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This section contains tips and ideas for more effective business processes...

Benchmarking best practice

Ways to monitor your progress and efficiency.

Designing for profit

Good product design is at the heart of business profitability.

Does your business pass the risk test?

A business risk assessment checklist.

Get better deals from suppliers

How to negotiate with suppliers while keeping good relations.

Is outsourcing the best strategy?

Which functions are best outsourced?

Making the most of your company meetings

Don’t waste time in board or company meetings.

Should you buy in or manufacture materials?

Checklist for the pros and cons of in-house manufacturing.

Stock answers

Inefficient stock management can be one of the biggest drains on profitability.

Ten reasons to benchmark your business

The benefits of benchmarking.

When cutting costs is counterproductive

Improving profits without just cutting costs.

05 Nov 2025

Chancellor refuses to rule out raising taxes in Autumn Budget

In a pre-Autumn Budget speech from Downing Street, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out raising taxes in the upcoming Autumn Budget on 26 November.

04 Nov 2025

CIOT calls for implementation of IHT transitional gifting rule

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has urged the government to implement a transitional rule to allow older farmers and other business owners to gift assets to the younger generation free of Inheritance Tax (IHT) before changes take effect in April 2026.

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