Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid in the New Year
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Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid in the New Year

As we come to the end of the year and are looking toward a new year, we recommend that our clients reevaluate their estate plans. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). Estate plans are incredibly important to protect future wishes, assets and families. Often, we see the same mistakes repeated over and over in estate planning. Some of the most common estate planning mistakes are the following:Not having an estate plan. The biggest issue we see…
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Maple Balsamic Herb Dressing – Eat Yourself Skinny
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Maple Balsamic Herb Dressing – Eat Yourself Skinny

This Maple Balsamic Herb Dressing is fresh, tangy and made in just minutes with only 5 simple ingredients! Perfect for salads, veggies, marinades, and more!Balsamic dressings are my go-to dressings for salads whether I’m out at a restaurant or at home and THIS recipe is a keeper! This maple balsamic herb dressing is rich, tangy and tastes amazing drizzled on salads, grilled veggies, as a marinade for chicken, fish or steak, and so much more. It’s also easily made right in your blender in less than 5 minutes so you can easily whip this dressing up any time you’re…
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Best UK cities to start a business in 2023
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Best UK cities to start a business in 2023

Cambridge was crowned as the number one place in the UK to start a business in 2023. Photo: Andrew Couldridge/ReutersSmall UK businesses have suffered in recent years amid Brexit, the onslaught of COVID, the sharpest cost of living crisis in a century, and a looming recession. There has been an estimated 20% increase in insolvency in 2022, while nearly 400,000 businesses closed between 2020 and 2021. However, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have continued to launch. Last year saw a record for start-ups registered at Companies House, with nearly 80 new companies listed per hour in the first half…
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7 tips for marketing and selling your self-published book
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7 tips for marketing and selling your self-published book

Jaqui LaneBusiness book self-publishing and marketing expert.gettyWith self-publishing making significant progress over the past decade, aspiring business book writers often look to writing coaches, book sales experts, programs and platforms to learn how to make their books accessible and visible and secure more sales. What’s often missing, however, is an understanding of how to market and sell their book in the most cost- and time-effective way possible. As a result, most self-published authors don’t sell many copies. According to Words Rated, while 300 million self-published books are sold a year, the average book only sells 250 copies. But,…
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Free Coaching Lesson You Can Use Instantly To Stand Out From The Crowd
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Free Coaching Lesson You Can Use Instantly To Stand Out From The Crowd

You will notice a change of status in minutes! I was stunned by how fast people walked when I first visited the City of London. It was a world apart from how I grew up in the furthest of south Europe, where we would take our time to enjoy the scenery and chat with people on the street almost every time we went somewhere on foot. A fast walk is a sign of determination and is a habit of go-getters. These are people who know what they want, and they go for it without hesitation. This article will tell the…
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Small Businesses Cite Payment Frictions as a Barrier
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Small Businesses Cite Payment Frictions as a Barrier

Small businesses aiming to expand their eCommerce presence across borders in 2023 may want to keep cross-border frictions top of mind. Whether domestic or international, payments management is resource-intensive but essential to a business’s stability. Small businesses, startups and leaner organizations seeking to expand their reach beyond domestic confines can thus face difficulties navigating this space. Challenges include ensuring payments are compliant with global regulations and customs, managing multiple currencies and managing accounts payable and receivable. Research has found that navigating cross-border payment complexity is a leading limitation to growth for 27% of small and midsized businesses (SMBs). One example…
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Telehealth in 2023 – Rickard & Associates
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Telehealth in 2023 – Rickard & Associates

Healthcare continues to utilize telehealth platforms for appointments and various services. This will continue into the new year, thanks to legislative updates. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). While telehealth continues to expand and change, there are several notable updates. So what’s new? In Michigan, the Governor just signed a bill allowing psychologists to use telehealth with clients in multiple states. They will be able to temporarily offer in-person services in other states. Michigan entered the Psychology…
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Southwest stock sinks after mass flight cancellations, scrutiny from Biden admin [Video]
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Southwest stock sinks after mass flight cancellations, scrutiny from Biden admin [Video]

Shares of Southwest (LUV) sank as much as 6% on Tuesday after the airline canceled thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded at airports and drawing scrutiny from federal officials. Southwest had canceled more than 2,590 flights on Tuesday as of 2:30 pm ET, or about 63% of its scheduled flights, according to tracker FlightAware. The disruption exacerbated a meltdown that began over the holiday weekend and saw 2,900 flights canceled on Monday. The US Transportation Department (USDOT) said Monday evening it would investigate whether the outsized share of flights canceled by Southwest Airlines were in the company’s control. A winter…
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