Advice
5 steps to achieving great things
Greatness doesn't just happen. The best leaders take steps to ensure that when they do something, they do it better than anyone else.
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
Greatness doesn't just happen. The best leaders take steps to ensure that when they do something, they do it better than anyone else.
The vision you create for your brand or business is one of the most powerful drivers of growth.
These words really raise your customer's hackles and potentially kill potential sales stone dead.
I read this past week or so of a woman driving on the M25 in Surrey who was forced to dramatically stop in the fast lane…
As Mary Portas showed us, the British high street has been in decline for years with independent retailers and small businesses suffering because of larger corporate…
It can be hard to imagine that a company which started in a coffee shop wrote over £23,477m of business in 2011. However, things have changed…
According to the Department for Business Innovation & Skills’ basic information risk management can stop up to 80 per cent of the cyber-attacks, allowing companies to…
Going paperless “would save NHS billions”… so says Jeremy Hunt. Neil Maude offers advice for SMEs on how to manage a culture change and prepare offices…
MDs who organise their calendars into ‘In’ days and ‘Out’ days are more effective and productive than their peers who constantly pour over their emails.
I’m all for being approachable and friendly at work and in business situations, but I’ve had cause recently, as those who follow my blog will know,…
It is true that there are plenty of opportunities for businesses to expand by tapping into rapidly growing emerging markets. Many British firms have already found…
I regularly talk about the relationship between my clients and Synetec, as being one of the most critical two-way partnerships their business will ever enter into.
In every walk of life we hear about people who claim to have given 110% to a task but what makes 100% effort and is it…
Is HR a necessary evil or a business savvy requirement? I guess it all depends on who you are and where your frame of reference is…
Coaching is an effective way to impart knowledge. It can benefit you, the coachee and your business, says Steve Webster.