We are holding special Business Forum sessions early in January in Chelmsford, Chingford and Bishop’s Stortford. This is a session to set you up for the New Year. We will be looking at what was great for you in 2010 and how to replicate and improve in 2011. Don’t throw yourself into the year without [...]

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I have had an uneasy experience this week from a contractor. When I speak to him the words come out right, he promises to deliver, he tells me he can do an amazing job and I want to believe him because if he does what he says he can do I will find that my [...]

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The excitement of the fireworks and the anticipation of the noises, smells and spectacular light show are some of the best things about a Guy Fawkes Night. The reality can be a cold, dreary event with expensive yet feeble fireworks partnered with a bonfire that refuses to burn because the rain has decided to start [...]

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Business Success is a juicy idea, especially one that targets the needs and interests of a great many, has the potential to become a worthwhile venture in business.  However, before you begin operations, such an idea should go through a lot of studies and research.  Without ample preparation, that idea may not be executed well [...]

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In business you are only as good as the team you manage. That’s great, you might think, I’m the only one in my business, but what about the team you use that are not directly responsible to you? If you have made a commitment that you are going to be a ‘green’ company, or supply [...]

Tags: attitude, Business, business advice, change, environment, go green, green, priorities, Success, successful business, teamwork
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We’re all going on a summer holiday… and it seems so are the rest of the world too.  It is a time of year when so many business owners acknowledge that turnover will be less in August because of the holiday season. For some the quiet time can be used to have shorter working days [...]

Tags: attitude, Business, holidays, manage, positive thinking, Success, successful business, summer
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How has your month been so far? Was the weather an incentive to get out and generate more work, or were you too hot to be bothered? Are you one of these people who can find a silver lining in almost anything, or never happier than when you are having a good moan about something? [...]

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Is it the funnel, or the numbers game? Were you taught how to ‘do’ sales or have you been told you have the ‘gift of the gab’? In reality all sales is about problem solving. Finding out what problem a person has and then solving that problem.  The best way to do this is revert [...]

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Group coaching is where hard workers go to get fresh insight into their business. It is where professionals are free to lay their biggest concerns and worries on the table without anyone looking down on them or losing confidence in them. No matter how big or small your business is or how well your company [...]

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David Cameron is the new Prime Minister, and so heralds a new age in British politics. Whether his appointment fills you with hope or despair a new start is always seen by the optimist as a new possibility. Can Mr C really deliver a different solution to the country’s problems? He is faced with the [...]

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