How we set our prices and at what level are two big challenges for all business owners.  And the big question is "What is the competition doing?"

This can lead to you moving away from doing work you love or cutting your profits and standards to fit with something someone else is doing.

So how to get out of this rut?

While there are lots of people having a freak out about the current economic situation, there are plenty more who need to grow their business.  So what should we thinking about in order to make a success of things?

A recent survey of small business owners found over half felt unsupported.  Whether this statistic feels accurate to you or not, it raises an interesting question about why this should be so, when small business owners are so in control of their own destiny.  And a great topic of conversation for Vicky and Julia - who might be a touch biased......

Being British, Vicky and Julia have spent the last week living through the official grieving period for the Queen.  And it has inspired them to think about how many people will have felt excluded for having views, thoughts and opinions which could be deemed "inappropriate".  As a business owner there have been plenty of decisions to be made and there have been quite a few businesses who got those decisions wrong.

Now all the fuss is over, you could say we are a week late talking about this.  Except there are plenty of times when external events create a challenge - in the last couple of years we can think about Black Lives Matter, Extinction Rebellion,  even the war in Ukraine.  There are also smaller incidents which can create tensions in the workplace.  

Everyone is talking about Quiet Quitting - a new name for an age old problem.  How to get the best from your team and what to do when people under-perform.  So absolutely tons for Julia and Vicky to talk about from their different perspectives and experiences.  We hop e you find it useful!

We spend a lot of time as business owners focusing on increasing demand in order to grow.  But what about the times when the restriction is on the supply side not demand?  This is what Vicky & Julia are exploring this week - and coming up with some surprising suggestions.

We have a guest presenter this week - IT God Bill Stock.  Continuing our theme of how business owners can thrive in challenging times, this week we are looking at how innovating how we run our businesses can be a really powerful tool.

Anyone else fed up with the constant barrage of negative headlines about looming recession and increasing energy prices?  And all the people shouting "We're DOOMED!!!"  Julia and Vicky are - so this week they are talking about how to take advantage of all the lovely opportunities out there to grow your business.

We often chuck technical language into our speech - it is a great way to show our intelligence and knowledge.  But what if our audience don't really understand what we are talking about?  At that point we just sound like a poncy idiot.  So this week Vicky and Julia are covering some words that we hear a lot as business owners and really delving into what we mean, and how they are all related.

Inflation is a key business challenge sweeping the world right now.  And it pushes a lot of buttons for business owners.  Which is why Vicky and Julia are talking about it this week!