Posts By: DaniH

Designing a Business With Purpose: Insights from Julia Murray, Founder of House Ministry

Designing a business with purpose: Insights from Julia Murray, Founder of House Ministry After building a second career in interior design and shaping a successful high-end studio based in the Cotswolds, Julia Murray has spent 15 years shaping homes with precision. Here, she reflects on her journey, leadership lessons, and what it really takes to [...]

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The Hidden Benefit of Working With Dartcell: Access To Our Trusted Suppliers

The hidden benefit of working with Dartcell: Access to our trusted suppliers When business owners think about working with a fractional finance director, they usually focus on the obvious benefits: stronger financial control, better reporting, improved cash flow, and strategic guidance for growth. These are all things we often talk about in great detail here [...]

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Redefining the Savile Row Experience: Leadership Advice from Top Tailor Alexandra Wood

Redefining the Savile Row experience: Leadership advice from top tailor Alexandra Wood From redefining modern tailoring on Savile Row to building a globally recognised personal styling brand, Alexandra Wood has carved out a distinctive space in one of the world’s most traditional (and traditionally male-dominated) industries. Here, she shares her journey in her own words, [...]

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Why Experienced Fractional FDs Are In More Demand Than Ever Before

Why experienced fractional FDs are in more demand than ever before For years, business owners viewed finance directors as a luxury reserved for larger organisations. Smaller and scaling businesses often relied on accountants, bookkeepers, or outsourced finance teams to keep operations moving while leadership themselves focused on sales, growth, and delivery. But the modern business [...]

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Smart Staffing: How to Get the Most from your People Without Increasing Costs

Smart staffing: How to get the most from your people without increasing costs For many SMEs, payroll is one of the largest expenses on the profit and loss statement. So, when growth slows or margins tighten, the instinctive reaction can be to hire fewer people or push existing staff harder. Unfortunately, that approach often leads [...]

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Life at the Top: Insights From a Leading Female Entrepreneur

Life at the top: Insights from a leading female entrepreneur At Dartcell, we’re fortunate to work with many talented women in business – and in our opinion, none are more inspiring than Becky Newell, Director at Learnmore Network Ltd. Becky took the plunge into self-employment more than 15 years ago and has since built a [...]

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How to Run a Successful Business (Despite What’s Happening in the Economy)

How to run a successful business (despite what's happening in the economy) If you’re running a small or medium-sized business in the UK, it might feel like you’ve been trying to push your organisation uphill with the handbrake on for the last few years. Costs remain stubbornly high, customers are cautious, hiring feels harder than [...]

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The Hidden Cost of “AI Everywhere”

The hidden cost of "AI everywhere": Are businesses over-investing in artificial intelligence? After more than three decades working inside and alongside small and medium-sized businesses, the team here at Dartcell has learned to be sceptical of any idea that claims to be essential for survival overnight. AI is the latest example of this. Many of [...]

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10 Things to Make You Smile After the Autumn Budget

10 things to make you smile after the Autumn Budget There’s no sugar coating it – 2025 has been tough for UK businesses to navigate. Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget announcement in November somewhat added to the feeling of doom and gloom that’s haunted many entrepreneurs in the last 12 months. Positioned as a means of [...]

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5 Ways to Use Technology to Drive Financial Transformation

5 ways to use technology to drive financial transformation In today’s fast-moving business landscape, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face a common challenge: how to scale efficiently while keeping their finances under control. It’s easier said than done. Growth brings complexity; more transactions, more customers, more data, and more decisions to make. The right technology [...]

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