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Blog23rd Nov 2022

10 Top Tips on conducting an effective 1:1 meeting

1:1 meetings are an essential tool for managing performance of all staff. Line managers must make space to meet on a regular basis with members of staff to confirm expectations and discuss how they and their work are progressing. You…

By Niall O’Higgins

Blog21st Nov 2022

Organising for an effective company finance function 

Your company finance function is the eyes and ears of your business. It gives you insight where you need it and reports on your past and predicts your future. A finance team needs to have the right people in the…

By Lauren McCluskey

Blog14th Nov 2022

VAT treatments to help manage your cashflow

Businesses are continuing to face uncertainty arising from tensions created by the global political and economic situation and the impact of the pandemic. These issues have the potential to impact significantly on your cashflow. For many businesses, VAT can have…

By Alistair Duncan

Blog7th Nov 2022

“Keeping up”… with Crypto

With an increasing number of younger people trying their hand at crypto investments, the recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fine, suffered by social media influencer, Kim Kardashian, should probably come as a warning to everyone. Kim was ordered…

By Lynn Gracie

Blog3rd Nov 2022

AABIE visit the newly opened playpark at SensationALL

At AAB we all have it in our hearts to help others. With that in mind we launched AABIE, our charitable initiative in 2016. AABIE enables everyone at AAB Group to invest and give back to the communities in which…

Blog2nd Nov 2022

Inflation at a 40-year high and the cost of living continuing to pinch: “We want to help our employees, but how”

With inflation remaining on the rise and now at a 40-year high of 10.1% and the threat of more hikes in interest rates, employees are really feeling the pinch. The jump in the last 12 months is so much higher…

Blog19th Oct 2022

Building Resilience

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Do you ever struggle with managing your ‘energy tank’ to keep all aspects of life running smoothly? Managing emotions and tasks can be difficult, but there can be a strength found in…

Blog17th Oct 2022

To be or not to be – mini-budget

As we found out last week from several press articles, the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, does not support many of the tax cutting measures that were set out in the mini-budget by the former Chancellor Kwarteng. The first being the…

Blog13th Oct 2022

What are the challenges & concerns of a tech start-up founder right now?

The Tech sector in Scotland has received a great deal of media coverage in the last 6 months, albeit at a macro level. Records being broken for exits, fundraises and the fairly recent announcement from the Scottish Government that Codebase…

Blog5th Oct 2022

Succession in a Family Business

The Chinese proverb that ‘wealth will not pass beyond three generations’ is likely to send a shiver down the spine of those who run a family business.   Whether your business has just started trading or you are thinking about retiring…

By Paula Fraser