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A forecast can you help answer questions like; How much better could my business be if I looked at the numbers in advance? What is my growth going to look like? What impact is that growth going to have on my working capital? Can I expand my business and make new hires? And do I need to assess my investment spending?

The beliefs and behaviours of the people within the business are what makes up the culture. It often starts with the leaders of the business, but a positive culture is managed by all. To change culture you must change behaviours.

Giving something away is the easiest way to help someone, even if it’s an hour of your time to listen to a problem.

These seven steps are linked to the ‘marginal gains philosophy’, which demonstrates that by increasing your profits by a small percentage at each of these steps, the result would be significantly greater with the cumulative effect.

“I think this year we’ve managed to raise over a quarter of a million pounds for sure, but there’s more that comes out of this challenge. There are conversations for future opportunities, awareness of the things the charity does, and it’s long term. It’s not just the money that’s important, but the sense of fun, community, and personal contacts too.” Nick Streeter, Fundraiser

If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got.