I'm reminded that there's nearly less than a month to Christmas and in the home run, some of us are looking forward to a break in the sunshine with family.
If it's your first year in business, bad news. Taking a break isn't so straightforward. Here's some planning you need to think about.
Planning your business shutdown — Do you know when your team is coming back? And what skeleton services might be on offer or need to be on offer for clients while they are away? If you do, let your customers know how things will run over the break.
Just a brief email or contact can help ensure your phone is clear over Christmas. Things like payroll can be planned for as well if you can get your team to plan their leave and who can cover what services.
Do you have access from home? Worst case you may need to check a few administrative things while you're away. Some people don't like to have access to their business files but I do, I can remote into work and we have cloud applications as well.