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I’m sure that many of you have been keeping up with the new Mary Portas series ‘Secret Shopper‘ on Channel 4, Wednesday’s at 9pm. In previous series Mary has helped small shops to achieve their goals, by sprucing them up and teaching the owners how to run a successful business. In this current series she’s looking [...]
A FAMILY run toy company has moved into bigger premises for the second time to accommodate its growing business. Internet and mail order firm Toys Direct has left its base in Stokesley for a new 46,000 sq ft warehouse on Thornaby’s Teesside Industrial Estate. The family run firm is owned by the Parrish family, original [...]
A niche tender and lead notification service has just launched in the UK. TelcoTenders.co.uk provides daily leads via email of any telecommunication tender or lead for an annual fee of £129.99 (£99.99 special offer for Sept 08). Its finally good to see a niche tender notification service focusing on a particular sector. The UK market [...]
Key Facilities Management chairman and CEO Stan Mitchell has found setting up an outpost in Egypt similar to launching his company in the UK 18 years ago. Key was one of the first facilities management businesses in the UK market. Mitchell has linked up with local partners to spearhead the Egyptian venture. He explains: [...]
Yes, infomercials can be cheesy, seemingly the lowest common denominator of salesmanship. But they are also a bona fide American art form. When you study the masters, there’s much you can learn. And as Web videos increasingly figure in marketing plans, more CEOs will seek to channel their inner Ron Popeils. To help them, [...]
September has been a momentous month for Carphone Warehouse. It today joins the hallowed ranks of the FTSE 100 – the top echelon of British business – and by way of celebration co-founder Charles Dunstone spent yesterday in the company of Apple boss Steve Jobs, as his high street chain was named as the sole [...]
There are many tender notification services out in the United Kingdom for small to large projects. One company B2B Quote Ltd have made it easy for you to find potential work. Suppliers sign up for a yearly fee of just £99.00 and then companies looking for services or who have projects can submit them [...]
Looking to increase sales? Encourage “brand sirens” to sing your product’s praises online in blogs, on social networking sites, your own Web site’s comment section and other Internet locations. Favorable word-of-mouth advertising is a proven sales booster, of course, and the Web can spread the word to millions of potential customers. OK, so what [...]
After meeting up with a friend this weekend the conversation turned to business, my friend runs a facilities management company and although he has been going only 2 years has 4 blue chip clients he looks after. His business has just gone through quite a tough expansion phase over the past 6 months and [...]
This post is about a good friend of mine, Steve Wells. Steve is an amazing guy and a true entrepreneur. After having three failed businesses (that’s nothing, ive got 5 under my belt!) he jumped right back to it and has finally made it. Steve had a recruitment firm that didn’t do well at [...]
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