Business Management

Business Management 15–17 min read

Change Management – Planning a shakeup in your business

Change Management – Planning a shakeup in your business

Robin Booth

13 April 2021

The last year has thrown up some major issues for businesses, but the best have adapted in order to survive. In this article we discuss planning change in your business in times of...

Profit and Loss, Business Management 17–20 min read

How to use sensitivity analysis to protect your business’ future (with examples)

How to use sensitivity analysis to protect your business’ future (with examples)

Tim Room

06 November 2020

Financial forecasting & modelling is all about trying to predict the future of your business and sensitivity analysis is just a part of that. Something we’re pretty used to at Brixx!...

Business Management 20–24 min read

Accrual vs Cash Basis Accounting Methods – Everything You Need To Know

Accrual vs Cash Basis Accounting Methods – Everything You Need To Know

James Beer

28 July 2020

In this article we unpack the differences between accrual basis and cash basis accounting. Find out which method benefits your business the most and what insights you can learn from each...

90 Day Challenge, Business Management, How to Start a Business 29–34 min read

How to Launch Your Business and Generate Fast Revenue Growth

How to Launch Your Business and Generate Fast Revenue Growth

Robin Booth

03 February 2020

In the last article of the 90 day challenge, we discussed how to successfully complete a soft launch. With a soft launch, you are only releasing your product/service with the bare essentials and zero marketing fanfare. Now that you’ve done...

Budgeting, Business Management, Finance Tips, Goal Setting 13–16 min read

How tracking business goals can turn your data into actions

How tracking business goals can turn your data into actions

Robin Booth

02 July 2019

In the first of 3 articles on 'A Beginner's Guide to Variance Analysis', I’m going to explain what actual vs forecast based variance analysis is - and how to plan effectively using...

Business Management, Growth, Workplace well-being 18–21 min read

How you can make your small team punch above their weight

How you can make your small team punch above their weight

Robin Booth

25 June 2019

What makes some small teams more successful than others? And what are the key ingredients that make for a superstar small team? This week, we’ll show you our own experiences running small teams in an entrepreneurial environment and to teach...

Budgeting, Brixx Updates, Business Management 12–14 min read

Comparing actuals vs forecast – A Brixx update preview

Comparing actuals vs forecast – A Brixx update preview

James Beer

13 June 2019

This week we have an exciting preview of our upcoming feature - Actuals vs Forecast! We've had so many requests for this - and very soon you'll be able to add real-life data to your plan and get detailed variance...

Business, Business Management 11–14 min read

7 Tasks Small Business Owners Need To Delegate Early

7 Tasks Small Business Owners Need To Delegate Early

Robin Booth

29 May 2019

Some tasks just suck up time - in which case you need to delegate. In this guest article from Kayleigh Alexandra at Micro Startups, we delve into 7 tasks to delegate early...

Brixx Updates, Business Management 9 min read

Brixx Bizapalooza Roundup

Brixx Bizapalooza Roundup

Robin Booth

03 December 2018

We recently had the brilliant opportunity to take part as a guest on one of our regular Tweetchats; #BizapaloozaChat. The topic for the week was "How to start a business from scratch" - here are the...

Business, Business Management, Finance Tips, Marketing, Startups 9 min read

UK & Ireland Conferences 2018 – Finish The Year Strong!

UK & Ireland Conferences 2018 – Finish The Year Strong!

Robin Booth

20 August 2018

Want to stretch yourself and reach your goals? Click to find out about some of the amazing UK & Ireland business conferences taking place in Q4...

Business Management, Growth 8 min read

Reducing the SME administrative burden

Reducing the SME administrative burden

Robin Booth

26 February 2018

The burden of excessive bureaucracy is one of the leading causes of lost productivity for businesses. Admin, record keeping and infrastructure are necessities and can't be avoided. But many of them can be...

Business Management 25–30 min read

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 3

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 3

Robin Booth

12 February 2018

This week we’re continuing our Doctor Who theme, looking at the qualities of a great leader and the reasons why leadership can...

Business Management 30–36 min read

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 2

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 2

Robin Booth

05 February 2018

Continuing our series on leadership - we examine where leadership begins, how to develop leadership skills and the differences between being a great leader and being a mere...

Business Management 24–29 min read

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 1

Dr Who’s Guide to Leadership – Part 1

Robin Booth

29 January 2018

Every business needs good leadership but not every business knows what good leadership looks like. We needn't just look to real people for examples of good leadership - fiction can teach us just as much about the qualities of a...

Business Management, Financial Forecasting, Growth 13–16 min read

How to organise your business planning cycle

How to organise your business planning cycle

Robin Booth

20 November 2017

Having a quarterly business planning cycle helps your vision to keep on track, but what exactly is the process? Read more to find out how we manage...

Business Management, Workplace well-being 11–13 min read

How to build a positive startup culture

How to build a positive startup culture

Robin Booth

02 October 2017

For many of us, work takes up roughly 8 hours of the day, plus a commute to get there and back. The people we work with may form the majority of our social interaction, outside of close family. The place...

Business Management 11–13 min read

Intrapreneurship: boosting your career by helping organisations grow

Intrapreneurship: boosting your career by helping organisations grow

Robin Booth

07 August 2017

Getting ahead in accounting and finance is tough these days. Improve your prospects through intrapreneurship by providing dashboards with actionable business...

Business Management, Growth 8 min read

Accounting news: keeping up to date online

Accounting news: keeping up to date online

Robin Booth

30 June 2017

Keeping up to date with accounting news and views can be a struggle. Check out our list of the best tax and accounting podcasts, webchats and Twitter...

Business Management 10–12 min read

Taking a fresh look at planning your business

Taking a fresh look at planning your business

Robin Booth

05 June 2017

Previously on the blog I’ve talked a lot about new businesses. Today I’m going to focus on taking a fresh look at an existing business - and what this means in terms of planning. So, your business is up and...

Business Management 3 min read

Can you make a great leader?

Can you make a great leader?

Ally Bush

02 September 2016

We’ve probably all worked for a variety of people, some good, and some not so good…but generally speaking, great leaders all share similar characteristics. Effective and successful leaders of businesses inspire, motivate and lead their staff to working towards a common...

Cash Flow, Business Management 3 min read

Do what you love, and you’ll never work again….

Do what you love, and you’ll never work again….

26 July 2016

It’s something that you hear people repeat time and time again. And it’s central to the self-employed revolution. If you do something you love, it doesn’t feel like work. If your work is something you love doing, then the issue...

Business Management 3 min read

The Rise of the Self-Employed

The Rise of the Self-Employed

18 July 2016

Figures from the Government released in January stated that numbers of self-employed people are the highest they have ever been in 40 years. According to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, 15% of the UK’s workforce are now...