Here at Astute Recruitment we are not afraid to show our mistakes. I’m sure you have seen our corporate videos on our website and we’re not afraid to show our human side. So we have included our outtakes from our corporate videos for your amusement.
Enjoy!
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The Biggest Headache MD’s Face & How We Solved It!
The Problem
We thought using Sage was the only answer for SME businesses to achieve our accounting and reporting goals. Like most business owners we bought into the trust and sheer popularity of the system – surely if something is taken up by so many companies it must be a safe option?
We used Sage for a while but struggled with accessing log-ins on different machine. We also struggled to extract simple management information easily.
Our Eureka Moment
Here at Astute we specialise in financial recruitment and regularly speak to Business Owners and Directors. One conversation about IT generally and its value to a company led to a recommendation of Xero. We hadn’t heard of it before – but liked the idea of being able to access our accounts any time of day or night and from any location.
Our Solution!!
After contacting Xero and hearing more we implemented it and have just gone live. In a short space of time, it’s already made a big difference.
In the last 3 days I’ve personally witnessed the power of people to make things happen, create positive change, raise profile regionally and nationally and I’m going to share this with you.. and what made these things happen…
There are 2 types of people – WATCHERS and DOERS
WATCHERS read social media, news, current affairs often agreeing about the things they’ve read, heard or seen. BUT THAT’S IT.. THAT’S ALL THEY DO – OBSERVE…
DOERS will observe but then:-
My two examples from the last 3 days…
Serena Humphrey’s Survive and Succeed campaign to raise over 100,000 signatures on their petition by February so April’s 7.5% increase in dividend tax for business owners can be debated in parliament and a fairer solution reached
And
Nottingham Trent University’s annual £10 Student Charity Challenge in collaboration with the Institute of Directors (IoD) of which I’m a member
FIRSTLY – The Dividend Tax Rise … I first heard about this 4 months ago, logged the importance but I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING.
THEN a week ago:-
Since that event with 35 or so other business men and women, MPs have been approached, extra support from myriad business organisations have pledged to help and one star managed to gain time with Mr David Cameron himself!
An extra 500 people have signed the petition since Wednesday’s breakfast meeting and the campaign itself has been re-energised.
THE DIFFERENCE? 35 people decided to DO SOMETHING – not just watch…
So are you a DOER? Do something – take that first step and find out!
To sign Serena’s petition and make change possible please click on ….
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106525
SECONDLY – the £10 Challenge… Last year I’d read about this. “That sounds great” I said to myself – then forgot about it.
THIS YEAR:-
The difference?
I changed from being a WATCHER to a DOER with 50 other Business Owners and Directors. I pushed myself from my snug, cosy comfort zone on the sofa ‘watching’ to actively DOING SOMETHING.
I hope this has inspired just one of you to do something. Let me know. I have other blogs on my website www.astuterecruitment.com
