Daniella Angel has spent nearly fifteen years in talent acquisition, agency and in-house, hiring everyone from entry level to executive. For most of those years she’d read every CV herself.  Daniella had tried AI scoring on and off (with other tools) but had written it off. Then one…

The CFO role has always included two jobs: keeping score and shaping strategy. What’s changed is the balance between them. Deloitte’s Finance Trends 2026 report, based on a survey of 1,326 global finance leaders, found that 57% now play a leading role in shaping their organisation’s strategy, and…

Most businesses don’t decide against changing payroll providers. They just decide they’re too busy and they’ll “do it later.”  And later probably seems reasonable. There’s a lot on, the current system “basically” works, and nobody wants to be the person who broke payday.  So switching payroll providers goes…

Key takeaways Saved four days a month on invoicing, freeing staff to focus on customer relationships. Customer payment reminders are automatic, removing friction. Forecasting looks months ahead for improved stock planning. Accounts are visible from any location, saving time and increasing efficiency for staff on the move.  From…

Getting the go-ahead to hire is supposed to be good news. Budget approved, help on the way, someone to take work off the team. Then the applications start arriving. 200 by Friday. 2,000 by the end of the month. And the person who has to read them is…

A finance system that worked well at £10 million in revenue doesn’t always keep pace at £30 million. That’s rarely because the software broke. It’s because growth changes what a finance system needs to do, and the gap between what it does and what the business now needs…

Nobody books a quick chat to tell you they’re happy. So when someone good asks for ten minutes and doesn’t say what it’s about, you pretty much know they’ll be gone in a month. The temptation is to file it under money, or London, or bad luck… And…

There’s no better way to round off season one of Sound Advice than with two incredibly talented and experienced freelancers. And they just so happen to be our hosts of the podcast. We’re saying a brief farewell to the lovely Bex Burn-Callander as she goes on maternity leave.…

Dealing with invoices is a key business admin task to manage. From creating your invoices to sending them out and chasing them if they’re late, it can be a time-consuming process. But get it right and you’ll get paid on time, meaning your cash flow will be in…

AFC Wimbledon isn’t owned by an investor. It’s owned by the fans. It’s how the club is run, decision by decision, without a backstop to call when things get tight. That’s why, at Wimbledon, every pound must work harder: for the football club, for its charity arm AFC…