Let’s face it, doing business these days is expensive so, with the economic downturn lasting longer than predicted, stake holders in profit-led and non-profit organisations throughout the UK can no longer afford to carry on with ‘business as usual’. Positive action is required just to maintain position, let alone grow, and when markets are slowing [...]
Last week Nick Clegg the Deputy Prime Minister annouced at the Rio+ 20 Summit that all businesses listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange will have to report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions from the start of the next financial year. The new regulations will be introduced from April 2013 and [...]
Ofcom today announced a decision to amend General Condition 9 in order to prohibit Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARCs also referred to as rollover contracts or rollovers) to residential customers and small businesses with no more than ten employees in the fixed voice and broadband sectors. For fixed voice and fixed broadband residential and small business [...]
Ok, so we are not yet in December, but there are only 33 days left until the big day so I thought I would mention a charity who came to my attention last week at a networking event run by http://www.pealnetworking.co.uk/ Hospice Services at Home TLC is a small charity based in Hampshire who help [...]
Thanks to the organisers of the Care Show for inviting me to present at last weeks Care Show at the NEC. About 25 people made it to the session (although I think a few at the back may have just taken the opportunity to sit down having visited all the trade stands!). Three people, 2 [...]
A last minute drop out has presented me with an opportunity to present a seminar session at the Care Show Exhibition in Birmingham on the 11th of November. http://www.careshow.co.uk/birmingham/ Auditel currently provide Cost Management services to 112 clients in the Care and Residential sector. The subject of my session is “Protecting Profit by Managing Cost” [...]
Following on from the huge success of the Auditel Free Business Health Check offer we have updated the campaign to include more information and from the 1st October, anyone booking a Free Business Health Check will be entered into a draw for an Apple iPad. The competition ends on the 30th November 2010. To view [...]
As a result of talking to a client about their packaging costs I came across an article about another local company who fell foul of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007. It was discovered during a routine check by The Environnment Agency that they had not registered under the regulations. These state that [...]
The ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has urged the business world to focus more on its ethical responsibilities and on prioritising the recruitment of senior executives and financial staff with a strong ethical compass. http://www.accaglobal.com/databases/pressandpolicy/global/3332687 At Auditel we pride ourselves on cost and purchase management that is effective, sustainable and above all, ethical. Over [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to come to terms with these horrible feelings. At first, you really don’t get it – you don’t know what’s wrong. We don’t always know or even question our feelings. You just push forward to get through the day. You push it away – try to ignore how you feel. Don’t stop [...]