Leadership

Get To Know Our Founder, Russell Pope FCA

Get to know our founder, Russell Pope FCA After a decades-long stint in the corporate realm, Russell Pope eventually called his ‘big company’ career quits to carve out his own path as a fractional finance director. We sat down with Russell to discuss what brought him into the finance industry, how his previous experiences have [...]

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Growing Your Business With Limited Cash Resources

Growing your business with limited cash resources As business owners, we all have big plans. But sometimes our dreams aren’t made possible by our current financial reality. The bottom line is, if you don’t have a lot of money to invest in growing your business, you’ll need to get creative with your cash. Here are [...]

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How To Navigate The Investment Process

How to navigate the investment process There may come a time when your company will need external investment to break through its own financial ceiling and enter a new chapter. As outsourced finance directors, we have many years’ experience in helping business owners find the right investors for their project, and navigate common hurdles that [...]

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How To Ease Growing Pains Within Your Business: Part Two

How to ease growing pains within your business: part two In part one of this series, we explored some of the most talked-about issues that can cause a great deal of stress and worry for business owners who are going through periods of change and expansion. Here, we’ve shared our thoughts on some business growing [...]

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How To Ease Growing Pains Within Your Business: Part One

How to ease growing pains within your business: part one At Dartcell, we very much specialise in helping company owners like you manage their financial duties. But to do so, we need to immerse ourselves in what’s happening within your firm – and this often involves helping you iron out any issues or inconsistencies that [...]

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Does Your Business Need A CFO?

Does your business need a CFO? Are you convinced that you need help running the financial side of your operations, but you’re not sure what position you need to fill? As a business owner, you’ll usually know when the time is right to bring in external support. As your organisation grows, there will be plenty [...]

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How To Improve Staff Productivity

How to improve staff productivity To a degree, every employee at every level will understand the effect that productivity – or lack thereof – can have on a company. However, business owners and members of their boards bear the brunt of ‘lost time on task’ the most. They will be aware of the strain that [...]

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Recognising and Mitigating Risk Within Your Business

Recognising and mitigating risk within your business Being aware of the risks that face your firm has always been important. But given the volatility of the current market – not to mention the continuing impact of an economic outlook that can, at best, be described as ‘consistently inconsistent’ – it’s more vital than ever to [...]

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What To Expect From Your Part-Time FD (And What They Should Expect From You)

What to expect from your part-time FD (and what they should expect from you) It’s one thing to decide that your business needs the help and support of a part-time finance director – and another to be able to confidently hire an individual who is an excellent fit for your organisation. We know that choosing [...]

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How To Develop KPIs For Your Business

How to develop KPIs for your business Key performance indicators – otherwise known as KPIs – are metrics that are used to monitor the success or failure of any aspect of your organisation’s activity. They help you evaluate how well the solutions, processes and people within your business are supporting your everyday operations, your profitability, [...]

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