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Your four-step checklist for refining your business plan

After you’ve been in business for a while, your business plan may need a refresher. Here are the areas you should re-exa...

September 15, 2020

Ready to be your own boss? Resources to help you start, manage, and move your business forward

Are you ready to be your own boss? We have assembled guides and expert advice to help you start, manage, and move your b...

September 4, 2020

Direct-to-consumer: 3 innovation tips for distributors

Distributors can survive in the direct-to-consumer world by tapping into smarter data technology. Here are our top innov...

September 3, 2020

Building a better future for your firm

Your accounting firm can work remotely while providing the same quality service and building excellent relationships. He...

August 11, 2020

A guide to business continuity: 6 tips to manage uncertainty

How do you ensure business continuity? There is room for success if you manage people and processes better than your com...

August 2, 2020

Plan for business growth during and after a recession

How you can plan for business growth during and after a recession? Steps include leveraging IT, including small business...

July 15, 2020

5 KPIs to measure small business growth

Here's a look at 5 KPIs that every small business should measure to ensure their thriving business is also a growing bus...

March 4, 2020

How to get a payment gateway and accept online payments

A payment gateway is the virtual gateway your customers' bank accounts that securely transmits transactional data about ...

October 22, 2019

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How to recover a past due invoice

Recovering a past due invoice is frustrating and time-consuming. Learn how to ensure you get paid on time with this deta...

September 3, 2019

How to use business intelligence to get paid and improve cash flow

For small and growing businesses, there are few tasks more important than ensuring you’re paid on time and managing your...

July 8, 2019

How to choose a cloud product and move to it successfully

15 of the best admin hacks for small businesses

Businesses report that 71% of their admin time is taken up with accounting and payments processing tasks. Here are 15 wa...

June 27, 2019

ICYMI: Top takeaways from Sage Summit 2019

Catch up on the top takeaways from Sage Summit 2019, with insights from industry leaders like Tom Hood, Jeffery Chancell...

May 17, 2019

The value of technology in construction: say goodbye to profit margin woes

You’ve seen them on reports and forecasts, and occasionally haunting your nightmares with bright red ubiquity and promis...

February 5, 2019

Our top 12 survival tips for small businesses

Business success is a tricky thing, with a lot of influential factors involved. Small businesses feel threatened by all ...

November 30, 2018

Tips to consider when launching a virtual business

Two virtual business veterans share their advice on how to start and grow your business in a virtual world.

November 7, 2018

7 business growth challenges to anticipate and overcome

Business growth leads to exciting opportunities, but it’s important to be prepared for the obstacles that might arise on...

August 27, 2018

How to create a business budget

Budgets are living tools that can help you run your business better, save time at tax season, and make better decisions ...

August 6, 2018

Understanding return on investment

Calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) for your business is an important piece to understand how profitable your bus...

July 18, 2018

Late paying customers? Try these tips from the experts

A recent Sage survey found that 11% of all invoices issued by SMEs are paid late. Invoice management is an important par...

June 19, 2018

How to create a pain-free payment process for your customers

In order to ensure proper payment, you need to make the payment process easy for customers to pay. In an increasingly mo...

June 11, 2018

10 steps to grow your customer base

Tips on how to grow your customer base, generate leads and maintain your existing customer relationships.

June 8, 2018

Why niche markets can be big business for accountants

John O'Donnell, a practice consultant at ICAEW Members' Department, shares why niche markets are big business for accoun...

June 5, 2018

small business owner working on invoices

How to get paid faster with e-invoicing and automation

Late payments is an issue that most small and medium U.S. businesses have to deal with. But by using automation and e-in...

April 27, 2018