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When the levy breaks
27 November 2018As the song goes, “When the levy breaks, I’ll have no place to stand.” Well, it doesn’t go exactly like that if you are a… Read More
part TWO: Succeeding with succession
11 October 2018Businesses change hands for all manner of reasons, but crucially for family businesses, change has the potential to damage family harmony as well as destroy… Read More
Do you have a business or a profitable job?
24 September 2018It’s a favourite of mine, and one we ask of all garage owners that join the Auto iQ business development programme… “Do… Read More
Part one: Succeeding with succession
12 September 2018According to the Institute for Family Business (IFB), two thirds – 4.7m in total of UK businesses are family owned. Crucially, the IFB believes that… Read More
Bigger is better – right?
3 September 2018I was asked whether expanding a garage business to become multi-site was practical or, indeed, even feasible, which got me thinking. Fundamentally, a… Read More