How much time do you spend actually leading your company rather than working for it? If you’re anything like the typical owner or manager of a small business, the answer is almost certainly not nearly enough.

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‘Creatives’ in business don’t always enjoy the best of reputations - too much sitting around with their ‘blue sky thinking’ and ‘running ideas up the flagpole’. But that stereotype, whether deserved or not, doesn’t give credit to the value of good ideas, creativity and innovation within business.

‘Outsourcing’ describes involves someone outside of your a business function which is managed managing a part of it. by someone outside of the business. Most commonly these are the ‘overhead’ functions such as internal systems, bookkeeping and human resources but you can also outsources sales, delivery, customer service, etc. The principles and pitfalls are much the same. Here we look at outsourcing the bookkeeping function for SMEs.

For small and medium enterprises, late payments are a growing headache. Business Connections finds out why and explores some solutions...