Author: newleighfrost
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At a Crossroads in Your Career?
If you feel as though you’ve reached a crossroads in your career and aren’t sure which direction to take, these tips by professional career coach Gill Lambert from Tailored Career Coaching may prove useful as you decide on your next steps. As a career coach I have spoken to a number of people recently who are feeling stuck in their…
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How do you know if Business Buzz is the right networking group for you?
This internet thingy is brilliant, but you can’t ignore the business that good old fashioned face-to-face networking can drum up. Our friends over at Colprint are big fans of networking groups. You can read their top tips for finding good networking groups on their blog. When your business deals in services, or trades physical products which…
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Effective IT Strategies for Mobile Employees
In the past, businesses have given employees the opportunity to make the most of the developing mobile workplace by providing them with a range of personal devices. However, professionals are starting to make the most of their own chosen device to work from with all sorts of preferred operating systems available on phones, tablets and…
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How to use business networking for more than just sales leads
Business networking, through events like breakfast clubs, can bring new sales leads for your business. It’s true that people buy from people, and being able to meet with other business people who are most likely local to you, and are in need of products and services themselves, is a good way of promoting yourself and…
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What to do when an employee injures themselves at work
These days there are frequent rumblings about the UK’s growing ‘compensation culture’. Whether the reports are exaggerated or not isn’t entirely clear; but what is clear is that all businesses need to know how to handle accidents at work in order to protect themselves from potential compensation claims which, whether valid or frivolous, could be…
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Top Tips for a Successful Website About Us Page
At this time, there are not many professionals that do not have an online presence in the form of a company website. Finding what you need on the internet, whether it is a product or a service, is second nature to millions of people every day. With so many people now familiar with websites in…
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Harpenden-based Businesswoman supports local small businesses
Rachel Bradbury from Custard and Crumble understands better than most the challenges of setting up your own small business and keeping it running in these tough economic times. She believes that now, more than ever, small business owners need to do all they can to support one another and to demonstrate her commitment to giving…
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Top Tips on how to Choose a Printing Company
A guest blog from Oyster studios: The aim of this article is to share the benefit of our experience and outline some useful steps to help you select the right printing company for your print job. The reality is there are many options available, from your local printer to online services printers based across the…
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Five Secrets of Successful CEOs and Consultants
The time demands on entrepreneurs always require more every day than can be packed in. The urgency of so many priorities keeps a number of important things on the backburner. This means that things like education and personal development are often limited to what comes out of experience and hard knocks. Yet, successful entrepreneurship calls…