Systems Before Scale: How To Grow an Agency without Growing Costs
As the cliché goes: turnover is vanity, profit is sanity. That’s particularly true when you’re scaling an agency. Founders are often eager to chase the next million in revenue. They win the work, deliver it and then discover they’ve also added a million in costs. Essentially, they’re in the same place, with a lot more overheads and a lot more stress. Most agencies don’t hit a tipping point...
July 13, 2026 • News
How Agencies Can Prepare for The Year Ahead
How Agencies Can Prepare for The Year Ahead
January 08, 2024 •
Unveiling Insights From Between The Balance Sheets : An Interview With Robert Willott
For over three decades, the West End office of accountants Kingston Smith has been the go-to specialist firm for independent players in the advertising, marketing, and entertainment sectors. Ever since Bob Willott, founded Willott Kingston Smiths, the firm has left an indelible mark on the industry with the annual financial survey which has become the sector benchmark in which firms are measured.
November 21, 2023 •
After a 3-year hiatus (thanks COVID) Paprika's Breakfast Seminar is back! Join us on the 18th October 2023 at Cathedral View, St Vincent's Centre, Carlisle Place,London SW1P 1NL
September 27, 2023 •
Combat Counterproductivity with Paprika
Lurking in the shadows of every agency is a creature that has the ability to inflict damage to your business. It’s a tough opponent and complementally unforgiving.
September 27, 2023 •
Are Timesheets Dead? Why the Real Problem Isn't Timesheets, It's What Happens to the Data
The debate about timesheets often misses the point. The agencies struggling with time tracking aren't suffering because timesheets exist , they're struggling because the data rarely goes anywhere useful. Ask anyone at a creative agency what they think of timesheets and you'll get the same response: a groan, an eye-roll, or a story about a Friday afternoon nagging Slack message that nobody...
July 07, 2023 • News
Is Now The Right Time To Implement Agency Management Software?
Running an agency is all fun and games, right?
February 17, 2023 •
