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Month September 2012

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How do you keep your business fresh?

Sep 29, ’12 12:51 PM

Be disruptive not desperate ‘I’ll do it’. That’s the response you get from Tony Robinson OBE’s answer-phone. It doesn’t surprise me that he’s desperate for work – he can’t do anything. As a literary agent, to yours truly, he’s been as successful as my goldfish. His long suffering wife, Eileen, tells me that he is…

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Keeping your business going when tragedy strikes

Sep 28, ’12 3:01 PM

I was saddened to hear that one of WinWeb’s clients were burgled this week. To make matters worse they are a small charity fighting to raise money for a very worthwhile cause – brain tumour support and research. Brian Tumour Research and Support across Yorkshire (BTRS) is a micro charity that only employs two full…

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Euro Update

Sep 28, ’12 1:59 PM

The euro’s renaissance continued into last weekend before running out of steam. It reached its highest point against the US dollar since early May and touched a three-month high against the pound. Since then it has staged a tactical withdrawal, leaving it a cent lower on the week against sterling and three quarters of a…

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Small Business Smooth Operators

Sep 26, ’12 6:07 PM

Many small business owners feel there are simply not enough hours in the day to get things done and ultimately their productivity suffers as a result of this. But there are a number of small changes you can make when running a business that will have a big impact on your working life. The most…

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UK Hospitality Industry Launches Purple Flag Week

Sep 26, ’12 3:24 PM

In the wake of the London Olympics and Paralympics Games, Visit England, the UK National Tourism Board, has conceptualized new guidelines for their Purple Flag Week campaign, the annual UK after hours event, which was launched in 2009. This week is designed showcase the diversity and quality of hospitality businesses during the evening hours in…

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Top 5 Tips for Using Contractors in Your Small Biz

Sep 25, ’12 9:40 AM

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Sometimes small businesses will have to employ contractors on a temporary basis, either because they have no need to make a full-time appointment or because they have specialised work that needs to…

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Think of your biz as an old frock

Sep 23, ’12 9:08 PM

When to sue? OMG! How many more weeks will the Sunday press be talking about Kate Middleton’s breasts? Frankly, she’s had bad advice. Taking legal action just revs up the story. Whenever I need a little bit more exposure, not of my bits, I threaten, through the media, to sue a C list celebrity. It…

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Exciting new partnership for WinWeb

Sep 21, ’12 6:43 PM

My company WinWeb has struck a new partnership with Xenca, the fast growing providers of wellbeing products. They have chosen us as their cloud partner for the new Xenca CloudApp which is available now for all 600 of their members to access for free! The Xenca cloud computing software application can be tailored to the…

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Why Energy Management Systems Can Bring More Power To Your Small Business

Sep 20, ’12 3:42 PM

Now that the feel-good factor brought to our country by London 2012 has been and gone, we’re once again waking up to the harsh reality that the UK economy is still in dire shape and as we look forward, there’s yet to be any signs that things are soon to be on the up. With…

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Are you jumping steps in the relationship cycle?

Sep 18, ’12 5:40 PM

Recently I read a read an article from Forrester called: “B2B Marketers Have A Blind Spot: The Buyer Journey”. It was the first paragraph and diagram (below) that caught my eye: “Last month, I was immersed in face-to-face dialogue with senior B2B marketing leaders from well-known companies who were attending Forrester Forums and FLB events,…

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