How much of your week goes on admin?
For owner-run businesses in Hertfordshire
A five-minute check that shows where the time and money go in your business, and what to fix first. You'll get:
- Your score for the tools you run on, how well they work together, and how you win new work
- The hours lost each week to re-typing, chasing and admin
- The two changes that would make the biggest difference
How much of your week goes on admin?
For owner-run businesses in Hertfordshire
A five-minute check that shows where the time and money go in your business, and what to fix first. You'll get:
- Your score for the tools you run on, how well they work together, and how you win new work
- The hours lost each week to re-typing, chasing and admin
- The two changes that would make the biggest difference
WHAT THE CHECK LOOKS AT
Where the time and money go
The check covers the usual leaks in an owner-run business.
Re-typing
The same details typed in twice, or three times.
Chasing
Customers, suppliers and payments chased by hand.
Job tracking
Jobs tracked on paper, or in one person's head.
Invoicing
Invoices that go out late, so the cash arrives later.
Spreadsheets
Key information in spreadsheets only one person understands.
New work
How much of your work depends on word of mouth.
Software
Subscriptions nobody fully uses.
Travel
Miles driven that don't need to be.
How it works
Three steps, about five minutes.
1. Answer 22 quick questions about how work moves through your business.
2. Get your score and report straight away.
3. If something is worth fixing, talk it through with me. No obligation.
About
I'm Ryan Ovens
For the last six years I've built and run a hardware business that sells through installers and distributors in 18 countries, so I've learnt the admin side of running a firm the hard way.
Tighter Ship helps owner-run businesses around Abbots Langley cut the re-typing, chasing and paperwork, without big new systems.
Questions
Short answers to the usual ones.
Yes. You get your score and report at the end. I may get in touch once to see if you'd like to talk it through.
Owner-run businesses with roughly 2 to 50 staff: engineering, fabrication, joinery, trades, manufacturing and similar.
They're used to produce your report and are never sold or passed on.
No. If something needs a new tool, I'll recommend what fits and you buy it directly from the provider.
Nothing, unless you want it to. If the report shows something worth fixing, I can look at it with you.
Five minutes is all it takes
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