Many business owners consider marketing as purely the promotion of their service. However, when looking at marketing in more detail there are considered 7 P’s worth thinking about – Product, Price, Place, Promotion, People, Process and Physical Evidence.

Despite reduced tax benefits, incorporation is still very much a viable option for many doctors and dentists.

More GP’s are opting to take early retirement, according to GP Pulse magazine, due to changes in the NHS Pension scheme, as well as work related stress to open longer hours and decreasing income packages. Sound familiar?

Since the Pension Reform, it is no longer a requirement to purchase an annuity, insurance that guarantees an income for life. Since then, annuity values have been on the decline, which isn’t such good news for pensioners.

Despite a growing number of new business startups, there is a decline in those managing to reach income levels of £2.5 million or more. Could this be they deliberately want to stay small or are they struggling with significant growth?