I have been involved in business for over thirty years and I have to admit that the past few years have been some of the most challenging for me personally. This is a regular subject of discussion with my many business colleagues and associated; they also speak about their struggles and battles to survive. I am from England and I have to say that I am quite worried; I have no faith in the government and to see things are getting even worse. In fact this change may well prove to have made things even worse as they embark on a massive cost cutting exercise just when many believe that we should be focusing on growth. Many businesses up and down the country, including my own, are following the governments lead by also conducting their own cost cutting programs. I just hope that they do not make the same mistake as what I did – and that was to cut my IT support London.
Yes this was perhaps – in fact most certainly one cut too far – a cut which has cost my company dear and one which I have now reversed. I am fully aware of just how stupid I have been and I have very much learnt from my mistake.
It all started at the turn of year. I returned back to my office after the long Christmas break determined to make 2011 a successful year. After studying the list of what was going out from the business bank account on a monthly basis I then started to think about which of these I could possibly survive without. I was ruthless to say the least.
But then in the middle of January the computer network in our offices went all wrong – I and other members of my staff had no idea what was wrong. I then had to attempt to obtain some new form of IT support London which proved far from easy.
I am happy to say that my original expert is now back in place and that all is well once again.