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Clinic

Monday 6th September 2021

If you own a back pain clinic, here are 6 reasons IDD should be part of it By Stephen Small, Steadfast Clinics Every back care clinic would like a new revenue stream, but that isn’t always easy to achieve. Maybe you simply don’t have the hours in the day to take on any new patients,…

Investor Tips

Saturday 4th September 2021

6 tips for new investors By Chantelle Arneaud, Envestors Early-stage investment opportunities are unique, inherently difficult to assess and impossible to compare. So, the decision for an angel to put £10k+ into a company is always a complicated one. This challenge is exacerbated by the way in which investment opportunities are typically presented. Despite being a…

Focused

Friday 27th August 2021

How to keep your online audience focused and ignoring distractions By Haritosh Srivastav, Toastmasters International We’ve all been in hundreds of web meetings over the last year or so, but the biggest issue remains. The issue of engaging and retaining the attention of everyone in your audience. According to a survey for Prezi conducted by Harris Poll,…

Boost

Friday 20th August 2021

Why food & beverage is the answer to boosting tourism businesses hit by pandemic By Erik Wolf. Executive Director, The World Food Travel Association Some holidaymakers play golf, some visit museums, some enjoy sightseeing, others have different interests, but the one thing everyone does is eat and drink. As international travel restrictions ease, food lovers…

Property Finance

Wednesday 18th August 2021

How to finance for your property development projects By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, propertyCEO For small-scale developers, money is simply a tool you hire for doing the job. Here is how it works. Let’s say you have your eye on an old commercial building that you want to transform into four swanky new apartments. It will…

Invest

Sunday 8th August 2021

Interested in new investment opportunities? Forget the trendy NFTs and consider angel investing By Chantelle Arneaud, Envestors Capital at Risk. Please see full risk warning You may well have read about Non-fungible tokens (NFTs). These are cryptographic assets, whose ownership is recorded on blockchain with unique identification codes and metadata that distinguish them from each other….

Speakup

Thursday 5th August 2021

No more keeping quiet. Get your views heard By Jon lam, Toastmasters International If you spent some of your school days hoping you wouldn’t be called on to speak in front of the class, you have my sympathy. I had the experience of hiding at the back of the classroom and still remember it well….

Pinged

Wednesday 4th August 2021

Do employees have to self-isolate if they are told to via the NHS Covid-19 app? Being ‘pinged’ is becoming part of everyday language as large numbers of people have been contacted by the NHS Covid-19 app. Being pinged is different to being told to self-isolate by the NHS Test and Trace system which tells you to self-isolate…

LiK

Monday 2nd August 2021

Deserted tube stations and cancelled commutes prompted forecasts of a revolution in the way people work today and doom for the traditional 9-5 in the office. New figures from inward investment agency, Locate in Kent and flexible workspace network, Kent Coworking Collective, provide a fascinating glimpse into how much this reflects reality as final restrictions…

Staff

Friday 30th July 2021

Getting the very best from your staff in 5 quick steps By Sid Madge, Meee According to Gallup, 85% of the global workforce is disengaged, and it is estimated that the cost of a disengaged employee could be 34% of their annual salary. What can you do about this? Well, in every strong relationship it’s…

Embed Change

Wednesday 28th July 2021

Ensuring the change you want to embed in your business succeeds By Karen Dunne-Squire, Elation Experts Every business is full of amazing ideas. But ideas don’t always coalesce into real business benefits. Here are five key tips that every business can embrace that will ensure that those brilliant ideas, that you know will solve the…

PD Skills

Friday 23rd July 2021

The seven attributes of highly successful property developers By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, propertyCEO The trick to being a property developer is to play the role of a CEO rather than that of a Project Manager. A Project Manager looks to manage the project personally, which involves ensuring that all professionals, contractors, and tradespeople do what…

Being Back

Thursday 22nd July 2021

Being back in the office brings benefits and challenges By Craig Bulow, Corporate Away Days A year of lockdown has been tough on many people, but not all in the same way. Now that employees who have been working from home or who were furloughed are returning to office environments, it is the responsibility of…

Home Interiors

Monday 19th July 2021

High-Quality Great Value Home Interiors When you walk into a showroom in the knowledge that you have x amount of money put aside to spend on a new kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom, it’s understandable that you might feel somewhat vulnerable. You’re walking into a room full of expert salespeople who most likely know a lot…

Disabled Workers

Thursday 15th July 2021

How Social Enterprise Kent is supporting people with disabilities and health conditions Since 2017 Social Enterprise Kent has been successfully delivering the Let’s Get Working project across East Kent. Let’s Get Working is a bespoke and highly effective employability project supporting people who are unemployed and have disabilities and health conditions, to go into long-…