It really comes down to the classic 80/20 rule: Twenty percent of your clients will cause you eighty percent of the grief in your business. Smart small business owners know how to identify trouble clients straight away, head off problems early on and, when necessary, cut their losses.
Shares in PV Crystalox Solar tumbled this week after the maker of silicon wafers warned that first-half shipments would fall short of expectations and it might slip to an operating loss in the second half. The group, which makes photovoltaic wafers