Aunty B

This article first appeared on November 19, 2008. Dear Aunty B, It’s only mid-November but it feels like my clients are shutting up shop e…

This article first appeared on January 21, 2011. Hi Aunty B, I have a very new business (only three months old) and I’m looking to sell. Do…

This article first appeared on August 8, 2008. Dear Aunty B, I assume you are a woman of my vintage and will share my sentiments on the vexi…

Dear Aunty B, I am really ambitious and was brought up, like all the women in my generation, believing I can do anything. But I look at t…

Dear Aunty B, Happy new year to you. Here is my problem. I have a young staff member who I thought was obnoxious but now I think might h…

Dear Aunty B, Seven years ago I was in trouble with the law for a white collar crime (fraud) and was jailed for six months. It was a stupid …

Dear Aunty B, I have two staff members who literally hate each other. Honestly it is like an unfunny comedy routine. One is a skinny, very…

Dear Aunty B, Huge changes in the last month in our industry have resulted in fantastic people having the opportunity to take redundancy. …

Dear Aunty B, My accountant, bless his blue cotton socks, has asked very nicely to see my business plan. I showed him my budget, which in…

Dear Aunty B, I work in the political field and am constantly asked if I Twitter. I don’t and I won’t. I am a very private person. I am …

Dear Aunty B, I am distraught. Our financial year 2012 figures are worse than I was led to believe and I am now going to have to let go four…

Dear Aunty B, I was expecting a bonus and a promotion for having done an “outstanding” job (boss’s words) in H2. Instead, I didn’t get th…