SME Business Operations Hub

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Free small business operations checklist

Choose your type of business for a checklist of daily checks, weekly and monthly routines, quarterly returns and yearly renewals. Print it or save it as PDF.

Other small business: operations checklist

Tick each item when done. Adapt it to your country's rules and your own obligations.

Weekly

  • Reconcile bank accounts and record receipts
  • Chase unpaid invoices
  • Check that backups ran
  • Review the coming week's deadlines and renewals

Monthly

  • Close the books and review cash flow
  • Run payroll and approve expenses
  • Test restoring a file from backup
  • Review subscriptions and cancel unused ones
  • Check renewals due in the next 60 days

Quarterly

  • Sales tax / VAT / GST return where it applies
  • Review user access to systems and remove leavers
  • Review supplier and customer contracts coming up for renewal

Yearly

  • Annual accounts and company filings
  • Insurance review before renewal
  • Update policies (health and safety, data protection)
  • Staff training and certificate renewals

Turn this checklist into assigned, repeating tasks

In the Operations Hub each item becomes a task with an owner and a due date. When it's done, the next one is scheduled automatically, and overdue work shows up for managers.

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