Corporate Sustainability is no longer a niche concern; it is a fundamental aspect of today’s Business Strategy.  It is essential for future success.  Prioritising sustainability can reap numerous benefits as it becomes an increasingly important factor for investors.  It can make you more adaptable to changing market conditions, innovate in response to trends easier, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships. 

Managing and implementing change is a key function for any business owner.

In our fast paced world, change can be difficult for many and it is one of the things many businesses struggle with. Communicating internally and effectively is often something many businesses over look.

Here are some ways you can effectively manage change within your organisation.

Wondering what to do or even what you can do to survive as a business in this volatile coronavirus environment? This aims to give you some ideas of what you can do as a business in these sever terms to hopefully manage the crisis’ thrown at us and gain long term business survival.

The rational for writing a business plan for funding is simple: investors want to know what they are getting themselves into. Investors need to know what you are doing, your goals, your financials and future projections. A thorough business plan can demonstrate this and make writing the proposal/pitch deck a lot easier.

A business plan spells out your purpose, vision and means of operation.  

It allows you to communicate your vision and objectives to suppliers, investors, employees and customers.  It states your competitive advantage and usually includes thorough market research and detailed information about your competitors, strategies, target audience, obstacles and goals.

To know your competitors is to know your market and this is the first step towards success.

Looking at and knowing who your competitors are one of the most significant parts of business planning.  Competition exists in every field and is vital to a well functioning market economy.  It can be good for business in maintaining competitive prices and providing an incentive to consistently improve and innovate and when companies compete with each other, consumers get the best possible offerings be it price, quantity or quality meaning that both companies and consumers can benefit from competition.