About Janette Whitney

Janette Whitney is an award-winning business consultant, media columnist and award-winning business author. She specialises in business growth strategies and finance and formed her consultancy business after a highly successful career in banking. Janette’s expertise has won her both national and regional awards which include ‘Consultant of the year’ and ‘Business Book of the Year’ award (as co-author of ‘The Essential Business Guide’).

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Posts by Janette Whitney

• Beware of company identity fraud

  Published on 4th October 2011

  A recent crime prevention campaign run by the Metropolitan Police, working together with Companies House, has highlighted the threat of ‘company hijacking’. Principally affecting small and medium-sized businesses, the loss to industry caused by this type of fraud is estimated to be more than £50million per year.

• Are your sales a bit slow?

  Published on 20th September 2011

  Are you finding business a bit slow? I know, you think to yourself, my prices are too high, I should cut them and that will solve the problem.

• How recession proof are your profits?

  Published on 6th September 2011

  You can almost guarantee that if you open a paper today there will be numerous doom and gloom stories about businesses suffering during this turbulent downturn in the economy. So just how do companies remain profitable during these hard times?

• How successful are your phone calls?

  Published on 23rd August 2011

  Making important telephone calls as opposed to a face to face conversation can be difficult and sometimes more unnerving. You can’t assess the other person eyeball to eyeball, you can’t see their body language and facial expressions, all of which makes it more difficult for you to gauge the success or otherwise of what you are trying to achieve.

• Time to sell your business?

  Published on 9th August 2011

  Selling your business could be the most important financial deal you’ll ever make, and perhaps the most emotional. Not all businesses are saleable – you can only sell your business if someone is prepared to pay for it. If you can’t identify strong reasons, that can be easily substantiated, why you business would make a good acquisition, it’s likely to be difficult to find a buyer.

• Buying a business

  Published on 26th July 2011

  So you fancy a present for yourself? – there’s lots on offer out there, but if you’re thinking about running your own business, buying a company that’s already established may be a lot less work than starting from scratch. Like everything though there are advantages and disadvantages to consider.

• Keeping your cool at work

  Published on 12th July 2011

  When temperatures soar, employers need to take steps to reduce the temperature in the workplace.

  Health & Safety guidelines state that employers have a duty to ensure reasonable workplace temperature, but evidence shows that due to the unreliable British summer, too many employers fail to monitor workplace temperature closely enough.

• Without a goal it’s difficult to score

  Published on 28th June 2011

  ‘Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful. Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.

• So why is business planning so important?

  Published on 26th May 2011

  “Where is my business going?”

  No-one sets off on a journey without knowing where they are going and having a pretty good idea of how to get there.

  Business is the same.

• Time is money

  Published on 9th May 2011

  As anybody running a small business will tell you, time is a precious commodity. Trying to balance the demands of daily tasks that have to be done and the long-term projects that really drive your business forward, is a constant battle.