Restaurant Recovery

Tuesday 19th October 2021

RESTAURANTS AND THE ROAD TO POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY By Erik Wolf, Executive Director, World Food Travel Association All businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, but arguably none more so than the hospitality industry. And from the wide variety of hospitality businesses, it has probably been the hardest for restaurants to adapt. Foodservice outlets of all…

Contractor Choice

Saturday 16th October 2021

The steps for finding the right contractor for your property development project By Ritchie Clapson CEng MIStructE, propertyCEO Moving up from having a jobbing builder to working with a main contractor is one of the significant differences between a refurbishment project and a small-scale development. But how can you make sure you pick a good contractor…

Raising Capital

What are the true costs of raising capital? By Oliver Woolley, Envestors  Entrepreneurs raising capital should expect to spend 8-10% of their target on the fundraise Your business is going well, and you have satisfied clients.  However, you’d like your start up to be growing more quickly.  You can see numerous opportunities, but to capitalise on them…

Insta

Thursday 7th October 2021

Your Business Needs to be on Instagram NOW Instagram may be another ever-growing social media channel but what has posed pics, unrealistic filters and multiple hashtags got to do with business? Well, let’s start with a few facts; Did you know that Instagram has over a billion active users per month? Did you know that…

Crisis

Wednesday 6th October 2021

Crises can bring benefits, but only if we recognise them By Robert Hewitt, MB BS, PhD, Biosample Hub What is a crisis? According to dictionary definitions it is a time of great difficulty or danger when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made. It’s important to recognise a crisis because only then…

Alcohol Free

Tuesday 5th October 2021

Are alcohol-free spirits a missed opportunity?  By Richard Horwell, Brand Relations Research published in the 2021 Lumina Intelligence Low2No Alcohol Report (June 2021) shows that 30% of young people are actively choosing to avoid alcohol.  And older people are cutting back or eliminating it as they want the comfort of driving to/from their destination without worry…

Light Trail

Monday 4th October 2021

The Tenterden Light Trail.       https://www.spacehive.com/tenterden-light-trail Facebook: Christmasintenterden Instagram: christmasintenterden Twitter:      xmasintenterden We are planning a new 4-day light installation trail designed to offer our local community & visitors a safe interactive experience to come together at events in 2022. Located at key sites along Tenterden high street, the trail is designed to create a fun experience, encouraging all…

15 LinkedIN

15 Reasons to Use LinkedIn for Business There are online tools that are essential to online marketers, business owners and online entrepreneurs. One of those is LinkedIn. What makes LinkedIn so crucial these days is because it has everything for anyone who wants to grow their online presence, promote products or services even before they…

Holding Back

Friday 1st October 2021

Do you think remote working could hold you back? Are staff asking themselves ‘will my career be affected if I’m not returning to the workplace’? Working from home was forced on many of us and, despite restrictions not fully being removed, many businesses have started a return to the workplace and offices are expected to…

Expenses Revisited

Friday 24th September 2021

One thing that has definitely reduced for most businesses during Covid are expense claims. It remains a thorny issue though. The refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s flat at No10 at certainly caused some heated debate about expenses. So, how will things work though when we have a full return to the workplace for some but remote…

One Liners

When an employee leaves a business, it’s not always as harmonious as we would like it to be. Remember the famous ‘conscious uncoupling’ of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, and other celebrity couples? Well sometimes in the workplace it’s a nasty divorce. We are also now seeing the increasing use of ex-employees turning to social…

Images

Wednesday 22nd September 2021

Why any old image isn’t good enough on social media By Emeka Ikechi, Director, Vanity Studios Whether B2C or B2B, brands find new customers and engage in important conversations primarily via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Strategies for reaching and engaging customers/followers have grown and evolved rapidly, but one area that is always worth looking…

Biotech

Friday 10th September 2021

Biotech companies are up against a blockage in the biosample system By Robert Hewitt, MB BS, PhD, Biosample Hub Biotech companies around the world have great difficulty accessing high quality patient samples to support their research and development. In general, the easiest way for biotech companies to obtain samples is to get them from a…

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,…

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    SKILLS 30 : 30 WORKSHOPS     COACHING     ADVICE     SPEED-NETWORKING HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES Finding appropriately skilled staff is the biggest challenge to business growth. With more than one million unfilled job openings across the UK  We’re working with the Government to make it easier…