Say out loud that a business owner should get rich from his own business and watch the reaction. Selfish. Greedy. Exploiting people. Meanwhile you’re the one doing 70 hours a week, paying everyone else first, carrying every ounce of the risk. Nobody sends a card for that. Let me be blunt. Costs are up, taxes …
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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 …
By: Charlie Hutton
April 23, 2026
You’re doing 60 hours a week. Maybe more. The business is turning over decent money – but your life is a wreck. And every well-meaning arsehole keeps telling you the same thing: hire some people. Free yourself up. So you do. Three new names on the payroll. A year later you’re working harder, earning about …
By: Charlie Hutton
April 20, 2026
You’re running what looks like a successful business. Decent turnover. Team in place. Everyone on LinkedIn seems to think you’ve cracked it. But let me be blunt. After everyone with their hand out gets paid – staff, HMRC, the VAT man, the landlord – you’re taking home less than your senior employee. That’s not success. …