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I had a client who was looking to grow his Business. We discussed various options and decided that a loan over 5 years would be the way forward. 

I informed my customer that this would take time and I would keep him updated of the progress.

Having spent time putting the application together and addressing the Pros & Cons I submitted the application. 

I informed the customer that it had been submitted and that there would be a 48/72 hour answer back from the funder.…

Greetings,

Welcome to the third weekly e mail instalment of Marketing for Professionals.

I hope that you are all still awake out…

Greetings,

Welcome to my second BLOG on the subject of marketing for professional companies.  I hope that you find it useful.

In my first BLOG, I talked about the…

Before selling my business to Aston Scott in 2014, I spent the previous six years trying to fill in the gaps in my Sales and Marketing knowledge.

In Insurance industry terms, I am a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, and therefore at the apex…

So, you’ve decided to see a clinical hypnotherapist to get help with the problem that’s been bothering you for some time. It’s a big step…..in fact deciding to see a therapist is one of the most important steps you’ll take in fixing that problem. But how do you choose the right…

“Businesses are 67% better at closing deals when sales and marketing work together”

Align sales and marketing with technology to boost sales...

Increasing sales, retaining customers, and improving productivity is the key to driving a successful business. The increasing capability of many CRM (customer relationship manager) systems has meant that this is now possible, not just in big business, but within the…

Do you use hot or cold water when you wash your hands?

Well, new research suggests that cold water might be just as good as warm water!

US scientists studied a group of volunteers and found that washing with cold water (15C) instead of hot water (38C) didn’t make a big difference to how much bacteria was…

[See my original Blog post here...]

In this article, I tackle the question "How does technology make my company more profitable?" and share 5 steps to understand how you can unlock the value from…

Let’s face it, most of us try to separate our personal lives from our work lives. In the office, we are expected to conduct ourselves professionally and that includes being respectful of co-workers. Most importantly, we should always try to be clean and clutter-free – particularly in shared environments. However, in the real world, there will always be instances where our optimistic and energetic approach to doing tasks is marred by annoying habits caused by colleagues and…

My cousin Laura told me when we caught up recently that she’d left her job with nothing else to go to, and she was sure she’d made the right decision. I was surprised: Laura has always been a very solid and responsible woman, and has worked continuously since the children were in their teens. Perhaps she had taken early retirement? No, despite being 62 years of age, that wasn’t it. She’d left because she’d been bullied at work for about six months, and had…

If you are contractor, freelancer and small business owner in the UK, it's staggeringly vital to monitor your filing and payment due dates, as well as changing tax rates and thresholds.

HMRC has two categories of …

Almost every week we visit a customer where these things happen:

• No security on the network – routers,  printers, wireless devices left on default passwords, so any hacker can walk straight in
• No anti-virus or firewall
• No staff usage policy – So many customers have experienced the internal attack. Data theft, unhappy employee etc. Without an user policy how can you take legal action ?
• Important security updates and patches to software – Often these…

Resilience:  the ability to bounce back when things get tough.  If we all had that in spades, wouldn’t that make being in business a whole lot easier?  As we all know, businesses of all kinds can experience peaks and troughs bigger than any roller-coaster.  There are many ways to navigate these to help your business go from strength to strength and I’m going to share with you here 5 of my favourites.

Be…

This month we welcomed Taylor from www.everyoneactive.com

Taylor was presenting to us about ‘Health & Fitness in the Workplace’

So, A bit of Science for your information…

• The average person burns 700 calories during their 8 hour work day…

Original Blog Post: http://fairwayconsulting.net/the-digital-cio-and-the-shifting-sands-of-business-technology/

How are the roles of the CIO and technology departments in modern business changing?

How can traditional small- to medium-sized business (SMB’s) leverage the advantage of a virtual CIO achieve the…

Lots of us spend plenty of our waking hours in the office. But, while we are busy with work, the clutter around our individual workspaces can start to pile up. So it’s a good idea to start a regular cleaning routine to clear some of it up – if not all of the clutter that has built up! Here we provide a few tips to help you effectively…

A problem I see time and time again within small to medium-sized companies is that they aren’t creating winning scenarios from technology. Many of the owners and directors whom I speak to feel that technology isn’t achieving the advantages they want.

4 Points to Success:

• No plan, no value

• Engage senior management with tech…

As a solo-preneur, I don't take a stand at Exhibitions and Expos, preferring to make an exhibition of myself as I wander round my captive audience of Exhibitors and engage in passing conversations with other Visitors. Being static on a stand would cramp my style - but I can see how they work well for other businesses, provided they do it right.…