Category: Advice

This is a subject that I have written about before, but it cropped up again during a conversation with someone I spoke to recently for the first time in a while.

Growing your business online can take a while. It’s often a slow process that requires careful planning to ensure that you reach the right audience.

There are quite a few things to consider when responding to a tender (RFI, RFP, feel free to insert your own initialisation). 

Starting a business is a huge accomplishment for most entrepreneurs. Not only that but in most cases, it’s the fulfillment of a lifetime dream.

Every downturn is different. I graduated into the recession of the early 1990s and struggled to find a graduate job.

Coronavirus has turned homeworking into the new normal, but boundaries between our personal and professional lives are beginning to erode, and mental health of staff is being affected. Work-life blur is becoming a real issue.

There was a day last week when I left the office with a real sense of calm, because after weeks of juggling work commitments alongside home-schooling, whilst still trying to find time to exercise and manage all of the essential life-admin, I felt as though I was suddenly back in control.

“By mid-afternoon I’m mentally drained from the back-to-back calls; I need a coffee just to get me through the last few hours of the day.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way the world works, and with some UK workers beginning to return to the office, some anticipating a phased return in the coming weeks and others working at home for the foreseeable future, it can be difficult to connect the workforce together.

With the UK’s COVID-19 alert level recently downgraded from four to three and the country slowly returning to ‘business as usual’, all eyes are now on how companies can adapt to a ‘new normal’ by implementing measures that protect employees and customers alike. 

I’ve had the privilege of working with some truly great teams throughout my career.

The cancellation of trade shows and press events has forced a huge rethink of marketers’ strategies.