At GJ we have a rich heritage of using technology for business benefit.  With the internet being part of our business life it seemed only natural to use it to reach out to the wider business community through this new GJ Blog.

If you are unfamiliar with what a blog is then you are not alone.  We think of our GJ Blog as an informal virtual space where our team at GJ can share their thoughts and enjoy an online conversation with...

In today's environment, survival depends on three things - cash, cash and cash.  It used to be said that Turnover was vanity, Profit was sanity.  But profit tied up in debtors and stock gets you nowhere until it's converted into cash.

And getting paid is getting harder.  I've heard of major retailers seeking to stretch credit terms to 90 days ... 120 days ... even 180 days.  Even large suppliers face huge difficulty fin...

Whether to take on your first employee must be one of the most difficult decisions for any budding entrepreneur. The salary costs of that first employee will inevitably be disproportionately large when compared with the size of the fledgling business. Add to that the cost of Employers National Insurance Contributions and the mind boggling array of employment legislation that goes with the status of employer and it’s a wonder that anyone has the ...

One of the great difficulties interpreting published data is that we inevitably hear far more about our own economy than we ever hear about competing ones.  We are fed a stream of so-called facts by a parochial media that not only tells us little about overseas comparisons, but may also choose to filter the data it reports to support its political agenda.

An excellent source of comparable data is ...

Many property developers end up owning freehold reversions on blocks of flats sold on long leaseholds.  When they do, they frequently pass the management of the property to a managing agent charged with responsibility for collecting in Service Charges, defraying expenses, and running the accounting process.

The developers’ expectation is that they’ll receive a return on the reversion based on ground rents received, with nothing else of su...