Why your clients choose your small business not the competition
Competition is often feared by smaller independent businesses. If a competitor is growing rapidly it can be easy to lose heart and assume we can't compete. As a smaller business you won't have the heavyweight punches of a bigger player but you do have many other...
What the Olympics and Paralympics have given business owners.
The Olympics and Paralympics gave given us a well-earned break from the negative impression of business and finance in the media. In fact it has been a summer of Olympic Love which was desperately needed. To see good news reported on television for a change has been...
Wild flowers at the Olympics – attention to detail
My visit to London 2012 and the Olympic Park was thoroughly enjoyable but the unexpected highlight were the wild flowers. Acres of land were given over to wild flowers which were almost knee high and had been planted from seed. The wild flowers helped to break up the...
When you offer what your customers want ..
Cat watching Springwatch behaves like a customer for a business
World Book Night 1 book and 1 author in UK and US lists
I hadn't realised that the books chosen for the US World Book Night were different from those in the UK. No reason to assume they would be the same but the similarity of the language might have been a clue. There is one book that features on both lists: The Book...
Which women inspire you?
I have asked numerous women around the time of International Women's Day which women inspire them. In most cases there was quite a silence while the answer was searched for. I felt it could be inspirational to record the results. The only people who responded...