Insights.
Notes on Power Apps, Power Automate, licensing and the spreadsheets growing businesses run on, written from the finance side. Older articles date from before the October 2026 rebuild and are being brought up to date.
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Power Apps for small business in the UK: when it makes sense and when it does not
The four questions that decide whether a Power Apps build is right for a small UK business, the licence line that most people cross…
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The Operations System Every Agency Needs
Most agencies manage operations through a mix of email, spreadsheets and memory. Here is the system that replaces all three.
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Excel vs HubSpot vs Power Apps: which one does your business actually need?
Three honest answers for a growing business whose spreadsheet has stopped coping: when a structured Excel system is enough, when a SaaS CRM like…
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What a CRM Should Look Like for a Recruitment Agency
Most CRMs are built for one pipeline. Recruitment agencies need two. Here is what the right system actually looks like.
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What does a Power Platform consultant actually do?
Not an IT consultant, not a software reseller, not a developer who disappears at handover. What the work looks like week by week, what…
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How Consulting Firms Deliver Services at Scale
Most consulting firms hit the same ceiling. Not a revenue ceiling. A delivery ceiling.
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How much does CRM implementation cost for a small business in the UK?
Real figures for a small UK service business: what a spreadsheet CRM, an Excel system and a Power Apps CRM on Dataverse each cost…
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Financial Visibility and Reporting Solutions for Growing Service Businesses
If your cash forecast depends on a spreadsheet, you do not have financial visibility. You have lag.
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How Recruitment Firms Should Structure Their Operations
Most recruitment firms grow their revenue faster than their systems. The operational ceiling hits sooner than most founders expect.
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Workflow Automation Platform UK: What Growing Service Businesses Need to Know
The term is everywhere. The practical reality for a small UK service business is simpler and more achievable than most descriptions suggest.
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CRM System Implementation for Small Service Businesses in the UK
Most CRM implementations fail. Not because the software is wrong but because the process underneath it was never properly designed.
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How Agencies Can Scale Without Operational Chaos
Most agencies do not have an operations problem. They have a systems problem. The distinction matters.