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Simon Beechinor

Dairy share prices tumble in tough marketplace

17 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Agriculture industry

I cannot recall a time when retail and wholesale prices for milk and dairy products have been so strong yet so little has made its way back to those producing the milk. via Dairy share prices tumble in tough marketplace | News | Farmers Guardian.

Free business energy….?

17 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

Frankly free business energy is never going to be available for you, in my lifetime at least. But is is perfectly possible for you to recover cash that you’ve previously overpaid for energy, and it is perfectly possible to free up cash in terms of savings without that costing you a penny. Performance Based Cost [...]

Is saving business costs really that important?

17 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

It is a fact that many business managers are sometimes simply too busy to focus on reducing and managing costs – is that a situation that you recognize? Saving cash is not necessarily that high a priority. Do you find that there is so much pressure heaped upon you in other areas, that drilling down [...]

What are the biggest problems that you face in reducing business costs?

16 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

Rather than blindly putting up hints, tips and articles on business cost reduction, I thought I would ask YOU where your biggest difficulties lie – then we can offer you some sensible and directly relevant solutions. What is it about cost reduction and the on-going management of costs that you find difficult? A problem shared [...]

Consultants see growth in 2010

14 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Cost management

A prospect told me a short while ago that he “hates consultants” … that seems like an extreme over-reaction, possibly as a result of the prospect being bullied in the school yard by someone who later became a consultant. Consultants see growth in 2010 – Accountancy Age. Used correctly, consultants are a business tool to [...]

There is no soft option when confronting our economic reality

13 Sep 2010 | Filed under: General business

Realpolitik…I missed this article the other day. Depressing reading for a Monday morning… There is no soft option when confronting our economic reality – Telegraph.

Reducing Business Costs

10 Sep 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Reducing the costs of running a business is not hard – anyone can cut costs. It’s a bit harder to cut AND manage costs effectively. It’s harder still to cut costs, manage costs, understand the market in the given cost areas AND continuously benchmark your own efforts against the market. Getting hold of the expertise [...]