Newsletter - Early Bird Bookings
The theme for this year's conference is Personal and Business Growth with a range of speakers and workshops designed to bring out he best in you and your business.
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Newsletter - Advising Small Businesses
Following last week's budget there seem to have been endless announcements about cuts in a whole range of government activities - so you may not have noticed that along with the scrapping of RDAs it appears that regional Business Links will be closed and their contracts wound down. I know that many of you have used Business Link for advice or deliver your own services through this route - which makes this a significant step, although probably not a great surprise. We've written to Mark Prisk, the Minister in charge, essentially pushing for greater use of the independent business advice and consultancy sector to give small businesses tailored advice rather than the current 'one-size-fits-all' approach.
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Newsletter - Connecting Sideways
While posting your deep thoughts and what you had for breakfast on Twitter may be fun it won't bring in any business unless your potential clients are listening! As we all know though, the people you most want to meet as a consultant are the decision makers within a business and they're often far too busy to get involved in online networking - in fact in larger companies they may not even be able to access the websites. So how can you make the connections you need?
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Newsletter - Rugby 7's and Business
This may seem a rather odd metaphor, but while watching the World rugby sevens tournament last weekend it struck me that the difference between a 7 or 15 a side team is a lot like the difference between small and big businesses. In a sevens team there are never enough people, they all have far too much to do and quickly become exhausted. By contrast, although the 15 a side game is still very demanding there's a little more time to organise and take an occasional breather and it's much easier to defend your position. And of course some teams get themselves thoroughly stuck in a rut.
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Client Newsletter - Getting an objective view
By the time you read this we should all have some idea of what kind of government the UK will have for the next few years. Whether or not you like the election result, as businesses we have to deal with the world as it is which often means re-assessing your direction and making changes to adapt as the situation changes around us. Sometimes though, identifying the right changes can be difficult if you're fully stretched by day to day activities.
One of the benefits of bringing in an independent consultant is that they see things from a different perspective and can help you question ideas or processes that seem set in stone.
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