Colin Porter

In a single day, there is so much idle chit-chat and wasted words thrown about, then when something cuts through, suddenly one’s ears prick.

It used to really bother me when my mother would tell me to ‘count sheep’ when I couldn’t sleep as a child. It was never the answer I was looking for, which of course, was “Alright, you can stay up for another hour”.

Despite the platitudes about being the backbone of our economy, small business often has very little input when it comes to policy development. Instead, big business, with its deep pockets, has the resources to ensure the issues that concern them get in front of decision makers — starting with employing ex-politicians to lobby government on […]

A great deal of the literature around credit focuses on helping struggling debtors, so as businesses and creditors we often forget that giving credit where it isn’t due is an early part of the problem. Here’s three credit management best practices every business can follow to protect cashflow.