Back to Work

Thursday 11th June 2020

What needs to happen to get you team back to work successfully? By Jo Strahan, C2C Training     As lockdown eases and we all enter a transition phase there is a lot to consider.  Preparing to reopen your business and get all of your staff back at work requires detailed preparation.   To help…

Furloughed

Wednesday 10th June 2020

Lessons from Lockdown – Furlough isn’t necessarily fun!   Like many businesses when all the pandemic really started to bite, we furloughed our office staff.  In reality this was our MD and our Operations Manager, Fran, who is also our daughter! With the training diary effectively wiped clear for the foreseeable, it made sense for her…

water

Saturday 6th June 2020

Which technologies are businesses using to reduce the water crisis? By Lee King, QuenchSea   Fresh clean drinking water is absolutely essential for health and the survival of humanity, yet two thirds of people around the world live in areas with a scarcity of water.   In a time when maintaining personal hygiene is more…

Camaraderie

Friday 5th June 2020

Maintaining camaraderie as some return to the workplace while others work from home By Craig Bulow, Corporate Away Days   Many of us managed to make the adjustments necessary for working from home. And, as quickly as we settle into these new patterns, things are changing again. Some homeworkers will now be returning to the…

Navigate

Thursday 4th June 2020

Using Nature’s Compass to Help us Navigate Out of problems By Rosie Tomkins, author of ‘N-stinctive’ Amazing technological advances across the world have allowed mankind to benefit in a myriad ways, but is our modern way of operating what we really want? Will it have a long-term positive affect on our way of living? Whatever…

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Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Paul & Co-Host Jules Serkin met up via Zoom during week 10 of UK lockdown due to Covid19 Pandemic   We discussed local artisan businesses & their superb response to lockdown.   Oh and she did that thing with hats, again   Listen again here   Click Download Podcast

Renewal

BUSINESSES INVITED TO JOIN WEBINAR AND HELP SHAPE KENT’S ROAD TO RENEWAL Business owners and managers across the county are invited to take part in a free webinar arranged by the Kent Business Summit team on Friday 26 June 2020 from 12.30pm-1.30pm. Keynotes speakers include Kent County Council Leader Cllr Roger Gough and Bank of…

Bird

In conversation with  Sarah-Anne Lucas otherwise known as Bird of Birdonabike  and co-host of the Business Bunker Radio Show   We talked about lockdown focus , writing and her new book series, listen in here     Click Download Podcast

Batt

Tuesday 2nd June 2020

  Colin Batt Removals and Storage – Who are they? Colin Batt Removals and Storage are your local, award winning removals business offering excellent domestic and business services combined with outstanding customer care. Colin Batt Removals are a family-run removal and storage company, based in Ashford, who are experienced in domestic and business moves from…

Resilience

Friday 29th May 2020

How to increase resilience and adaptability for the months ahead By Sarah Lewis, C.Psychol., Appreciating Change   Living and working in the new normal will take resilience and adaptability. Resilience and Adaptability Resilience is about having the resources to cope with unexpected, difficult or adverse situations. To be able to use these resources we, of…

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Tips for getting value and some fun from your leftover cash currency By Shon Alam, Bidwedge   What do you do with your leftover cash currency?  Do you shove it to the back of the drawer until you’re able to travel again? Or do you keep pushing on with your lockdown clear out and get…

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Wednesday 27th May 2020

Paul & Co-Host Jules Serkin met up via Zoom during week 9 of UK lockdown due to Covid19 Pandemic   We discussed the situation after so long being isolated at home and the gradual unwinding of the lockdown and how some businesses may be able to re-open   Listen to the chat here    …

toddlers

Friday 22nd May 2020

Lessons from Lockdown – Be more Toddler! Last week was a bad week. There seemed to be a myriad of news stories that were all doom and gloom….it certainly felt there was a certain amount of relish in reporting increased numbers of deaths in hospitals and care homes; a lack of testing; no track and…

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Wednesday 20th May 2020

Paul & Co-Host Jules Serkin met up via Zoom during week 8 of UK lockdown due to Covid19 Pandemic   We chatted for 20 minutes about the situation, the issues and how we saw things unfolding post lockdown. We took a look at those businesses who are or will be successful despite the situation  …

Talking

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Lessons from Lockdown – Talking – the powerful answer to difficult times Back in the early 1990s I trained as a bereavement counsellor for our local Hospice.  It was an interesting and rewarding occupation but a volunteering post that attracted some strange looks from family and friends.  That was understandable given the topic of death…