About William Wood

William Wood is a Chartered Accountant and Business Adviser who specialises in working with small businesses with potential. Helping small business to survive and thrive is his mission in life.

Why Every Director Should Consider Joining The Board!

Let’s face it running a business can be a lonely and sometimes thankless task. Standing where the buck stops, making the decisions can be a tough place to be. Of course, no-one is going to feel sorry for you, after you are the boss and it's your choice to be in [...]

By |2019-11-28T10:27:02+00:00November 15th, 2019|The Organised Business|22,872 Comments

What’s your Vision? Join us on 24th July and we’ll help you find out…

Many business owners plod along doing the same thing without ever actually taking the time to think about where the business is going. It is understandable with so much going on, managing staff, customers, suppliers etc but if you lose sight of the direction of the business there is a danger that your [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:05:14+00:00June 24th, 2019|The Organised Business|20,198 Comments

How to make your business better for the environment…

These days, there's an increasing focus on reducing our environmental impact. There are many things you can do as a business owner to make your business more environmentally friendly, but it's important to take steps that represent permanent change rather than doing something large that winds up being unsustainable for your business or [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:06:02+00:00June 14th, 2019|Environment|23,213 Comments

Accountants Day – Love your accountant

Did you know that yesterday (13th MAy) was World Accounting Day? The day you are supposed to show appreciation to your accountant for all their hard work throughout the year. I wouldn’t take it too seriously though, according to the website https://www.daysoftheyear.com today is Chicken Dance Day! That said, there is a very [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:06:15+00:00May 14th, 2019|Finances|21,719 Comments

Understanding stress in the workplace

Guest Post – Susie Flashman Jarvis from the www.thebespokecoach.com Stress is a current buzz word in our world of comparison and relentless drive. It is a by-product of a life-style where to pause is often seen as to fail. And yet stop we must or something that gets us out of the way [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:06:25+00:00April 18th, 2019|The Organised Business|21,182 Comments

Rediscovering your energy for work – How to get through a tough spot.

Do you ever feel like there is just too much do and not enough time to do it? Or that you just have so much on that you feel overwhelmed and have no idea how to move forward? It can happen to any of us at some point, and once you get into [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:06:58+00:00April 17th, 2019|Leadership, Personal Development, Planning|21,167 Comments

The top three reasons why salespeople fail to reach their sales targets

Guest Post - Paul Routley – Think Selling Sales Training  I have been asked by many of my subscribers to write something about this subject a number of times in the last few weeks and it’s a subject that I get asked about hundreds of times every year - what are the most [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:07:07+00:00March 7th, 2019|Sales|246 Comments

8 Steps to implementing changes at work

We have had a couple of discussions recently with clients who have been struggling with implementing new ideas to make improvements in their businesses.  Before they even get started with making suggestions to the team, the thing that seems to be holding them back is the fear of reaction the team will give [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:07:17+00:00March 5th, 2019|Change Management, Leadership|18,212 Comments

There are Gremlins hiding in your business that are costing you thousands

Deep within your business are Gremlins that are costing you thousands. These Gremlins hide in the strangest places, but they are there, and they are draining your business of its profit. Depending on the size of your business, it could be costing you thousands each year or even each month. Ridding yourself of [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:08:11+00:00February 27th, 2019|The Organised Business|18,257 Comments

Are you leading … down the correct path?

Have you ever had a bad boss? Someone you had zero respect for, someone who you felt shouldn’t be in the job they were doing and you had no idea how they managed to get to that position in the first place? Where every day your view of them was re-enforced by some [...]

By |2019-10-08T05:08:20+00:00January 17th, 2019|Leadership, The Organised Business|17,480 Comments