Four ways to help expenses make sense Four ways to help expenses make sense Blog author (CV) / Monday, February 29, 2016 Paper trails and time-consuming expense processes simply don’t cut it anymore. We can help, with four simple steps. Employee travel and entertainment expenses cost the UK economy an estimated £8.2 billion per year. With such a large chunk of our company budget covering travel and entertainment expenses, why aren’t we turning pain into gain? Why do travel and entertainment expenses keep mid-sized businesses awake at night? Three reasons: Processing expenses is a costly ... Read more
Why bother trying to gain control of expenses? Why bother trying to gain control of expenses? Blog author (CV) / Friday, September 25, 2015 Paper trails and time-consuming expense processes simply don’t cut it anymore Employee travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses cost the UK economy an estimated £8.2 billion per year. With such a large chunk of our company budget covering T&E expenses, why aren’t we turning pain into gain? T&E expenses alone account for 8% to 12% of the average company’s total budget. These expenses keep mid-sized businesses awake at night for three reasons: Processing expenses is a costly ... Read more
Constructing Happiness Blog author (CV) / Wednesday, August 12, 2015 The link between happiness, profitability and productivity is changing the way we think about work. Do you have the tools you need to make your team happy? Imagine the world’s happiest workers; now picture them wearing hard hats. Earlier this year TINYpulse surveyed 30,000 employees from more than 500 companies in the 2015 Best Industry Ranking report. It revealed that construction and facility service workers are the happiest employees. Why? Steady growth, job creation, development ... Read more
Is it all about the money, money, money? Is it all about the money, money, money? Blog author (CV) / Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Poor cash flow management is one of the biggest reasons why companies fail. Many profitable companies find that they are, for all practical purposes, insolvent – simply because of uneven cash flow A major issue for SMBs is getting invoices paid on time—many suffer from poor payment practices by customers. Microsoft recently published a blog on exactly this – “it’s not all about the money, money, money” and it’s true. It’s not just the money, it’s making sure that the money is coming into ... Read more
Sustainable Building: Health, Wellbeing And Productivity Blog author (CV) / Wednesday, April 29, 2015 I recently went to a talk by John Alker of the World Green Building Council (WGBC). He was talking about their latest paper, “Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices: The Next Chapter for Green Building.” What I found particularly interesting is that a building being green and sustainable isn’t purely focused on the bricks and mortar. So what does that mean for architects and other ‘build’ professionals? Well according to John Alker, in order to be sustainable – be that the ... Read more
Improving your company's bottom line Improving your company's bottom line Blog author (CV) / Friday, February 6, 2015 Improving the bottom line is very important. So what can be done by professional service firms to improve their bottom line? Over the next few weeks, we are going to explore the why and the how to improving your processes and efficiency which will in turn improve your bottom line. Companies often look to their chargeability – the extent to which hours worked can be allocated to projects of paying clients. However, very few firms can be 100% chargeable, so the tracking and measuring of ... Read more