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No B.S Briefing For Men At The Helm Of A Business
By Charlie Hutton
June 11, 2026
UK workers admit they’re productive for less than three hours of an eight-hour day. Sick days up. Wages up. NI up. And you – the owner – get to fund the whole circus. Paying more than ever, getting less than ever back. But there’s another way to run this. Chris took it. He went from 9 staff and £3K a month in his pocket to zero staff and £53K. Same man. Same trade. One ...
By Charlie Hutton
June 9, 2026
You’ve read the books. Reinvest everything. Chase growth. Scale, scale, scale. Here’s the problem: that advice was written for a completely different animal. The big public companies it’s aimed at don’t care about profit – they care about a share price and some analyst in a glass tower. You’re not them. You’re a private owner trying to actually get rich. Follow their playbook and you’ll look successful while your bank account eats Pot Noodle. ...
By Charlie Hutton
June 4, 2026
Robin was about to do what every stretched-thin business owner does when the work piles up. He was about to hire. Two new staff. £120,000 a year straight into the salary furnace. The obvious move – and almost always the wrong one. He didn’t do it. Six months later he’d doubled his turnover to £75K a month with the same two people. Here’s exactly what he did instead. The No Bullshit Version Robin’s business ...
By Charlie Hutton
June 2, 2026
You built it. You carry it. You’re the one staring at the ceiling at 3am working out how to make payroll. So why is everyone in your business getting paid before you do? Your staff. Your suppliers. The taxman. The landlord. They all eat first. You get whatever’s left – which is usually bugger all. Let me be blunt: that’s not a business, that’s a charity you’re funding with your own life. The No ...
By Charlie Hutton
May 26, 2026
Your customers aren’t buying on price. They never were. Let me be blunt. Price barely registers when the context is right. People will hand over £30 for something worth 41p and walk away grinning. Happens every day, in every arcade in the country. Most business owners never figure this out. They slash margins, cut prices, and wonder why they’re knackered and broke. The No Bullshit Version Customers don’t buy on price. They buy on ...