Dealing with disciplinary records
Starting a business is becoming an increasingly tempting proposition for many people. The idea of quitting the day job and setting up a business doing what you love sounds like a dream for many.
But running a business – any business – is a lot of work. Fortunately, there are many services that you can outsource as a small business owner, freeing you up to work on other aspects of your enterprise.
So, what services do small businesses need the most?
1. Records management
Records management is something every business needs to consider. You will no doubt have a lot of business records that start to build up, and you may decide that it makes sense to keep them in-house where you can access them easily.
However, the truth is that many of these are kept for legislative and compliance reasons, and they just end up taking up space. Because you don’t need to access them, they are kept out of the way in basements and cupboards where they can get damaged, misplaced or lost.
As such, you should strongly consider outsourcing your document storage. Outsourcing provides you with a convenient and secure way to free up space in your office, remain compliance with statutory retention requirements, and ensure you can retrieve documents when you need them.
Learn more about small business records management.
2. Marketing
Marketing is one of those tasks that every business needs to do, but finding the budget to hire full-time staff is often simply not feasible, and the specialist skills you need can often be hard to find.
So it’s worth considering outsourcing. You may be able to hire an agency that specialises in a particular form of marketing, or you might even hire a contractor as and when you need work completed.
That way, you can focus on what you do best, and let them get your name out there to send more customers through the door.
3. Accounting
Accounting is a specialist task that requires extensive knowledge of all the latest rules and regulations. It’s often not an option to hire an accountant when you are just starting out, so outsource your accounting instead.
As well as doing all your accounting, invoicing and expense management, an accountant’s specialist knowledge will ensure you avoid making potentially costly mistakes as well as saving you a lot of time.
A good accountant can also provide you with advice about how to grow your business and where you can save money on your taxes, making them well worth the investment.
Whatever option you choose to go with, make sure you keep your company’s financial records scrupulously well managed. Check out our short guide to financial records retention here.
4. Recruitment
Finding the best talent for your new business can be very time-consuming. To start with, you may hire contractors rather than full-time staff so you don’t have all the work that comes with hiring a member of staff.
However, you could also hire a recruitment agency to do the hard work for you so you can find the right people to fill your positions without spending valuable time on recruitment.
5. Customer support
Providing good customer support is essential for any business, but training up your staff and making sure they provide a consistent and professional service is costly and time-consuming.
You may want to manage this yourself as you grow. But to start with, consider outsourcing to a contact centre. They have the experience to handle all your customer service to provide a professional service while you focus on other tasks.
Outsource to run your small business efficiently
Starting and running a small business is an exciting time for anyone, but it is also a lot of work. So, streamline your operations by outsourcing. You can then focus on the important tasks that help you to make more sales and grow faster without spending all your time on tasks that you could easily outsource.
If you need to outsource the management of your essential business records, why not contact us today?
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