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In our Small Talk series, we delve into how your business can tackle some of the many challenges you face so you can elevate your performance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Jones<\/a>, our Sage customer for life, sat down with interviewers Nina and Jed to talk about what you can do to ensure your business can perform at its best. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, there are a few challenges that Peter was set by his intrepid interviewers. Watch the video to see how he got on and below is a transcript, followed by some advice on how to increase business productivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nina:<\/strong> Hi Peter, I\u2019m Nina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Nina, great to meet you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> This is my colleague, Jed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Let\u2019s talk about increasing productivity. That\u2019s like giving your business superpowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> It is. It\u2019s like employing Superman for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> Productivity is like a puzzle. How can businesses stop losing time on admin, and what is admin, anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Admin is all of the things. It\u2019s paperwork. So much paperwork. There\u2019s so much stuff to do. Filing, putting things in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the past. Those days are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when you set up your next company next year, you\u2019ve got to go and get software in the cloud and make it easy. Don\u2019t get bogged down with paperwork and admin, because otherwise you\u2019ll never focus on building the business that you want to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You [Jed] won\u2019t become the billionaire that you want to become, and you [Nina] won\u2019t become the multi-billionairess that you want to become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> So when I\u2019m older and I have my own dancing business, would it be alright if you could come down and invest, like a million pounds? Or, if not, just a bit more, because that\u2019s just, like, your pocket money for washing the dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Wow, it\u2019s a lot of money. That\u2019s going to have to be a really good pitch to try and get a million pounds from somebody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> It\u2019s OK, because I\u2019ll just give you 1% of the business. Well, back to fun things. Kids versus you, and it\u2019s a buzz wire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Yeah, OK, I\u2019m in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> So we\u2019re going to have a race around the hand. You should know how buzz wires work, but if you don\u2019t, just try not to touch the metal parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Where do you start, at the bottom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Three, two, one, go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Peter, Nina and Jed play the game]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> If it touches, go back to the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Right, ready? Go again? Watch how fast I can do it. Look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> Your switch is off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small talk with Peter Jones: Check out the rest of the series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n