bonus episode: Accidental Millionaires Book Launch Special]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:19:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/bonus-episode-accidental-millionaires-book-launch-special https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/bonus-episode-accidental-millionaires-book-launch-special This month’s episode is a VERY exciting one! We’re joined by Managing Partner at A4G to celebrate the launch of his first ever book, Accidental Millionaires: The secret mindset successful business owners share with sporting legends. 

To continue the excitement, we are also joined by two of Team GB’s most successful athletes, Steve Backley OBE and Roger Black MBE, who have worked with Malcolm for over 20 years and provided insight throughout the book.

Accidental Millionaires is for business who hate standing still. Other than that, you could be anywhere on your business journey. You might be right at the start line full of enthusiasm and bursting with ideas. Maybe you’ve been going a year or two and are starting to feel a little disillusioned at the challenges you’re facing. Or perhaps you’ve been going for ten years or more and are stuck in a rut making little progress.

By reading Accidental Millionaires and applying its content, you are as likely as possible that you’ll succeed in your chosen field.

To get your hands on your own copy, head over to Amazon here.

In this episode, Malcolm, Steve and Roger share: 

  • How the idea behind the book came to life
  • What the book is about
  • The 5 sections of the book and what the readers will gain
  • How the pandemic shifted their businesses
  • Details of the mind-setting programme
  • Biggest lesson learnt in business
  • Advice on growing businesses
  • How to get your hands on a copy of Accidental Millionaires

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Buy Accidental Millionaires: The secret mindset successful business owners share with sporting legends here.

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Steve Backley OBE & Roger Black MBE | BackleyBlack website | Mind-Setting Programme

]]> full false This month’s episode is a VERY exciting one! We’re joined by Managing Partner at A4G to celebrate the launch of his first ever book, Accidental Millionaires: The secret mindset successful business owners share with sporting legends. 

To continue the excitement, we are also joined by two of Team GB’s most successful athletes, Steve Backley OBE and Roger Black MBE, who have worked with Malcolm for over 20 years and provided insight throughout the book.

Accidental Millionaires is for business who hate standing still. Other than that, you could be anywhere on your business journey. You might be right at the start line full of enthusiasm and bursting with ideas. Maybe you’ve been going a year or two and are starting to feel a little disillusioned at the challenges you’re facing. Or perhaps you’ve been going for ten years or more and are stuck in a rut making little progress.

By reading Accidental Millionaires and applying its content, you are as likely as possible that you’ll succeed in your chosen field.

To get your hands on your own copy, head over to Amazon here.

In this episode, Malcolm, Steve and Roger share: 

  • How the idea behind the book came to life
  • What the book is about
  • The 5 sections of the book and what the readers will gain
  • How the pandemic shifted their businesses
  • Details of the mind-setting programme
  • Biggest lesson learnt in business
  • Advice on growing businesses
  • How to get your hands on a copy of Accidental Millionaires

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Buy Accidental Millionaires: The secret mindset successful business owners share with sporting legends here.

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Steve Backley OBE & Roger Black MBE | BackleyBlack website | Mind-Setting Programme

]]> 00:39:06 <![CDATA[Episode 17 | Is lack of time stopping you from growing your business? With Emma White]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:45:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-17-is-lack-of-time-stopping-you-from-growing-your-business-with-emma-white https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-17-is-lack-of-time-stopping-you-from-growing-your-business-with-emma-white Welcome back to our 3rd series of the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast: The Growth Series. In this series we will take you through every step to growing your business, starting with getting you and your business ready for growth.

Today’s episode is the second part of our two-part episode on how to scale up your business without losing your values or your mind.

In this episode, we’re joined by A4G Partner, Emma White, to help you discover and overcome the limiting factors that may be stopping you from growing, particularly focusing on lack of time (a common complaint from business owners). Emma shares advice and tips on how to have more time to work ON your business (not in it)

 

Let’s continue the conversation…  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Sign up to Box Academy 

 

Recommended reads

The E-Myth Revisited  

The 5AM Club

]]> full false Welcome back to our 3rd series of the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast: The Growth Series. In this series we will take you through every step to growing your business, starting with getting you and your business ready for growth.

Today’s episode is the second part of our two-part episode on how to scale up your business without losing your values or your mind.

In this episode, we’re joined by A4G Partner, Emma White, to help you discover and overcome the limiting factors that may be stopping you from growing, particularly focusing on lack of time (a common complaint from business owners). Emma shares advice and tips on how to have more time to work ON your business (not in it)

 

Let’s continue the conversation…  

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Sign up to our Breakthrough Growth Programme

Sign up to Box Academy 

 

Recommended reads

The E-Myth Revisited  

The 5AM Club

]]> 00:29:01 <![CDATA[Episode 16 | Are you ready for growth? | How to scale up without losing your values and mind with Zeenat Noorani]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 08:18:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-16-are-you-ready-for-growth-how-to-scale-up-without-losing-your-values-and-mind-with-zeenat-noorani https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-16-are-you-ready-for-growth-how-to-scale-up-without-losing-your-values-and-mind-with-zeenat-noorani Welcome to our 3rd series of the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast. To help you get 2022 off to a flying start, we’re kicking off with The Growth Series.

It’s not good enough being one of the crowd anymore. There’s so much more your business can achieve, and we’re here to help you achieve it. In this series we will help you get ready for growth, build a growth strategy, overcome the challenges to growth and that a growing business brings and share likeminded business owners’ stories of the ups and downs of growth.

We’re kicking off our first episode by chatting to Zeenat Noorani, a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach and owner of Vida de la Mariposa Coaching to talk about the first challenge to growing a business: You. Often Zeenat offers guidance and support on how to scale up with losing your values, or your mind, and overcome that first obstacle to growth.

Let’s continue the conversation…

Book a free discovery call and find out if you qualify for your Breakthrough Growth Programme. 

Zeenat | Listen to Radio Show  | Book a call  | Find out more

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Valuable resources - recommended reads 

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life: Flip That Switch Now!

You Were Born Rich

12 Power Principles for Success

...]]> full false Welcome to our 3rd series of the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast. To help you get 2022 off to a flying start, we’re kicking off with The Growth Series.

It’s not good enough being one of the crowd anymore. There’s so much more your business can achieve, and we’re here to help you achieve it. In this series we will help you get ready for growth, build a growth strategy, overcome the challenges to growth and that a growing business brings and share likeminded business owners’ stories of the ups and downs of growth.

We’re kicking off our first episode by chatting to Zeenat Noorani, a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach and owner of Vida de la Mariposa Coaching to talk about the first challenge to growing a business: You. Often Zeenat offers guidance and support on how to scale up with losing your values, or your mind, and overcome that first obstacle to growth.

Let’s continue the conversation…

Book a free discovery call and find out if you qualify for your Breakthrough Growth Programme. 

Zeenat | Listen to Radio Show  | Book a call  | Find out more

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Valuable resources - recommended reads 

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life: Flip That Switch Now!

You Were Born Rich

12 Power Principles for Success

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success

]]> 00:42:15 <![CDATA[Bonus episode: Lessons from 2021, Goals for 2022]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:20:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/bonus-episode-lessons-from-2021-goals-for-2022-1 https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/bonus-episode-lessons-from-2021-goals-for-2022-1 It’s that time of year that we all start to reflect on the lessons we’ve learnt and celebrate the successes of the year and look forward at the goals we want to achieve in the following year. 

In today’s episode we’re joined by friends of the firm and likeminded business owners to find out what lessons they learnt in 2021 and the goals their going into 2022 with. Listen along and gain some food for thought to start reflecting on your own key takeaways and goals for the new year. 

*Let’s connect*

A4G | Website | Email | LinkedIn 

Kate Golby, Kasaris Communications | Email | LinkedIn

Mary Eniolu, Can Do Academy | Email | LinkedIn

David Breaker, Wellness Wide | Email | LinkedIn

Michelle Dowsett, Discovery PA | Email | LinkedIn

James Dand, Inner Anthem| Email | LinkedIn 

Kenny Stibbles, Konsileo | Email | LinkedIn

Luke Walden, MoneyCorp | Email | LinkedIn

Pamela Angley, Angley Digital Media | Email | LinkedIn

Paul Carter, Let’s Clean | Email | LinkedIn 

Toufak Ahangari, Insights into Funding Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Linda Garcia, Alluxi Consulting Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Ryan Wakeman, Sypro Financial Consultancy | Email | LinkedIn

Linda Cloke, We Do Social Media Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Martin Kingman, Professional Legal Collections Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Sebastian Knudsen, Fluidly | Email | LinkedIn

Richard Cox, Richard Cox Wealth Management | Email | LinkedIn

]]> false It’s that time of year that we all start to reflect on the lessons we’ve learnt and celebrate the successes of the year and look forward at the goals we want to achieve in the following year. 

In today’s episode we’re joined by friends of the firm and likeminded business owners to find out what lessons they learnt in 2021 and the goals their going into 2022 with. Listen along and gain some food for thought to start reflecting on your own key takeaways and goals for the new year. 

*Let’s connect*

A4G | Website | Email | LinkedIn 

Kate Golby, Kasaris Communications | Email | LinkedIn

Mary Eniolu, Can Do Academy | Email | LinkedIn

David Breaker, Wellness Wide | Email | LinkedIn

Michelle Dowsett, Discovery PA | Email | LinkedIn

James Dand, Inner Anthem| Email | LinkedIn 

Kenny Stibbles, Konsileo | Email | LinkedIn

Luke Walden, MoneyCorp | Email | LinkedIn

Pamela Angley, Angley Digital Media | Email | LinkedIn

Paul Carter, Let’s Clean | Email | LinkedIn 

Toufak Ahangari, Insights into Funding Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Linda Garcia, Alluxi Consulting Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Ryan Wakeman, Sypro Financial Consultancy | Email | LinkedIn

Linda Cloke, We Do Social Media Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Martin Kingman, Professional Legal Collections Ltd | Email | LinkedIn

Sebastian Knudsen, Fluidly | Email | LinkedIn

Richard Cox, Richard Cox Wealth Management | Email | LinkedIn

]]> 00:30:48 <![CDATA[Episode 15 | Systems, Systems, Systems ]]> Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-15-systems-systems-systems https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-15-systems-systems-systems Is your business dependent on you? Would your business still be able to run efficiently without you? Are silly things going wrong in your business? Do you have ‘growing pains’ or maybe you’re struggling to grow? You need systems.

In today’s episode (the last in our 12 vital ingredients for business success series), Charlotte is joined by our Managing Partner, Malcolm Palmer, who has built a successful business, which has grown consecutively for over 25 years based on systems, to discuss the importance of systems and how to implement them.

You’ll learn: What systems are, how they can help you grow your business and make it less dependent on you, how to format your systems and how to train your team on systems and ensure they are writing, following and improving upon them.

Stay connected with us

A4G (us) | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Malcolm Palmer | LinkedIn

Books | Toyota Way | The E-myth Revisited | Black Box Thinking  

]]> full 12 false Is your business dependent on you? Would your business still be able to run efficiently without you? Are silly things going wrong in your business? Do you have ‘growing pains’ or maybe you’re struggling to grow? You need systems.

In today’s episode (the last in our 12 vital ingredients for business success series), Charlotte is joined by our Managing Partner, Malcolm Palmer, who has built a successful business, which has grown consecutively for over 25 years based on systems, to discuss the importance of systems and how to implement them.

You’ll learn: What systems are, how they can help you grow your business and make it less dependent on you, how to format your systems and how to train your team on systems and ensure they are writing, following and improving upon them.

Stay connected with us

A4G (us) | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Malcolm Palmer | LinkedIn

Books | Toyota Way | The E-myth Revisited | Black Box Thinking  

]]> 00:45:30 <![CDATA[Episode 14 | Mindset with Robyn Lee ]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-14-mindset-with-robyn-lee https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-14-mindset-with-robyn-lee In today’s episode, we’re chatting with the wonderful Robyn Lee – Business Owner, Nutritionist, Operations Director for two businesses, Podcast Host and mum of one.

Robyn shares how she left an intense 90-hour-week corporate job to follow a new passion in nutrition and has built up the portfolio she has today. She shares the biggest lessons she’s learnt, how to keep your mindset in check in business and her advice for preventing burn out.

* Stay connected with us * 

A4G (us) | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Robyn | Instagram | LinkedIn | Podcast

]]> full 12 false In today’s episode, we’re chatting with the wonderful Robyn Lee – Business Owner, Nutritionist, Operations Director for two businesses, Podcast Host and mum of one.

Robyn shares how she left an intense 90-hour-week corporate job to follow a new passion in nutrition and has built up the portfolio she has today. She shares the biggest lessons she’s learnt, how to keep your mindset in check in business and her advice for preventing burn out.

* Stay connected with us * 

A4G (us) | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Robyn | Instagram | LinkedIn | Podcast

]]> 00:36:44 <![CDATA[Episode 13 | How to avoid partnership failure and build a good team ]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-13-how-to-avoid-partnership-failure-and-build-a-good-team https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-13-how-to-avoid-partnership-failure-and-build-a-good-team A staggering 70% of business partnerships fail.

Have you mixed personal relationships with business? Or has your business grown, and partnerships have developed? Don’t be part of the staggering 70% of business partnerships that fail.

This week, Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, is discussing the factors that often lead to business partnership failure and how you can avoid them. He also delves into how you can build a good team and motivate them to reduce over dependence on managers and owners.

Stay connected with us

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Josh Curties | LinkedIn

]]> full 12 false A staggering 70% of business partnerships fail.

Have you mixed personal relationships with business? Or has your business grown, and partnerships have developed? Don’t be part of the staggering 70% of business partnerships that fail.

This week, Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, is discussing the factors that often lead to business partnership failure and how you can avoid them. He also delves into how you can build a good team and motivate them to reduce over dependence on managers and owners.

Stay connected with us

A4G | LinkedIn | Facebook | Website | Email

Josh Curties | LinkedIn

]]> 00:40:28 <![CDATA[Episode 12 | How to use your time more effectively as an owner manager ]]> Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-12-how-to-use-your-time-more-effectively-as-an-owner-manager https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-12-how-to-use-your-time-more-effectively-as-an-owner-manager Do you wish there were more hours in the day? Do you spend the majority of your day fire-fighting issues? Do you know how to effectively spend your time and delegate?

This week we’re covering the next 2 ingredients for business success with Emma sharing her advice and tips for how to use your time more effectively as a business owner (citing the 60:30:10 rule, the quadrant time management system, the 5 D’s of management) and how to ensure you as the business owner are in the right roles.

To carry on this conversation and ensure make new habits to use your time effectively, we recommend you read some of the following books:

 

]]> full 12 12 false Do you wish there were more hours in the day? Do you spend the majority of your day fire-fighting issues? Do you know how to effectively spend your time and delegate?

This week we’re covering the next 2 ingredients for business success with Emma sharing her advice and tips for how to use your time more effectively as a business owner (citing the 60:30:10 rule, the quadrant time management system, the 5 D’s of management) and how to ensure you as the business owner are in the right roles.

To carry on this conversation and ensure make new habits to use your time effectively, we recommend you read some of the following books:

 

]]> 00:32:20 <![CDATA[Bonus episode: How the Budget announcements impact you and your business]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/bonus-episode-how-the-budget-announcements-impact-you-and-your-business https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/bonus-episode-how-the-budget-announcements-impact-you-and-your-business This week Charlotte hands over the mic to Josh Curties, Partner at A4G (and our in-house Tax Communications Manager) to discuss the hot-topic of the moment for owner-managed businesses - The Chancellor's Autumn Budget. 

In this episode Josh dives deeper into the Budget announcements (and the small print) and discusses what the changes may mean for you and your business. He discusses the changes to when you can draw your private pension, the changes to Capital Gains Tax and flaws to the system, the new income tax rates from 2022/23 and so much more commentary and insight. 

Read to full summary on our website here: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/knowledge-hub/budget

]]> full false This week Charlotte hands over the mic to Josh Curties, Partner at A4G (and our in-house Tax Communications Manager) to discuss the hot-topic of the moment for owner-managed businesses - The Chancellor's Autumn Budget. 

In this episode Josh dives deeper into the Budget announcements (and the small print) and discusses what the changes may mean for you and your business. He discusses the changes to when you can draw your private pension, the changes to Capital Gains Tax and flaws to the system, the new income tax rates from 2022/23 and so much more commentary and insight. 

Read to full summary on our website here: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/knowledge-hub/budget

]]> 00:19:12 <![CDATA[Episode 11 | Setting, communicating and managing your business goals ]]> Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-11-setting-communicating-and-managing-your-business-goals https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-11-setting-communicating-and-managing-your-business-goals As a business owner, you will have goals for your business, but are you communicating these with your team? How effective is that communication? And how effective is your management and monitoring of the performance to meet those goals?

Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, joins Charlotte to provide some invaluable advice and quick tips on how to set goals (not just following textbook advice!), how you can share them with your team to help you reach them quicker and how to manage their performance.

Don’t worry, it’s not full of jargon. We get down the point with clear steps and advice. And if you need further help, email us discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk, or head over to our Knowledge Hub at www.a4g-llp.co.uk, which is FULL of free tools and guidance on this topic, and many more.

]]> full 11 12 false As a business owner, you will have goals for your business, but are you communicating these with your team? How effective is that communication? And how effective is your management and monitoring of the performance to meet those goals?

Josh Curties, Partner at A4G, joins Charlotte to provide some invaluable advice and quick tips on how to set goals (not just following textbook advice!), how you can share them with your team to help you reach them quicker and how to manage their performance.

Don’t worry, it’s not full of jargon. We get down the point with clear steps and advice. And if you need further help, email us discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk, or head over to our Knowledge Hub at www.a4g-llp.co.uk, which is FULL of free tools and guidance on this topic, and many more.

]]> 00:29:06 <![CDATA[Episode 10 | Developing a strong sales, marketing and customer service strategy]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-10-developing-a-strong-sales-marketing-and-customer-service-strategy https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-10-developing-a-strong-sales-marketing-and-customer-service-strategy Do you want to attract more good quality customers to your business? AND retain those customers? Well, that’s the goal of business, isn’t it? Get good quality customers and keep them. Malcolm Palmer and Caroline Ward, both partners at A4G, join Charlotte to share their insight on how you can do this in your business.

In this episode you’ll learn how to increase the awareness of your brand, attract new customers and build a base of loyal customers by not only learning how to build a strong sales and marketing strategy, but a strong customer service strategy.

Don’t worry, it’s not full of marketing jargon. We get down the point with clear steps. And if you need further help, email us discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk, or head over to our Knowledge Hub, which is FULL of free tools and guidance on this topic, and many more.

]]> full 10 12 false Do you want to attract more good quality customers to your business? AND retain those customers? Well, that’s the goal of business, isn’t it? Get good quality customers and keep them. Malcolm Palmer and Caroline Ward, both partners at A4G, join Charlotte to share their insight on how you can do this in your business.

In this episode you’ll learn how to increase the awareness of your brand, attract new customers and build a base of loyal customers by not only learning how to build a strong sales and marketing strategy, but a strong customer service strategy.

Don’t worry, it’s not full of marketing jargon. We get down the point with clear steps. And if you need further help, email us discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk, or head over to our Knowledge Hub, which is FULL of free tools and guidance on this topic, and many more.

]]> 00:35:13 <![CDATA[Episode 09 | Sound cash flow management ]]> Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-09-sound-cash-flow-management https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-09-sound-cash-flow-management Cash flow management is a key component to a business’ success. You need to generate cash to meet your immediate and long-term needs and produce profit to expand and grow the business.

This week, Emma joins Charlotte to discuss the how to manage your cash flow effectively with her easy tips and advice. You’ll learn how fund growth, build robust credit control processes, use Key Performance Indicators and tools to easily review your cash flow cycles, the warning signs to look out for and so much more.

Download our 5-minute cash flow tool here and start managing your cash flow easily: www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/11-tips-for-cash-flow-management-to-get-through-coronavirus

]]> full 9 12 false Cash flow management is a key component to a business’ success. You need to generate cash to meet your immediate and long-term needs and produce profit to expand and grow the business.

This week, Emma joins Charlotte to discuss the how to manage your cash flow effectively with her easy tips and advice. You’ll learn how fund growth, build robust credit control processes, use Key Performance Indicators and tools to easily review your cash flow cycles, the warning signs to look out for and so much more.

Download our 5-minute cash flow tool here and start managing your cash flow easily: www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/11-tips-for-cash-flow-management-to-get-through-coronavirus

]]> 00:28:03 <![CDATA[Episode 08 | Knowing your market and getting your vision right]]> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/episode-08-knowing-your-market-and-getting-your-vision-right https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/episode-08-knowing-your-market-and-getting-your-vision-right Welcome to Series 2 of Let's Get Down to Business: The 12 vital ingredients for business success. 

This week, Malcolm joins Charlotte to discuss the first 2 ingredients: knowing your market and competition and getting your vision and purpose right.

You’ll learn why it’s so important you continually research your market and competitors, techniques on how to do this and how to differentiate yourself from your competitors with a Unique Selling Point. And why creating a concrete vision and purpose for the business is so important and how exactly to do it.

For our full 12 vital ingredients for business success blog series, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/12-vital-ingredients-for-successful-business-recovery

]]> full 8 12 false Welcome to Series 2 of Let's Get Down to Business: The 12 vital ingredients for business success. 

This week, Malcolm joins Charlotte to discuss the first 2 ingredients: knowing your market and competition and getting your vision and purpose right.

You’ll learn why it’s so important you continually research your market and competitors, techniques on how to do this and how to differentiate yourself from your competitors with a Unique Selling Point. And why creating a concrete vision and purpose for the business is so important and how exactly to do it.

For our full 12 vital ingredients for business success blog series, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/12-vital-ingredients-for-successful-business-recovery

]]> 00:32:18 <![CDATA[Bonus episode: A rise in taxes and an end to furlough, what does this mean for you and your business?]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/bonus-episode-a-rise-in-taxes-and-an-end-to-furlough-what-does-this-mean-for-you-and-your-business https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/bonus-episode-a-rise-in-taxes-and-an-end-to-furlough-what-does-this-mean-for-you-and-your-business Josh joins Charlotte to talk about the recent announcement of a hike in dividend and national insurance taxes and what exactly that means for you and your business. 

You’ll learn what the tax rises are and our commentary, how they may affect you, your business and your employees and what you need to do. We also touch furlough (which is ending 30 September!) and what options you have if you still have employees on furlough, such as how to reduce your employees hours, making redundancies and managing your cash flow. 

We’ll be sharing more on the tax rises and how to manage beyond furlough on our knowledge hub on our website – https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/coronavirus-business-advice-hub 

]]> full false Josh joins Charlotte to talk about the recent announcement of a hike in dividend and national insurance taxes and what exactly that means for you and your business. 

You’ll learn what the tax rises are and our commentary, how they may affect you, your business and your employees and what you need to do. We also touch furlough (which is ending 30 September!) and what options you have if you still have employees on furlough, such as how to reduce your employees hours, making redundancies and managing your cash flow. 

We’ll be sharing more on the tax rises and how to manage beyond furlough on our knowledge hub on our website – https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/coronavirus-business-advice-hub 

]]> 00:28:57 <![CDATA[Bonus episode: What your business is missing without a Finance Director ]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/bonus-episode-what-your-business-is-missing-without-a-finance-director https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/bonus-episode-what-your-business-is-missing-without-a-finance-director The week the interviewer became the interviewee! This week Charlotte took a break from hosting the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast and sat in the interviewee seat instead to talk to you about how a Finance director can add real value to your business.

You’ll learn what a Finance director is (and how it differs from a Financial Controller), how this role fits into your business and the value they add to each section and how they can help you make more informed business decisions, manage risk and guide growth or exit planning.

If you’d like to find out more about how we can help you with our Virtual FD service, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/business-breakthrough/virtual-fd 

]]> full false The week the interviewer became the interviewee! This week Charlotte took a break from hosting the Let’s Get Down to Business podcast and sat in the interviewee seat instead to talk to you about how a Finance director can add real value to your business.

You’ll learn what a Finance director is (and how it differs from a Financial Controller), how this role fits into your business and the value they add to each section and how they can help you make more informed business decisions, manage risk and guide growth or exit planning.

If you’d like to find out more about how we can help you with our Virtual FD service, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/business-breakthrough/virtual-fd 

]]> 00:28:36 <![CDATA[Niche episode: Remote working as the future ]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:29:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/niche-episode-remote-working-as-the-future https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/niche-episode-remote-working-as-the-future Remote working is nothing new but most of us were forced into allowing remote working during the pandemic, which has led to many employees requesting to continue this flexible working arrangement. There’s a lot of positives and negatives of this for you as the business owner and your employees. 

In this episode, Charlotte interviews our Head of IT, Pete Baldwin, to get his advice on how to overcome the challenges of remote working and how to utilise the benefits. You’ll learn how to manage your remote team, blend remote working and office working, reduce the risk of a cyber-attack and keep your data secure and so much more.

If you need help with the technological side of remote working, contact Pete 01474 853856 or email enquiries@a4g-llp.co.uk to hear how we can help you set up remote working and ensure it runs smoothly.

]]> full 9 false Remote working is nothing new but most of us were forced into allowing remote working during the pandemic, which has led to many employees requesting to continue this flexible working arrangement. There’s a lot of positives and negatives of this for you as the business owner and your employees. 

In this episode, Charlotte interviews our Head of IT, Pete Baldwin, to get his advice on how to overcome the challenges of remote working and how to utilise the benefits. You’ll learn how to manage your remote team, blend remote working and office working, reduce the risk of a cyber-attack and keep your data secure and so much more.

If you need help with the technological side of remote working, contact Pete 01474 853856 or email enquiries@a4g-llp.co.uk to hear how we can help you set up remote working and ensure it runs smoothly.

]]> 00:23:05 <![CDATA[Niche episode: Financial Trading and Investing – You’re making profits, now what? ]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/niche-episode-financial-trading-and-investing-youre-making-profits-now-what https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/niche-episode-financial-trading-and-investing-youre-making-profits-now-what This week partners at A4G Caroline Ward and Chris Newman discuss financial trading and investing. Whether you're new to trading or have been trading for years, they'll be something for you to takeaway. 

We’ve been acting for traders for over 25 years and receive an influx of questions every day on the difference between trading and investing and how income is taxed for each, whether you need to declare to HMRC if you’re spreadbetting, what expenses you can claim, how to best keep your accounting records to make tax efficiencies and so much more.  

If you’d like more advice head over to our website www.accountantsfortraders.co.uk or if you’d like us to put together a personalised quote email enquiries@accountantsfortraders.co.uk.

]]> full 8 false This week partners at A4G Caroline Ward and Chris Newman discuss financial trading and investing. Whether you're new to trading or have been trading for years, they'll be something for you to takeaway. 

We’ve been acting for traders for over 25 years and receive an influx of questions every day on the difference between trading and investing and how income is taxed for each, whether you need to declare to HMRC if you’re spreadbetting, what expenses you can claim, how to best keep your accounting records to make tax efficiencies and so much more.  

If you’d like more advice head over to our website www.accountantsfortraders.co.uk or if you’d like us to put together a personalised quote email enquiries@accountantsfortraders.co.uk.

]]> 00:22:28 <![CDATA[07 | Liz Bylett – How she gave Richard Branson a black eye ]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:42:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/07-liz-bylett-how-she-gave-richard-branson-a-black-eye https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/07-liz-bylett-how-she-gave-richard-branson-a-black-eye Welcome to episode 7 and our final episode of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week we’re joined by a very special guest speaker, Liz Bylett from Follies Face & Body Art, to talk about how her journey in business in the last 31 years and how she gave Richard Branson a black eye.

There will be lots of inspirational takeaways and insight into Liz’s entrepreneurial mindset, how she built a successful business doing what she loves and kept reinventing herself and the business through its challenges.

For more from Liz and her business, visit https://www.follies.co.uk/ or contact mail@follies.co.uk.

]]> full 7 false Welcome to episode 7 and our final episode of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week we’re joined by a very special guest speaker, Liz Bylett from Follies Face & Body Art, to talk about how her journey in business in the last 31 years and how she gave Richard Branson a black eye.

There will be lots of inspirational takeaways and insight into Liz’s entrepreneurial mindset, how she built a successful business doing what she loves and kept reinventing herself and the business through its challenges.

For more from Liz and her business, visit https://www.follies.co.uk/ or contact mail@follies.co.uk.

]]> 00:26:55 <![CDATA[06 | How and when to take on your first employee ]]> Fri, 20 Aug 2021 07:41:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/06-how-and-when-to-take-on-your-first-employee https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/06-how-and-when-to-take-on-your-first-employee So, your business is starting to grow and you’re chasing your tail trying to keep your customers happy, take on new customers and work on your business. To propel the growth of your business it may be time to start thinking about taking on your first employee, but where do you start?

In episode 6 of our Getting Started series, we’re joined by HR advisor at A4G, Donna Bygrave. You will find out when is the right time to take on a member of staff, how to map out the full recruitment process, how to decide on the rate of pay and terms and conditions, how to write a contract and when you have your new staff member how to keep them happy.  

For further support in anything mentioned in the podcast, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/outsourced-hr-support

]]> full 6 false So, your business is starting to grow and you’re chasing your tail trying to keep your customers happy, take on new customers and work on your business. To propel the growth of your business it may be time to start thinking about taking on your first employee, but where do you start?

In episode 6 of our Getting Started series, we’re joined by HR advisor at A4G, Donna Bygrave. You will find out when is the right time to take on a member of staff, how to map out the full recruitment process, how to decide on the rate of pay and terms and conditions, how to write a contract and when you have your new staff member how to keep them happy.  

For further support in anything mentioned in the podcast, head over to our website: https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/outsourced-hr-support

]]> 00:27:46 <![CDATA[05 | How to get new customers]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:58:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/05-how-to-get-new-customers https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/05-how-to-get-new-customers Welcome to episode 5 of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week host, Charlotte Newman, is joined by Josh Curties and Emma White, both partners at A4G, to discuss how to get new customers, including finding your Unique Selling Point (USP) and developing a Marketing strategy.

Most business owners start a new business as a technician. You know you’re good at what you do so you set up a business, but how do you promote it? What is inbound, outbound and referral marketing? What is your USP and how can you use it to get new customers? How do you ensure you’re doing things to get the best return on investment? We delve into it all in this episode. 

For further guidance on Marketing, head over to our website www.a4g-llp.co.uk or email discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk to enquire about how we can help you with your marketing.

]]> 5 false Welcome to episode 5 of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week host, Charlotte Newman, is joined by Josh Curties and Emma White, both partners at A4G, to discuss how to get new customers, including finding your Unique Selling Point (USP) and developing a Marketing strategy.

Most business owners start a new business as a technician. You know you’re good at what you do so you set up a business, but how do you promote it? What is inbound, outbound and referral marketing? What is your USP and how can you use it to get new customers? How do you ensure you’re doing things to get the best return on investment? We delve into it all in this episode. 

For further guidance on Marketing, head over to our website www.a4g-llp.co.uk or email discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk to enquire about how we can help you with your marketing.

]]> 00:24:52 <![CDATA[04 | Finance side of your business (part 2)]]> Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:20:00 +0000 A4G Chartered Accountants https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/podcasts/28589/episodes/04-finance-side-of-your-business-part-2 https://lets-get-down-to-business-1.castos.com/episodes/04-finance-side-of-your-business-part-2 Welcome to the 4th episode of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week we’re joined by partner, Emma White, to discuss how to best keep your accounting records right from the start, streamline your processes saving you time and money and how to manage your cash flow effectively. 

As a new business owner you probably just want to get your business moving and just hope for the best with your accounting records and cash flow but keeping a close eye on your financials is vital to the long-term success of your business, and with our tips we can make this area less time-consuming and more effective.

You can download our free 5 minute cash flow tool here https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/11-tips-for-cash-flow-management-to-get-through-coronavirus or by emailing discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk.

]]> full 4 false Welcome to the 4th episode of our ‘Getting Started’ series. This week we’re joined by partner, Emma White, to discuss how to best keep your accounting records right from the start, streamline your processes saving you time and money and how to manage your cash flow effectively. 

As a new business owner you probably just want to get your business moving and just hope for the best with your accounting records and cash flow but keeping a close eye on your financials is vital to the long-term success of your business, and with our tips we can make this area less time-consuming and more effective.

You can download our free 5 minute cash flow tool here https://www.a4g-llp.co.uk/blog/11-tips-for-cash-flow-management-to-get-through-coronavirus or by emailing discovery@a4g-llp.co.uk.

]]> 00:26:58