Running your own business? Always make sure your clients are happy? Great. But if those clients aren’t making you happy, don’t respect you or pay you on time (or want to pay you in fish and chips!) then you don’t really have a business, you have a pretty miserable job. And many freelancers and small […]
£25k investment for Research Retold
February 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Through Keep Your Fork Ltd, I’ve been supporting Research Retold, a business which turns complicated research documents into easily-digestible summaries – helping researchers to more effectively communicate their findings. So I’m delighted that Mihaela Gruia, Research Retold’s founder, was the winner in a competition to receive a £25k equity investment from UK Steel Enterprise through […]
Interviews: Achieving business goals & juicy success
January 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Today’s Business Live podcast features an entrepreneur running a healthy juice business started in her kitchen and now valued in the millions and an expert on setting and achieving goals in your life and business.
Today’s radio show: New Year resolutions for your business
January 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
New Year, new goals? Today’s episode of Business Live, my weekly radio show and the first of 2015, focused on strategies to define and achieve your goals in business in 2015. The show, broadcast on 93.2FM and livestreamed from www.sheffieldlive.org, coincided with (and featured news about) today’s #MicroBizMattersDay. Studio guest Peter Loadman, an experienced coach […]
Growth Vouchers – apply for up to £2000 for strategic business advice
August 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Do you run or work in a small business or social enterprise? Would you benefit from research, social media, marketing strategy, customer retention or communications advice to help to grow the business? The Government’s Growth Voucher Programme might be able to help you. I’ve just become accredited as a Growth Voucher Adviser – I’m thrilled, […]
Lean marketing for social enterprise & startups
July 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I thoroughly enjoyed running Marketing skills for social enterprises – connecting with your customer last Friday afternoon. The workshop, organised by the Yorkshire Venture Philanthropy Programme and South Yorkshire Community Foundation took place at Sheffield Hallam University’s Sheffield Business School. Andi Stamp joined me to lead the seminar, bringing his expertise, empathy and enthusiasm: Andi […]
