The Next Level

How to Take a Sabbatical from your Small Business

Ever dreamed of just stepping away from your business? Perhaps with the ability to pick things back up, if and whenever you want, where you left off? Of course you have, we all have. Every small business owner has had …

Reset, Refocus & Rise: How to Build a Purpose-Driven Plan for 2026

As we approach a new year, many business owners feel both excitement and pressure. Setting a plan can feel daunting – What if I fail? What if I succeed? Where do I even start? Those questions are normal.

Planning isn’t …

Own Your Future: The Power of Starting Your Own Business Over Franchising

You wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that buying a franchised business automatically makes for a successful small business, and you, its proud owner.

Buy the franchise = instant business success. Right?

It’s not always that clear cut…

The average cost …

Handling Consumer Uncertainty with more Certainty

With entrepreneurship comes risk. All. The. Time.  Most decisions come with a hefty investment, whether it be financial or time, and therefore a huge dollop of risk:

Will this new service return on its investment?

What if this new employee …

Is AI a substitute for Business Coaching?

If you’re anything like me you’ve been pondering the future of AI and the impact it’s going to have on our jobs and businesses.

Whilst a huge fan on some of the technological breakthroughs, for one, in person shopping is …

How to get from 6 figures and overwhelmed to feeling balanced with a clear plan

Did you know only 5% of business owners get to 6 figures? And most business owners, even though they have reached this milestone, still struggle with problems of busyness rather than productivity and doing it all as opposed to delegating. …

“I Don’t Have Time to Scale” – The Belief That’s Keeping You Stuck

You’ve worked hard to build a successful business. But now that it’s time to grow, you keep hitting the same wall and hear yourself saying: “I don’t have time to scale.”

You’re not alone.

For so many ambitious business owners …

Creatives make more successful business owners

Creatives by nature love to learn – they’re curious beings. They’re innovative in their thinking – with an aptitude for problem solving and they are open-minded – happy to hear about and embrace new ways of working.

“You can’t

Should I Stay or Grow my Business?

You set up in business to be in control of your future. Only now, you find the control you once had has been lost…

Your business is established and is doing pretty well, financially, but you are personally feeling stagnant, …

Don’t make these mistakes when growing your business

Niching will stunt business growth.

Business owners often believe that narrowing down who they work with will mean less people will want to work them. This is incorrect.

The clearer you can get on your target market the better. The …