As a small business owner, it can feel like you’re juggling multiple balls while balanced on the back of a tipsy elephant. Sales, project management, emails galore, logistics, customer service, accounts, HR, catching up with the team… but let’s not dwell on all that!  One of the big pluses? As a small business owner, you […]

Video conferencing and remote working are damaging creative talent. Such is the opinion of global brand expert Martin Lindstrom. It’s something of a two-pronged attack, with both the intense schedules of Zoom calls and calendar invites and the unstimulating nature of home working up for debate. While remote working has proved a vital lifeline for […]

Valentine’s day is no longer just “for lovers”. Whether this comes as a result of genuine inclusivity, and I do like to think so, or canny marketing, February 14th has become a day to celebrate any individual who brings joy to your life. A quick look online even reveals hampers of personalised Valentine’s dog biscuits […]

Did you know that the original “Mentor” was in fact a loyal friend and counsellor in Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey”?  Skipping to the modern day, the valuable support and guidance offered by a professional mentor cannot be underestimated. This is particularly true for young people starting out in the workplace and trying to decide […]

Do you have a job title that you’ve given up even trying to explain to friends and family? Then spare a thought for the entrepreneurs and business owners whose viability depends on convincing investors that they’re the ones to back. All too often its poor communication rather than a bad idea itself that prevents companies from getting […]

The latest media trends survey from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University predicts that 2021 will be “a year of profound and rapid digital change” as we look to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis into a world where “the physical and virtual coexist in new ways.” Encouragingly, almost three-quarters (73%) of media leaders reported feeling confident about […]