Collaborating well with co-workers can be challenging, especially when working together with new teams for the first time remotely. However, successful collaboration can bring many benefits such as increased productivity, higher energy levels, and...
If you are looking to grow your portfolio and expand your business, a business acquisition is a popular way to go. With the global pandemic forcing the UK into a recession, many potential buyers may be deterred from purchasing a business. However...
Buying a failing business – even one that was once very profitable – screams risk to many potential buyers, but if you’re made of steelier stuff, it is a tactic that could bring a number of benefits to your investment portfolio. While it is...
Having good mental health in the workplace is essential to improving productivity and keeping costs down, but it’s also something that is regulated by law. Society as a whole is taking a more proactive approach to recognising and improving mental...
If you are looking to grow your business or build an investment portfolio, you might be weighing up the pros and cons of a business acquisition. However, once you have found a company to merge with or take over, a common issue standing in the way of...
Acquisitions can prove fantastic for growing a business, but they take some extra care to get right. In this blog, we’ll carefully look at five insider tips designed to boost your own success. Form the perfect team You’ll need a ‘dream team’ to make...
As a manager or business leader, many of us like to think that we’d be among the first people to recognise the tell-tale signs that one of our team members was struggling with their mental health. Sadly, as many employees still believe that there’s...
The government’s furlough scheme has proven critical in attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and in the coming months it will be moving into a different and arguably more challenging phase. To help you prepare for the next steps, here is...
Successful teams need to have the skills required to achieve a specified goal, whether that is arriving at a deadline with the work completed or achieving a wider goal which benefits the whole organisation. Critically, team members need to trust...
It can be tough at the top. As a business leader or entrepreneur, your team looks to you for direction, motivation and often emotional support, so you’ll need to learn how to safeguard your own mental wellbeing and how to offer an...
I’m Scott Dylan, Fresh Thinking Group Founder and Partner. I oversee the strategic direction of the company, which I created to help, acquire and invest in both distressed and viable companies together with helping businesses improve their business processes and setting strategic directions.